D111: 08.31.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~8mi/~36min
Driver: Amon Amarth: Jomsviking
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Moved back to some of the moving/cleaning project over the last couple days, greater activity which Legs did not seem to appreciate in terms of recovery, but my appetite has also still been off the last couple of days, which is also unhelpful. Even though Legs were a bit dicey, I decided to get into it and see if I could warm them up enough to hit it and if not, I'd take it easy and rest up for Thursday...big problem is that I wasn't sure if they'd be recovered enough by then and I had that sprint goal and all. So...I took a couple miles to warm up and then hit a lower cadence sprint, which went well. I then went for the 9 - 10 load sprint and hit it, which is the new high. I also ran it past 10, but was not able to hold it for a quarter mile, so didn't count it. Next time...

One more workout on Thursday, then it's off of training for the period of time I mentioned in the previous post. Will do some numbers breakdowns next post also.

D110: 08.29.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~10mi/~41min
Driver: Hypocrisy: The Final Chapter
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: I decided today, though Legs are a touch sore and Air was awful this morning, to try to focus on distance, specifically getting to 10 miles as fast as I could manage. I remembered my allergy pill this morning, so things were improved there and I loaded calorically normally today. I thought I had done somewhat better speed-wise than it turned out to be, but I'll take it. Ideally, I would like to get it as close to 30 minutes as possible, though I think 30 minutes outright will be near-impossible with 5 minutes warm-up and 3 minutes (give or take) cool down...

One more workout for August coming up and whichever day I feel Legs are ready (they mostly breezed through today, except for right before cool-down) will be sprints, whereupon I try to go past the 9 Load and maybe past 10, Legs willing. The workout on September 2, which will precede off from training (but not the diet, aside from me allowing myself to have some beers at least part of that time) from September 3 through September 13, I will post up my mileage to date, as well as cumulative weight loss...definitely made a lot of performance progress in that time...

At the current rate, I should also hit 100 workouts for 2021 sometime in October (I think). I'm still trying to decide if I want to hit the live bike...need to get it reconditioned, but weather looks pretty close to being ready to cooperate somewhat more in the coming weeks...

D109: 08.28.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~10mi/~43min
Driver: Fear Factory: Obsolete
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: I managed to tweak my left inner Thigh a bit somehow Wednesday morning getting up to use the toilet in the middle of the night and Thursday was feeling well off anyway, so just bagged it. Legs better today, though took about twice as long as normal to warm up, but Air still in the toilet. I'm kind of getting tunnel vision for the week off, as I'm feeling really worn down and appetite is shot (which is also fucking recovery - also badly screwed loading up today) but really am trying to fight off burnout to make sure I don't miss workout unless unavoidable.

Did a weigh-in Thursday, at 249, which is no change from last time around. I'm moving to a much higher vegetable period for this coming week and the one after that, so we'll see how that does.

D108: 08.24.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~8mi/~35min
Driver: Duskfall: A Lifetime Supply Of Guilt
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Legs still not quite all the way back and Air not great, either, so went for a more straightforward workout. 5 workouts left between now and the scheduled week off, which I am very much looking forward to, so definitely want to get sprints in again there somewhere. Also, want to try and extend riding time again, but that might need to wait until after the week off...with any luck, I will also be -20 lbs overall by that time, but won't know until we get there...

D107: 08.22.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~8mi/~36min
Driver: Sabaton YouTube channel
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Legs not quite all the way back (did some minor moving after the workout yesterday) and Allergies roaring still a touch, but we were still a go. Again, no ankle brace, but I'm planning on putting it back on for sprints next week.

D106: 08.21.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~8mi/~35min
Driver: Unlucky Morpheus YouTube channel
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: A very, very active week and trying to fit in bike time anywhere in there was pretty much a complete no go. Also, did not do a great job dietary (not that it wasn't clean or anything, just way too low of calories) and I threw off things quite a bit, I think, which impaired recovery. Allergies a bit on the fritz today, which kind of clanged Air, but Legs were go, so we went. Overall, solid considering...definitely looking to get back onto the normal schedule this week coming up, though. I also neglected to brace up  prior to this, which wasn't much of a problem until towards the end, so some improvement on the Achilles...

Weigh-in Wednesday was 249, which is +2 from last time, but I was also holding water like crazy, so...could have been worse, I guess...another reason to get back on track.

D105: 08.13.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~7mi/~33min
Driver: Entombed: Uprising
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Very unusual Friday workout. Legs were no-go yesterday and I had a very rough night prior and was overall quite wrecked. Air was better, but Legs were very iffy today. I didn't want to skip another day with this weekend off also. I decided to go light, as I didn't want to run things too hard today and make the weekend moving more difficult. I had harbored thoughts of shooting for double digit miles, but warm-up took twice as long as by the time I hit 24 minutes, it was very clear that was going to be out for today.

Next scheduled workout will be Tuesday and I'm not planning on taking any further weekends off until Labor Day weekend, but we shall see how well that holds.

D104: 08.10.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~9mi/~40min
Driver: Hypocrisy: A Taste Of Extreme Divinity
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Air is still awful, like really bad, so my Air was correspondingly horrendous today. Did some light additional moving stuff around the last couple of days, so Legs were on the border, but I felt like they were ready to go, so I went. I've had it in my head that I'd like to resume sprints or at least get one of those in and I tried to scratch that itch today. It went...not super well. I could hit the targets, but could not hold pace there for most of them (I went up and down pyramid with a fixed distance in mind) and Air was just not there (I spent a lot of time coughing and trying to clear lungs and catching my breath back up took way longer than normal). Legs also turned out somewhat less recovered than I thought and I wound up having to cut this short once the sprints burned out Legs. Thursday will be the last workout this week, with more moving this weekend, plus a massive bottom to top reorganization and cleaning effort following that. I was trying to hold off until the end of the week for a week off, but that may inadvertently come sooner than anticipated...

D103: 08.07.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~10mi/~42min
Driver: Entombed: Serpent Saints
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Lots of smoke in the area and awful air quality, so definitely hitting the allergy tabs, but Legs were good enough, so we went. It took them quite a while to warm up and were not so interested in being pushed, but still, pretty solid overall. Ass is a bit sorer than usual, however. Tomorrow will be off as I will be assisting a move again. Next weekend will be off entirely for the same reason, so T/T workouts only next week. 

Once all those moves are mostly completed, I have a massive cleaning and re-organization project, which should keep me fairly active, but may also be a wrecking ball to workouts. I don't have an end game in sight for that, but am going to try to keep going on workouts, other than Labor Day weekend, which is going to start an entire week off.

D102: 08.05.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~9mi/~40min
Driver: Hypocrisy: Virus
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Woke up early this morning to allergies, so that was...not great. Timing was off on caloric loading, so even though Legs were go, it was a bit of a struggle to get through, as I did not move the actual workout time. Some rather odd random pains today also didn't help.

Weigh-in yesterday was 247, which is -2 from yesterday, -15 from when I started in late March and -16 down from the high point since starting. I'm hoping this means I've finally turned a corner. Definitely feeling some diet fatigue in there, so going to throw in some changes next week. I've been alternating days with high protein workout days and lower protein, but much higher fiber alternating days, which I'm liking, so will definitely strongly work on retaining that. In other numbers, this is now around 511 miles on the Air Dyne since I resumed in March.

D101: 08.03.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~8mi/~32min
Driver: Defleshed: Royal Straight Flesh
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Definitely was the smart move to take the weekend off after helping someone move. Will be a repeat of that, albeit probably a shorter one, hopefully, weekend after next, so that weekend also will be off. 

Once that person is out, I will be doing a lot of moving stuff around internally, as well as a large cleaning project, so I may have to take more time off here and there, as necessary. Back to now...

Last couple of days I've felt off, but Legs were a go, so off we went. Cannot complain at all about this from a performance perspective. A very soft goal was 10 miles in 30 minutes and this was off that pace, however, there was also both the warm-up and cool-downs in there, so I feel pretty strongly I could accomplish that sooner than expected. Legs were fine, Air did an ok job of keeping up, but again, not feeling 100% going in, which compromised that a bit.