Stage 5 and The Omnium is done & done. Felt the best of any stage so far. I may give Thin Air a go tomorrow morning instead of evening, depending on how the legs feel.
Still a few hours of work this evening though.
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Did Stage 6 Thin Air plus the Mental Positive Self Talk (but my wife says I am always mental). Three Stages to go.
So far, I have recorded a best distance in 7 of the 8 rides. Albeit some were measured in a few hundredths of a miles. The one that got me was the one Sir Glen is always warning about, Elements of Style where I was short 0.23 of a mile.
Overall though +2.32 miles. Not stellar, but pretty good considering these are being done as part of a tour.
Mini-Blender tonight.
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Crushed Mimi-Blender, over 2.8 miles farther than my previous best. But that was 27 months ago. Clearly riding much better today at 68 than I was back then at 65.
14 Vice Grips tomorrow and then the final double hitter; There Is No Try and Defender.
And a good time was had by all.
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Great work Sir Stuart @Critmark!
This tour has really flown by for me 
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I’m always impressed by how well you ride all these TOS workouts. 
You are a TOS legend.
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Stage 8 - 14 Vice Grips has been conquered. 0.68 miles farther than my previous best a few months ago.
Now come the real test - There Is No Try + Defender. Highly unlikely I do a distance best in both, or maybe even one. I will give it my max suffering though, in true nuclear fashion. 
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A compliment indeed from a five time Knight. I am humbled, thank you kind Sir.
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ToS 2019 is done.
The good:
I’m done!!!
Managed to do both final stage rides at a new distance best.
After a rocky start to the tour, I settled in and it went well.
The bad:
It was 36F outside this morning and just 49f in my suffer cave. With the space heater on it got all the way up to a balmy 51F.
I forgot my inhaler so my EIB slapped me pretty hard. The 3 minute recoveries in Defender were not enough to get my breathing back to normal. A truly miserable ride in which I did SUFFER.
Tour overall totals: TSS +57, IF + 0.38, Distance + 4.56 miles.
Rapha 500 the last week of the month, Tour of WhatEverTheHell end Feb and then I will schedule the final two Tours to complete the set.
Now for a nap.
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Well done! 
Even if you could breathe properly that’s still no guarantee of finishing Defender. 
If your TOD adventures are any sign, you’ll crush your future tour plans. 
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Bravo Sir Stuart @Critmark!
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