Summer fading.

The summer weather is definitely fading to fall. No sign of change in the leaves so far but the evening temperatures have been lower. The cooler temps make riding way more comfortable for me though. The first day of this "training week" my weight dropped to 221.5. I was up and down but finished this week, #6, at 221.5 this morning. This was also a good week for power with more routes finished at > 18mph, including Tuesday's 21.8 miler at 18.6. Monday's route included 2 nice climbs with average power for the entire ride of 192 watts/213w NP and 20 minute peak of 213w avg/238w NP. Last night I had a strong start but got hammered by wind which slowed me down but my average power was 186. All of my rides for the past week have showed IF values > 1.0, so I certainly need to re-estimate my FTP. I've been using an estimated value of 180 since June, but based on 7 day distribution charts its probably closer to 190. My 60 min peak NP has been consistently around 200 watts, so that's what I'm going with.

Food control still going well. Still not hitting the weights though.

My appointment with the cardiologist was rescheduled for 9/28 which gives me 4 full weeks to shed a few more pounds. I'd like to be 215 or less for that appointment. If I get sufficient warm weather into October or perhaps even November, I think I'll climb Thatcher to Wolf Hill and see how it goes. I'd like to try it as close to 200lbs as possible.