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It’s raining again. I decided to hop onto Zwift. I chose the London Loop route. Getting everything together happened with minimal problems. I had to play with the HR sensor settings. I finally got it to work with Bluetooth. I think I had to use the Zwift Companion app to get it to work. Nevertheless, I hopped on the trainer and got on with business. I decided to do two loops. The second faster than the first. I think it took around 10 to 12 minutes to reach the base of the Box Hill climb. I tried to keep it below 3 W/kg to the summit. I think I finished in about 11 or 12 minutes. After reaching the summit, I took a few moments to breath and headed back to London. I put in a modest effort through the tunnel riser. I still have a mild soreness in the right inner glut, hence the reason to "take it easy". After making it to the start / finish, I was able to increase the tempo. I was sweating by this time and the legs were warmed up. I think I put in a two minute gap since the previous by the time I made it to the base of the Box Hill climb for the second lap. This time, I was riding out of the saddle most of the time. I tried to keep the W/kg at 3 or higher. I was seeing numbers above 200 watts. I was about 5 or 10 seconds off my 90 PR. Good enough for me. From there, I was able to relax a bit and recover. I did another mild effort up the tunnel riser. At this point, I noticed I was on good time for the lap. I kept the tempo high in the last mile. I posted a 90 PR after crossing the finish. Immediately after, I commenced the cool-down. I cooled down for about 5 minutes till the HR went down to 112 BPM and then hopped off the trainer. Concentration was good. A bit impatient to start, but found the zone about 10 minutes into the ride. There were minimal gremlins or lapses. Balance and form was good. Ailments, minimal. Perhaps some mild hand numbness. The knees felt real good today. Almost no soreness. Nutrition was good. I went through all my sport drink and some water. Gear worked flawless. Getting the HR to work took a few minutes. I'm still getting used to it. The wooden down to help mount the bike on the trainer helped a lot.
Other notes, there were over 2200 riders on the London map. Over 34,000 riders overall.
Other notes, the HR sensor seemed to be off by about 5 BPM.