I'm having a strong March so far. The Fat Cyclist weight loss challenge is going well. I hovered in the 178's for a few days and was getting annoyed since I had been working hard and eating well, but the last couple days has seen a big drop all the way down to 175.9. It seemed to work like that last time I put in big weight-loss effort in 2012. I would plateau for a few days and then would see a big drop to a new lower plateau.
My goal for vertical ascent is 50,000' for the month and here on March 15th I've recorded 29,000' already. All of that was gained in 13 skinning sessions. I've hit the 2300' vert at Keystone 4 times and made 5 multiple lap efforts at Loveland to get my average day to almost 2000'.
The legs are starting to feel really strong and I am able to use the short but fast cadence up the steep slopes for the first time. Still have not broken any PR's but I'm getting very close. I suspect if I gave my legs a little break for a day or two and made a hard effort at a route then I could probably post some PRs, but that is gonna have to wait a bit longer as I continue to build my endurance base.
Me and 4 friends are making a full-moon WRIAD (White Rim in a Day) attempt next Monday/Tuesday. It would be the 4th time to complete the loop for 3 of us, but there will be 2 more WRIAD rookies along, so who knows how long it will take. It should be fairly easy cardio-wise, but I expect my legs and especially my butt to be pretty sore afterwards. Last year we did it in April and I made a point to stand and pedal as much as possible. Hopefully it all goes well for the crew.
Big-time momentum happening now so got to keep it going!
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