Stayed up very late for me watching LOTR FOTR (limited time free access on Prime Video for all parts btw) on Xmas Eve, fell asleep towards end having been up since 0530, finally tried to nod off properly in bed at ~0000…
But then woke as normal for day off just past 0600, feeling like death on so little sleep, but couldn’t get back to sleep. Got up ~0630, with romantic notions of a ~2 hour ride to Old Winchester Hill and back, but chained coffees to try and wake up and couldn’t decide on a route, anxieties about ice as several weather stations were reporting close to 0C in the area etc. “Suddenly” it was almost 0900 and didn’t seem worth getting bike off turbo, getting ready and heading off, when we were expected up the MIL’s (tiny walk away) just after 1000.
Then felt completely out of the loop when we were about to leave MIL after pressies and croissant at ~1130, when I then discovered we weren’t expected back there until ~1730!
Still felt completely drained and everything felt like a world changing crisis, hit the caffeine again and the odd shower passed over Old Winchester Hill, which combined with a call from family in Prestatyn a bit later put the final nail in the outdoor ride coffin. 🙁
Ended up doing a 2x15min FTP training session on Zwift. Woke me up for a while, until the fatigue from the session caught up with me a while later!
“Big” get-together of better half’s family at MIL’s isn’t until 1300 today, which are nice to catch up with everyone but leave me so drained as I’m a social recluse, but it’s a miserable wet and windy day and I probably have better odds of winning the lottery than going out in that in the next four hours. :/