1st day of formal training

And I'd say it went reasonably well. I had to run by pace instead of heart rate to get the zones right for the last part of my running, because going from zone 4 to zone 1 didn't give my heart time to slow down before I needed to go back to zone 4 again. But other than that, both cycling and running went rather well. Despite the 80/20 setting on my watch not working (my fault, I'm quite sure), I managed to stay in my zones nearly the entire time. Tomorrow, is STT2 (200 Z1, 400 Z3, 2 minute rest, 200 Z3, 2 minute rest, 200 Z1)  and CF9 (5 minute Z1, 50 minute Z2, 5 minute Z1).

I got my commuting raleigh 20 more or less set up; pump bracket and pump, spare tire, etc. Hopefully I can manage to leave the PJ express set up in the trainer so I'm not hauling it up and down a ladder and swapping wheels every time I want to work out.

Other than that, I determined that the best sweetener for my orange/elderflower liqueur is 1/2 simple syrup and 1/2 honey syrup, mixed to make the same volume as the flavored vodka. I don't have enough honey syrup to finish (I need another 300mL), nor enough honey to make more. When I get more honey and finish mixing, I intend to gravity (or possibly force) filter it, to get a good, clear liqueur. I gravity filtered the lemon vodka today, so I can mix it with simple syrup and bottle the limoncello whenever I wish.

Not much else got done today. This is the first time in a long time that I've had two days off in a row, excepting my vacation a while ago. I did have good luck with my granola experiment (1 cup of granola and 1/4 cup of milk powder in a jar, add water to top of granola and shake to mix). It's the sort of thing that could make good no-cook food for camping or bikepacking. Anyway, I made up three jars of it to take to work for impromptu meals. I'm thinking of buying a few MRES or backpacking meals for keeping at work, maybe even for the benefit of others. I'm also interested in the Humanitarian Daily Rations I've heard about, not least for use in ant food pods.