I will have to look again. But I thought it was 4.1 miles in an hour.

 

i was looking all over the page to find out how frequent is the bell and thought it was maybe a secret. something i guess i should have known 

QOTD: how would you train for maximum immune function?

DW is one of the heroes working the ICU and the "covid cove" as they call it in unsafe conditions without proper PPE (unsafe AND illegal). when she goes off to work it's like she is going off to war. it really is bad. the c19 patients that get intubated have very high mortality-like almost 100% so far. anyway i am trying to think of how i can keep our immune systems strong. so far this and a new pseudoinjury it's 1-2 hours a day jogging or cycling and so far no workouts except leg day.

here's a video how to make a ginger/flour/wine plaster for pseudoinjuries in the leg. it works amaingly well!

https://youtu.be/ymiW_pU-RwI

Funky Isolation. It's the best way to keep the immune system strong. My wife who works IT at the hospital said if she has to start helping/working at the main hospital me and our son aren't going to be home. Her hospital has already sent out the email pretty much saying "You're all hospital employees. You'll be helping out as necessary should we need you to help." So she doesn't want it to spread.

Oh and also just avoiding society. the TWO places I went to had people who didn't care about the whole 6 feet of space. One was a group of three people talkign about the quarentine movies they're watching (outbreak, the stand, etc.) and whenever I'd move forward they'd get closer. Three feet? sure. Me coughing due to saliva didn't even phase them. At least they moved slightly back when I had to walk past them. The second was a gas station. They taped squares on the floor. Guy ahead of me didn't care. Can't imagine why countries are going into full lockdown. I mean...the whole "groups of less than 10" and "stay 6 feet or more apart" is obviously working. (facepalm).

Gatsby I knew a few people who were in it. I'd considered going to either pace again, or maybe just cheer them on for a quick second. I MIGHT have even offered to work your aid station since it's kind of a memorable moment for me. Except for the giant penguins wearing Santa hats.

I took the opportunity to run some trails. Either it was mental, or the second run with elevation was actually harder. I'm also trying to figure out why my achellies tendon is bothering me. It's hurt ever since I was pushing myself on a shopping cart and riding it last Friday. Probably ripped a muscle or slightly tore it. It hurts right where this photo shoes.  At least I got my toilet paper.

Slowly building up the mileage, my right hammy and knee is getting better by biking more, and cutting back on the running. I should have 40 miles in by tomorrow, and 160+ for the month. Last year my Achilles kept me to 120 miles total in April and May, this year I am paying more attention to my body and trying not to push too much too soon. I'm loving the biking more actually, what with my spring races cancelled, I can bike more. I used to race both road and mountain back in the day, and the miles are getting easier, I'm up to over 40 mile rides after work now with the extra daylight.

Work has been very busy, both the wife and I are essential workers. I lost an assistant at work so I'm doing two people's work, and also having to do some of other people's work that are working from home. It's kind of irritating that I'm doing extra work while they are binge watching Netflix and walking their dogs, but hopefully come review time I can remind them of my value.

Lots of extra people out on the trails here, it's like people that normally don't get out are feeling like they need to be out all of a sudden. I don't mind people being out, I encourage it. I just hate dogs off leash on bike paths, and people that don't know how to act. A few tips for parents, don't let your child lay their bike down fully across the bike path when there are bikers coming from both directions, and yes, your dog may bite or jump in front of my wheel taking me down. Thankfully road biking is still safe from them, and running on lightly traveled gravel roads until the trails open up is an option.

Hope everyone stays safe and keeps plugging away, this will be over soon enough, hopefully by the time summer is here.

crazy world indeed. glad to hear everyone is still getting outside. there is some weird sociological stuff going on. seems more crowded but ppl are also spread out more too but everyone from strava to the bike shop is noticing it's zombie like. trying to ride on the bike path is getting challenging but as far as workouts at home i cant stand treadmills. i think they are all just too small for my feet. looked into getting a bike trainer but just ended up getting confused. maybe ill just get a basic fluid one. zwift is too spendy and to me the content seems like ancient tech. should be more like vr by now esp for that price.

this week was 25M 2k' running and 39M 2800' cycling. all pretty easy sprinkling in some short bursts but nothing full-out. today i did about ten 'easy 100's' mid run and it felt good

I finished the week with 40 and change, around 2500' vert.  Did a 15 mile virtual race yesterday.  As a general rule, I think virtual races are silly, but things are different now.  If that's the most that RDs can do, then I'll support them.

Emailed my running club and other aid station volunteers about WS, told them to save the date for 2021.  Sending that email made me sad.  I'm going to miss it.  Good news is that we have 2 years to get a qualifier...

Brew, with WS cancelled, I think TRT will be called off too, within the next few weeks.  And that's fine by me.  If you don't crew/pace at States next year, you should volunteer, either at ALT or somewhere else.  I'm partial to ALT, of course, and the penguins, even if they somehow escaped your attention.  Seeing people coming through at all hours of night is humbling and cool.

Funky, stress is not good for immunity... vent, and then try to let it go.

nOOky, KellyDodge -- yeah, it's amateur hour outside.  The shelter in place order for SF Bay Area counties led to overcrowding at parks, trails and beaches... so now they're closed.

Krash, nice week as usual.

If people stay at home and stop doing stupid shit (big assumptions, I know), this modeling has things settling down in CA and US-wide in early July.  But people have lots of obstacles to training now, and will for a while. Do you still put on a July race on the chance things will be better under this (potential) scenario?

https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections