It's raining out as was predicted. A good day to hop on Zwift. I chose the London Loop route. As usual, I like to do a negative split on this course. After getting everything together, I hopped on. I forgot to check my weight, so I guessed about 134 lbs. Turns out that I underestimated by about 2 pounds. Not so bad. The legs felt pretty good to start. I was doing modest in and out of the saddle efforts to warm up before the first climb up Box Hill. I was ready to go when I got there. I kept the tempo steady, careful not to go much over 3 W/kg. I was doing in and out of the saddle efforts to keep the legs fresh. After cresting the summit for the first time, I let up to recover and headed back to the start finish. I put in a dig on the tunnel riser. After crossing the finish for the first time, I was warmed up, so I upped the tempo. The legs felt good and so did the joints. My back pain was in check. The second time up Box Hill felt real good. I was doing 3 W/kg or better for most of the climb. I noticed that Zwift lost reception from the trainer for a second or two. It happened twice. I probably lost no more than a second or two. When I was about a minute or two from the summit, I noticed that I was on par for a 90 day PR. So, I went for it. I upped the tempo and watched the estimated time to the top. I bested my PR by about 10 seconds, plus or minus. From there, I headed down the climb and through the tunnels. I put in a good dig through the tunnel riser, reaching 600 Watts. A few moments later, I noticed I was in for a possible 90 day PR for the route. So, I kept the power on. I bested by 5 to 10 seconds I think. After crossing the finish, I commenced the cool down phase. I kept going for about 6 or 7 minutes till my HR went down to 112 BPM, then I hopped off.

Concentration was good. I was in the zone most of the time and the morale felt good. Balance and form was good. Ailments were minimal. My lower left back feels better. My hands were sore on occasion. Nutrition was good. I had a bowl of oatmeal, a banana and some grapes for breakfast. I had the other half of the banana and some grapes before hopping on. Gear worked flawlessly. Although, the signal dropped a few times while climbing Box Hill. Other notes, there were about 1,000 riders on this map today and a total of over 14,000 riders on all maps.