Afternoon Mountain Bike Ride This doesn’t look like much, but it was my first time on the mtb this year, and my first outdoor ride this year. And it kicked my ass - out was hard! But it felt good to at least get out there and make a short, but connecting ride between the last two days and the weekend! I definitely seated more on this ride than the other two this week! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #twostrokealthree #bmcbikes #cycling #garmincycling #garminedge530 #garminvariartl515
Zwift - Country to Coastal in Makuri Islands Solid hour on the bike. Foot back to hurting today, don’t know why but it did. Everything felt a bit wonky after yesterday’s workout. Still, fitness level increased and cycling VO2 maintained. On to tomorrow! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Tempo into VO2 Max #1 in Watopia I missed yesterday. Don’t have a good excuse, just missed it. Felt guilty about it all day. Knew today’s ride needed to be good. And it was. I did something I haven’t done in a long time - 30 minutes at tempo, or 170 watts. It wasn’t that long ago I couldn’t have held 150 watts for 30 minutes. Then after the tempo, straight into VO2 intervals. They were tough, but not as tough as I thought it would be. It was a great workout! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Wacky Wednesday (D) on Wandering Flats in Makuri Islands Did it. I’ve tried to complete the Wacky Wednesday Herd ride several times but usually have to bale with about 10 minutes to go. At times it’s been because of fitness level, lately it’s been the pain in my right foot. I bought some bigger shoes to combat this, but the foot was hurting before I ever got on the bike, so I wasn’t optimistic. And it hurt, but having the bigger shoes allowed me to move my feet around and I was able to overcome it. Fitness was great! No worries! It was my best group ride yet, and I’m still coughing a bit from the head funk over this weekend! Pretty happy right now! Thanks Herd! Moooooo! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - The Muckle Yin in Scotland I really had no business riding this today. I’ve had a bit not of a cough today and really should have taken it easy, but I saw Scotland on the schedule today and the Muckle Yin is one of my favorite rides on Zwift and I just felt like I had to. I did take it easy, but even at that, it’s such a holy bastard that it was plenty more work than intended. I tried to talk my way into doing after the first Sguur Summit, but I kept going and finished the damn thing! Felt pretty good except for the coughing afterwards. I’ll get over it. Love this ride. Oh yeah, highest fitness level in the Strava in almost a year. Pretty happy about that. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Triple Flat Loops in Watopia I looked out up. Rule of thumb is of your symptoms are from the neck up, it’s OK to exercise. So I did. Sore throat and head pressure, but haven’t had any issues breathing. No issues breathing on the ride either, but I just simply ran out of gas. Happy with the effort considering. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - SST (Short) in Watopia Started a little rough, but it got better as I went on. Heart rate just seemed to level out and I was able to maintain a really good rhythm through the 4 sets. Feet are getting hot on the new shoes but I’m able to move around a bit inside and my feet seem to respond pretty good to it. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Workout: Long - Endurance Escalator on The Muckle Yin in Scotland Bit off more than I could chew on this one. It was hard. Got two internals so I’ll take that. First ride with me shoes. Same model just one size larger and the difference is quite noticeable. Much more room in there, especially for my walked out right foot. Pretty happy so far! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Race: Herd of Mountain Goats Climbing Race (D) on Ven-Top in France Ok, so I knew I wouldn’t make it long in the climbing race for The Herd, but I wanted to try it just the same. It ended up being about 20 minutes of constant climbing, but only 2km up the actual KOM, before I turned around and headed back down the hill. I wanted to stop, but then said, “get to 30 minutes.” Then it was 40 minutes. Then 50. Finally turned it in after 53 minutes, which was actually about an hour and 5 minutes including warm up proof to the climbing. The climbing wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad and the rest of the riding felt fantastic. Got to get one more ride a week, otherwise, I’m pretty happy with where things are right now. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #theherd #gozwift #zwift #invincible #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Rehab Ride (D) on Beach Island Loop in Watopia Halfway thorough this ride I was wondering how I was going to get my heart rate up enough to make this somewhat of a workout. Then, the connection between Zwift and my tacx died and I dropped like a rock. When it came back on I was just in front of the serious in the back, roughly 20-30 seconds behind the main group. Got on my ass and made up that difference at the base of a small climb. Pretty proud of myself. Did it without drafting help and without killing myself. Even with that effort, the whole hour ride anointed to just 18 relative effort, about half of both the first two efforts this week, and neither of them made an hour. What that means is my heart is not working best as hard as it did earlier in the week. Was also getting more oxygen as my VO2 Max rating increased 1 point. That makes me very happy! Great ride Herdlings! Moooooo! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #theherd #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Wacky Wednesday (D) on Coast Crusher in Watopia Every week I convince myself that this ride will be completed, and every week my right foot goes to hurting so bad at the 50 minute mark that I can’t finish. Man it felt good otherwise, as I was able to stay in the bunch pretty well, without doing too much yo-yoing from front to back. Was able to keep the power up there too. Things are getting better. Some things anyway. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #theherd #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Workout: Long - Sweet Spot Foundation on Countryside Tour in Makuri Islands Great way to start the workout week. Felt really good and got a boost on the last interval as Tool sang, “This body holding me is feeling eternal all this pain is an illusion!” Good stuff! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Legends and Lava in Watopia Was really looking forward to riding this route, but just couldn’t get enough air and simply ran out of gas. Good effort though. Good week after a rough one last week. Keep moving forward! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Introductory Intervals in London Put it off most of the day, but decided to ride late and make it a workout, as well. Not a terribly hard one but some decent intervals and just under an hour of work. My feet were settled before starting which made them very uncomfortable during the ride. Got through it though. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Mellow Monday (D) on Rolling Highlands in Scotland Feeling guilty for only getting one ride in last week. I had my excuses, but that’s all they were. Excuses. Important to get this week started off right, and this ride was just the trick. Felt good until the very end, when my feet and behind started screaming a little, but was able to get through petty well. Good company, too, listening to folks from all over talk about all kinds of things. Good fun. Let’s keep this going. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The Herd Rode to Recovery (D) on Going Coastal in Watopia Second day in a row my connection to Zwift was cut offf in the middle of a ride. Legs were too spent to try make my way back to the group today so cut it short. I felt pretty dang good, too, but after yesterday, I just didn’t have the juice to pedal that hard at a pace slightly faster than yesterday. Still, a good week. Feeling pretty good about how things are progressing. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Rehab Ride (D) on Watopia’s Waistband in Watopia Rehab. That suggests an easy ride to basically loosen up the legs and recover. And several minutes into this ride, it was exactly that for me. In the front group, easy pedaling, and feeling like tomorrow will have to include a relatively hard ride to finish off the week. Then, the connection between my trainer and the computer died, and everything comes to a stop. After panicking and pressing every button I know to press, the connection is restored and I’m at about position 110, just in front of the group sweepers. Then it became 10 minutes of some seriously hard pedaling just to get back to the football back of the bunch. I must admit, it made me feel like I could relate to those guys in the real pelaton who have a mechanical issue and have to work to get back to the bunch. Once back, I tried to rest a bit, then resumed to what would have been the typical ride. Good news. Great ride, and I was able to overcome the breakdown,b which was pretty awesome. I didn’t die doing it, however I wad pretty exhausted at the end. Also, tomorrow’s ride will not have to be as hard as it was going to be. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Wacky Wednesday (D) on Tick Tock in Watopia Went as far as these sore feet would take me as the walking efforts are wearing them out prematurely. With that said, power output and sustainability was much better today than last week. Oxygen is getting better. I’m liking where this is going! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Greater London Loop in London Baby step improvements in this ride. 90 day PR on Box Hill, even though I’m still 3 minutes from my overall PR. Still, one for in front of the other. Stayed a walking program this week morning which had my feet falling asleep during this ride, otherwise I felt very good! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Downtown Titans in Watopia Hadn’t ridden this route in a long while but it was perfect for getting my heart rate elevated for about an hour. Titan’s Grove alone gets it up there with those short but steep hills, then the KOM. Felt much better on the second KOM than the first, so that’s good, too. Overall a good week of building. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #zwift
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Rehab Ride (D) on R.G.V. in France It was a cool coincidence that the song Invincible from Tool came on about half way through this ride. Gave me a boost, but this ride seemed easy from the start, all the way through. Legs felt good and I'm starting to get better at managing the fence on these group rides. Really enjoyed this! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Thursday Social (D) on R.G.V. in France Much. Better. Great entertainment from the Discord as well. Really enjoyed this ride, especially after last night. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Group Ride: The HERD Wacky Wednesday (D) on The Fan Flats in Richmond Had zero juice from the start and felt like I was behind and working hard just to keep up. Stopped when I started getting a bit sick to my stomach. Just a bad ride, but still got 35 minutes in and a good effort in that time. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift
Zwift - Group Ride: The Herd Rode to Recovery (D) on Accelerate to Elevate in Watopia Even with the Discord participation down, these group rides with The Herd are really helping me. I typically ride at a higher average output than I would on my own and trying to stay in the middle-front of the pack without breaking the fence really helps me focus and drive. It also helps me relax sometimes when the draft pulls me along. So much fun! Good week too! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Canopies and Coastlines in Watopia Improvement. Still had some comfort issues after about 45 minutes, but was still able to get to the end. I’ve been been stronger for sure, but I’ll take it. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: Long | Stage 1 | The Zwift Big Spin 2024 on Country to Coastal in Makuri Islands It’s been a tough day. No matter how bad I wanted to do a 34km ride, I did not have it in me. That’s OK though. Still got 30 minutes of hard riding in and I’ll take it. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Mighty Metropolitan in New York Whew! Seemed like I was climbing most of this ride as the downhills were so steep they didn’t last long! Feel like I did good here on a course I haven’t ridden before. A good way to call off the week! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Rehab Ride (D) on Watopia’s Waistband in Watopia Needed this ride. A good solid hour at low pace to just get the crap out of my legs. Still struggle with the fence in these rides but it does keep me on my toes. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin invincible #theherd #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Wacky Wednesday (D) on Innsbruck KOM After Party in Innsbruck Minnesota. Texas. Tennessee. Australia. Fun riding with people from all over the world. Great ride. More challenging than the Monday ride, which is good because I needed the work. Love these group rides! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #invincible #gozwift #zwift #theherd #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: The HERD Mellow Monday (D) on Seaside Sprint in Watopia First time riding with this group and I just say, it was a lot of fun! Joining on Discord made the time fly getting to interact with folks. For started hurting a bit so I got off, but I will ride with this bunch again! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling #theherd
Zwift - Ocean Lava Cliffside Loop in Watopia Better. This is one of my favorite Zwift routes in Watopia. Just enough climbing to wake those legs up! Still some knee pain but seems to be better with each ride. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Watopia’s Waistband in Watopia Better. Knees still not happy but the higher saddle helps. Shifted to the small chain ring to cruise to the end and the chain fell off with 200 meters to go. I was done, but wasn’t finished. Oh well. Until tomorrow. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Tick Tock in Watopia Still nursing a very irritated right knee. Hurting right now. I’m sure it was from the saddle being too low a couple of weeks ago - trying to elevate soreness and created a new problem. Hopefully it will ease up. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: Stage 1 | Ride | Tour de Zwift 2024 (B) on Greatest London Loop in London Took a couple of days to work on bike setup. Was just not comfortable on the bike. Basically seat adjustments, and pedaling felt really good and hit muscles that had been a little neglected. As result, the legs gave out a bit quicker than expected. Still, the pedaling felt much better. Still a little saddle soreness. Need some chamois butter and possibly new bibs. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Knickerbocker Reverse in New York A little ride around New York on a Tuesday. Nursing some injuries but pretty happy considering. Did complete the KOM which is good and nearly 300 meters of climbing in 45 minutes. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Coast Crusher in Watopia Wanted to finish the week with a somewhat relaxed but good ride. Still having saddle sore issues but outside of that, I’m feeling really good. A couple of notes. Relative Effort according to Strava has increased substantially over the last month, with 20 point increases each of the last 3 weeks. Fitness level is also up 10 points in that time frame. Confidence is higher and strength is noticeably building. Got to keep this steak going! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: Stage 8 | Ride | Tour de Zwift 2024 (B) on Big Flat 8 in Watopia First good group ride in a while. Legs felt great, but I can’t say the same for my inner carriage. The 3D printed saddle is digging into my being after a while and made the last 15km extremely uncomfortable. I’ll change that tomorrow. Otherwise, very happy with how I felt and pedaled on the longest ride in a while! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Morning had sucked for the most part. Then I had the best bacon, egg and cheese biscuit if ever eaten. Shortly afterwards, Apple Music played this song. Thank you Apple Music! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican
Zwift - Greater London Loop in London This was a good effort as Box Hill is always a good challenge. It’s a consistently steady climb for 3 km with most of it around 5-6%. The rest of the food is pretty flat minus some short leg breakers in town at the first. Feeling pretty good about myself right now. It’s been a while. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Tick Tock in Watopia Had already exceeded last week’s relative effort in 3 rides versus 5, so my legs were feeling it. As such, I just wanted an easy ride to work some of the soreness out but still get some fitness in. Tick Tock works well for that. Good ride. Legs feel better. Increased fitness (according to Strava) and relative effort to higher levels than the last 10 weeks. Even took in a half-ass sprint at the end. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Serpentine 8 in Watopia My feet. Not sure if they’re swelled, not broke in our what, but they are hurting a great deal. Might be fine for some new shoes. I’ve had these Shimanos for a couple of years now. I don’t know, but they’re my biggest issue right now. Still, a solid ride, even if shortened. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Ocean Lava Cliffside Loop in Watopia Planned this ride right after the last one on Tuesday. Intended to ride yesterday but had a chance to hang out with my brother from another mother and could not pass that up! Minus my feet, this ride felt great and I can definitely feel the power and fitness starting to creep back into me, although it’s still not even close to being there. Have to keep moving forward! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Canopies and Coastlines in Watopia This was good. Kept telling myself, “get to one hour”, but then I realized I was only about 2.5 km from finishing at 1 hour. So I pushed and finished the route. I’m hurting in places but feel good knowing that I was able to do this again. Probably helped that I had to stop about half way due to my chain coming off, but I still got there just the same! Gives me hope! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Volcano Flat in Watopia A simple 30 minute ride simply to get some movement today. Legs were sore all day but felt pretty good on the bike. That’s 5 rides this week for the first time in a while. Will take tomorrow off and get back into Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Watopia’s Waistband in Watopia Really wanted to compete this route, but my right foot and my behind had other ideas. Still, best ride yet, and even though only 45 minutes, that’s the longest one in a while. I reset my goals at the first of the year and this was the first week I’ve got both of them. I’m getting more optimistic each day! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Jungle Circuit in Watopia Better. Much better. Raised my saddle and it made it much more comfortable, other than wearing my butt out. Literally. Still got a long way to go, but it’s good to see improvement. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift
Zwift - Roule Ma Poule in France It started as a group ride, but I quickly realized I could not keep up with the group, so I baked and continued riding at my pace. Power was messed up due to the group ride but that was OK. Still a good workout. Got a long way to go. One step at a time. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Going Coastal in Watopia Really like this track for a short ride. Fun. Legs are weak but getting a little stronger with each ride. Feel it in the thighs! Keep moving forward! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #keepmovingforward #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Rolling Highlands in Scotland One step forward, 2, maybe 3 steps back. Spent the last several days trying to deal with and recover a severe stomach funk. Basically running back and forth to the toilet for 4 straight days. That will teach me to think I had something going! So this was the first ride in 7 days. It felt surprisingly good. Even got a little climbing in, which was tough but felt good at the same time. Let’s start stepping forward again and let whatever comes, come! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift
Zwift - Tick Tock in Watopia Done. That’s about it. Thankful. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Tempus Fugit in Watopia It’s a shame that my new challenges are just simply trying to complete the Tempus Fugit, but it is what it is. Completed it. That’s about it. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Flat Route in Watopia It was short. Late. Flat. But it was 2 days in a row. Too many folks said they believed in me for me not to do this. But the end of the ride, I felt decent. Not good, but decent. I’ll take it. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Workout: Let’s Get Moving | Fitness Jumpstart on Castle to Castle in Makuri Islands Day 1 of 2024. There were times it felt ok. Most of the time, it felt like crap, but I got it done. It’s as good a time as any to get my 30 program back gong. Even if it’s simple and weak, get 30 minutes of exercise at least 5 days a week. Also starting a new look on my diet to try and get the weight down and feel better. 3 weeks will make a habit. I got a goal. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #getyour30 #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Afternoon Mountain Bike Ride First ride in a couple of weeks. It has been a tough time to get motivated. Glad to get outside though. Knees are terrible. Bike needs slight shifting adjustment but is riding well #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #garminedge530 #bmc #bmcbikes #twostrokealthree #cycling
Zwift - Tempus Fugit in Watopia Movement is medicine. Movement is medicine. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #cycling #gozwift
Haven't posted much about fitness lately. I'll just say it's been difficult. No need to get into reasons, just know, if you're keeping up, that I'm trying to get my mojo back. I'll get there but it takes effort. I think I'm ready to give that effort, but I've said that a few times and not lived up to it. I hour to change that as well. Proud of this workout. It was not easy but I attacked it and completed it. A good step in the right direction. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Group Workout: Long | Fatigue Fighter | ZA 2023 on The Muckle Yin in Scotland Couldn’t hang for the entire workout today but did good for an hour. Legs and behind were done. Felt good to get a good sweat on though. #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
First ride in a week. No good excuses. Actually could have used a rose or two this week to deal with some stress, but there you go. And this one was probably more than I should have took on, but I'm really glad i took it on and finished it. Felt good until the last 15 minutes, then my butt and my legs wanted to stop . I made them wait! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Needed this. It wasn't great, or even good, but it wasn't bad either. Even enjoyed it, especially the new coastline in Zwift! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #gozwift #zwift #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #cycling
Zwift - Group Ride: Tour of Watopia Ride 2023 | Stage 3 | Short on Volcano Climb in Watopia Boy, legs were spent after this, and this would have been easy 3 weeks ago. Oh well, life’s a roller coaster of ups and downs, ins and outs. We just have to navigate through it. Had a lot of trouble with resistance consistency on the climb. Power would fluctuate 40 watts without changing slopes or cadence. Made it tougher than it should have been. Still, I’ll take it! #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
ROUVY - Glenwood Canyon | Colorado | USA Chose to ride this route because we just got finished riding the opposite direction through Glenwood Canyon 2 weeks ago and it was beautiful. It was cool to see it on the way back! Got the heart rate up quick as 80% of the climbing was on the first third of the ride. Legs still weak and still breathing like in sucking cold air, but this was a longer, harder ride than Monday and I made it just fine. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #rouvy #cycling
ROUVY - Lava Beds First ride in 3 weeks and it felt every bit as bad as you'd think it would. Knees ached from the get go, but that's because their movement has been pretty much nil for many days. Good to get back on though. If you didn't know, I had taken a vacation to Colorado for photography and picked up covid in the middle of it. Been trying to get good and recovered since while we tossed the virus around in our home like a football. I think we're good now, just tired and trying to get back on the swing. Included a couple of pics from the trip. It was awesome! #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #rouvy #cycling
Legends and Lava in Watopia A bit of a struggle, but also felt strong at times. Really love this route and wish I could have finished it today, but I'll get it next time. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Makuri 40 in Makuri Islands First time on the bike since Tuesday die to back issues. Stopped at 30 minutes as the back was tightening up and I didn't want to push it. Good to sweat though and get the legs turning over again. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Emily's Short Mix in Watopia One of the best 30 minute workouts I've done on Zwift. Just enough recovery to keep the heart rate from getting away from you, but pretty much engaged for 24 minutes. Good stuff! #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Lunch Ride So, I accidentally saved the first half of the ride before finishing the second half, so it looks like 2 rides. Both halves were hard. I have obviously lost some fitness over the last couple of weeks. I'll get it back. I LOVE this bike. It's so comfortable to ride, even on the road. The large 12 speed cassette makes it seem like I never run out of gears. I need to ride it more and get better at riding it! #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #garminedge530 #garminvariartl515 #ride_bmc #twostrokealthree #mtb #hardtail #cycling
Lunch Ride Ok, so not much distance or time here, but let me tell you, this was hard. There could be many reasons. First and foremost, a couple of weeks ago, I attempted to convert this bike to tubeless with 38c, all -road tires, but the rims are crap for sealant, so I had to put tubes in them. The ride is wonderfully comfortable, but, best I can tell from today, terribly slow. On top of that, I haven't ridden much lately for several reasons, one of them being that I had a nuclear stress test yesterday. I could still be feeling the results of that as well, but it could just be my legs are not road ready right now. Saddle was also too low - need to adjust based on first road ride with the new setup. As a result, every little hill today felt like a big one. Heart rate was up and legs got tired quick. May give the setup one mode try on the morning with the saddle adjusted up. Could be I have to go back to the road setup. We'll see. With all that said, that 35 minutes was a great workout, even if it shouldn't have been. It all counts. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #garminedge530 #garminvariartl515 #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #cycling #roadcycling #gravelbike
Zwift - Out And Back Again in Watopia Didn't quite finish, but I was finished. Good ride and the longest in a while. Been off the bike for a couple of days, not intentionally, but was good to get back on. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - The Gorby in Richmond What a great workout! Awfully hard, but not too hard that I couldn't finish! 5 x 5 minutes at 110% FTP with 5 minute breaks at 55% FTP in between. Whew! #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Zwift - Climb Portal - Bealach Na Ba Only made it a little more than half way up this climb, but that was enough for today. Needed some work as the last couple of days have been frustrating with no traction. Good start to the week. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #masibrunello #ridemasi #gozwift #zwift #climbportal
Zwift - Road to Sky in Watopia Knew I wouldn't get far up this climb but wanted to work hard today. Left knee and right thigh kept me from going further but it still felt good to work. Got to get some weight off to deal with this climb! #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #tacxfluxs #ridemasibikes #ridemasi #masibrunello #gozwift #zwift #cycling
Morning Mountain Bike Ride Got out the BMC Twostroke this morning and took it for spin. Been a couple of weeks for it. Love this bike even though it's not ideal for the road. Doc greeted me at the door and we always have to go out on the back porch after I get the gear off. Love this dog. Absolutely stunning morning as well, even if very humid. #getyour30 #imwithlarbob #iwontletgo #bestican #keeppushin #garmincycling #garminedge530 #garminvariartl515 #ride_bmc #twostrokealthree #cycling #mtb