02-11-2026 Virtual Ride

Woke up to get ready for a bike ride with John from his house. Weather was clear but looked sketchy. Around 6:30 he texted me that it looked ready to rain at his place, so he wasn't going to ride. About 10 minutes later, it started to rain at our house, so, good call. I decided to ride on the trainer instead, so I got all the gear together and rode the Area 52 course in the California set of routes. Rode for an hour at a mix of endurance (Z2) and tempo (Z3) pace, keeping a more consistent power output than on a typical outdoor ride. This course is relatively flat, which helped with power output consistency. I couldn't get my power pedals to connect to the app, although I think I've been successful in doing this previous times (maybe not, since the pedals are ANT+). When I started, MyWhoosh wasn't recording my heartrate, so after about four miles I paused the ride and added the heartrate sensor in. So, my average heartrate below is just for the time it was tracking.

Avg speed = 18.9 mph. Total mileage = 18.9 mi

Avg power = 165 W. Weighted avg power = 168 W

Total elevation gain = 540'

Avg heartrate = 125 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 9 (Low, due to inaccuracy in heartrate monitoring during the ride)

Training Load = 58

Intensity = 76%

https://www.strava.com/activities/17363929093

After the ride I had more time in the morning than usual before my volunteer shift. Didn't do much with it. The ride over to the hospital was wet. I should have worn my rain jacket, so my shirt got a little damp. Had lunch and then started the shift, which was pretty slow at the beginning. The Winter Olympics were on the TV for the first part of the shift, ice dancing. Nothing unusual happened, it did get busy near the end, so I left just a little bit late. Headed home in clear weather, then after dinner Ann and I drove to Del Mar to see The Wailin' Jennys (Ruth Moody, Nikki Mehta, and Heather Masse) at The Sound in the Fairgrounds. They were decent, great harmonies and some really good songs, but their repertoire was a little uneven. I might see them again if they came to the area. Decent show, although it had an intermission, I guess to sell stuff. The drive home was uneventful.