Sunday, March 11, 2007

1 week before Strasburg - Cram week

In my effort to jump start my fitness for the up coming race season(Strasburg is next weekend) I spent some hours on the bike this weekend. Friday I went hard on my own hill workout and felt good, but I may have over done it... Evidenced by the 5 hours of pain I spent on the bike on Saturday: not so fun. Of course the tempo part of the Wilowdale ride wasn't too bad but I could tell that this damn head cold/sinus thing is still lingering. It might even be a touch of fatigue. Anyway I kept going and when the ride got fast at the end, I was there up the first hill but just could not keep up the pace on the flats. Once again I fell off the pace and finished behind the lead group. Then Jim asked me to do a another loop after the ride and I stupidly went with him. Another 1.5 hours later, I ended up with 90+ miles and a splitting headache and some serious bonking... Oh well, falls under the pain has to be good for ya..

Sunday was a good recovery ride, but my muscles were sore and my calves were aching. Think tomorrow is time for a day off and then go slow this week. Everyone wants to start Tues and Thursdays this week, so we'll see.