How to train in a Hurricane...

You just do.

Ran yesterday in the pouring rain, ran today in the ultra wind. Today's brick was successful, meaning I did what I was told. I feel like that's where I'm at these days... because of the nature of the workouts, not because of anything else. These workouts are totally reasonable, they are absolutely within the parameters of my ability, and though they can be long, they are not impossibly difficult. Because of that, the challenge lies in actually DOING the workout, motivating to get out and get it done, but not as much in the actual work. At least, that's what I'm feeling.

Anyway, ladder in the saddle. Five minutes each Z2-Z4, repeated 4x. This was good. I worked on my own (without a video) indoors and varied the workout as needed to keep the HR within zone. The first and third sets, I worked easier gears with higher cadence. Second and fourth sets were lower cadence with bigger gears. I was most successful during the second set.

As I was riding, I lost my mind and forgot I had the watch on AutoSport, so the first 5mins of my workout is here.

After a clean transition and a walk down the stairs, I ran for 30 minutes. A few things caught me up during this run, but I feel that (despite the odd data) I achieved my goal. First, my watch takes a while (usually 10+ minutes) to sync with satellites, so the first section of my run is without pacing info. Second, as I hit the first mile of my run I began to cramp up. This is the third run in a row with mega abdominal cramping. I run through it, but it sucks. Finally, as I turned around at the halfway point, I was met with a significant headwind, which had previously pushed me along from behind. You can see this starkly reflected in my HR data. In order to achieve the same speed, I had to work harder. At the end of the 20 minute <9' set, I decided to book it up the hill and max out. Felt good.