It's cloudy and was raining, so I hopped on the trainer. The legs felt pretty good to start. My patience was the lesser of things. I had two Halo Replays going while I was riding. One for the entire route, and the other for the climb. I was sufficiently warmed up by the time I reached the start of the climb. After about 10 minutes into the climb, I was feeling better in the patience. I settled into a steady tempo. Mostly out of the saddle. I was keeping an eye on my Halo Replay. It was ahead of me most of the time, by about 20 seconds towards the last half of the climb. When I was approaching the summit, I noticed I was pulling time back. So, I increased the tempo. I caught my Halo Replay just before the summit. I think I caught up to my route Halo Replay too, but I have to check the footage. I was at max 160+ BPM.
From there, I did the bonus climb. I was able to beat my replay on that segment. I cruised my way down the mountain from there. I zipped through the undulating terrain that led to the finish. I beat my replay through the sprint zone and to the finish. I shut it down immediately after. I hopped off the trainer after the HR went down to 112 BPM. Concentration was good. Gear held up, but the HR sensor lost connection here and there. I had my GPS on the bike. The HR never dropped out on the unit. Ailments were next to none. Just some hand soreness. Nutrition was good. I drank about half my Gatorade and some water. Balance and form was good. Other notes, there were over 3000 riders on this map, today.