Typical UK mid-winter anticyclonic gloom today. Basically 40m visibility 
Did my usual Z2 loop which is mostly along the Leeds-Liverpool canal hence the flat bit 
, that is genuinely the only flat around here, the bit from 27km onwards is more typical. There’s still 400m of climbing in 34km.
Now just need to wash the bike!
I met some mates I hadn’t seen for a while. It was forecast some early morning fog lifting to clear skies. I’m in Scotland though so you’ve guessed it, the fog never lifted. We did go through one village where it was totally lifted to blue skies but as soon as we went back to town the fog came down again. At least the other bit of the forecast (light winds) was right and given the town has been in a blanket of fog all day its unlikely to freeze.
I wore a (light waterproof, mainly wind proof) jacket that I bought on Black Friday (Pearl Izumi barrier IIRC) for the first time on top of my soft shell and in 2deg C and damp fog it was ideal 
How well it performs when it is warmer is unknown though or the other extreme in heavy rain 
The route was roughly Dunfermline to Crossford to Dollar to Kinross around Loch Leven and back to Dunfermline.
Did mine when I got back. It was so damp it actually washed off easy. We were on the edge of that gloom and it was supposed to lift like yesterday.
Yesterday:
It never did though apart from in one small village (Kingseat)
Easy aerobic spin after getting dropped off to pick up my new Roval Rapide CLX wheels. With global heatmap:
19.5 lbs with everything except water bottles:
First sighting of Neilson Powless on the bike trail, he was going the opposite direction so I stopped and took pics of the mule deer:
Just before sunset, about 30 minutes from home:
Chilly ride, temps 40F / 4C and damp. Makes you feel alive!!!
I had quite a good ride to the far side of Stirling despite my Garmin going whacky in the damp weather. After constantly jumping from one page to the next after about 10 miles it decided to do a factory reset when it got to the language page 30 or so miles later on the move I was having difficulty finding English so I just left it to the Cafe.
You broke your crank arm!?
A gold fish tank maybe, definitely not an armoured one
It it’ll see typically 150w average and max’s of 500-600w under 59-60kg of load. If that’s enough to break it, it must be made of glass
Yip, it looks like I have become the latest victim of Sh1mano Hollowtech failure a problem which happens commonly but sh1tmano deny.
your weather is very similar to where I live in Northern California!
(too cold to take off gloves for an outside pic!)
Started seeing some fitness gains on zone2 workouts starting about a month ago, and really noticed it 10 days ago after setting a 3-hour zone2 power PR.
This is a recovery week and sure enough the fitness bump is baking in:
Highest ever 90 minute power during a zone2 interval, and only 58 seconds of zone3 HR 
What’s surprising is that power is higher than nearly all the 5x15-min (5-min rbi) sweet spot intervals of Tallac +2 from 3 years ago. Zone2 power (relative to HR) is up 20W in a month, and 20-30W higher than all zone2 over the past year.
STOKED!
I managed to borrow a bike and went out for a wee pre rain spin.
It was the first time I had used SRAM and on first impressions it was very slick to change up (down the cassette) but although smooth it was a bit too slow and deliberate the other way. It might be faster when you have more dexterity. I was too warm in the body which was a good job on the feel like -2deg descent from Knockhill but my fingers were frozen by it.
First ride on Maui, and the weather is still pretty rough.
Looking forward to a few bigger rides in the next days.
First time in Maui? It’s a ‘short’ flight from here and we have a list of favorite places to eat🍴
I’ve been on Maui as a child before, but Restaurant recommendations are always welcome!
Older list because last couple of trips were on other islands….
Random list:
808 Bistro
Kihei Caffe
Maui Fish Tacos
Sorentos on the Beach
Jawz Fish Taco Truck
Coconuts Fish Cafe
Da Kitchen
Nicks Kea Lani
Love Maui. It was our annual family pilgrimage / meetup when we lived in SoCal, though sometimes we’d mix it up with time in Kaui. The West Maui Loop, which you may be one of your upcoming “bigger rides”, is nice with varied terrain. I find getting out near dawn is best as it gets you ahead of most of the traffic. From my last ride (and visit… it’s a long haul to get there from Switzerland, plus covid) there in 2018.
Great scenery.
On food, depending on where you’re staying and pricing, Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar is good (reservation required or expect a long wait, but though in these times…?). Hit up a Times market because they’ll have great poke, not to mention seasoned goodies to bbq up. Star Noodle in Lahania is good (it appears Star Noodle relocated from up the hill and took the spot of one of our former favorites on the coast). If you’re in Ka’anapali, there is (was?) a good, though small, farmer’s market in the parking lot of Farmer’s Market Maui (or look up Bad Ass Coffee of Maui) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Enjoy!
Meanwhile, I’m out by Palm Springs in Southern California where a short, basically flat, 4.4mi run I perceived to be relatively easy was viewed by my Garmin as a VO2max effort 
Enjoy your far better scenery.
