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Thank goodness for Mondays

This has been another tough week. It wasn't as stressful as last week, except maybe for the near crash, when I inadvertently touched wheels in the hammer zone on Saturday, reminiscent of the crash involving Levi Leipheimer and Lance Arstrong in the 3rd stage of the Tour of California this year.

Fortunately I didn't crash, and take down any riders around me. That would have made for a really lousy week.

Anywaze, I did manage to get my first full week of cycling in, since my hand surgery, riding about 200 miles, which is pretty good for February. My hill climbing ability is still lacking though, as is most every other aspect, and I really struggled on today's ride, especially on the way back, as speeds easily exceeded 27.5 mph, the point at which I had to drop off, and watch everyone just ride away from me.

I ended up having to time trial [myself], into a slight head wind at about 22 mph, until I was able to catch back on to the back of the group, thanks to some favorable traffic lights.

Oh well, I've heard it said, at my age, it takes about 3 weeks of training for every week off, to regain your previous form. Translating that into the one month I was off the bike, means I've got another 2 months to regain my previous form, that is assuming I can regain it at all.

But for the rest of today and tomorrow, I'm planning on getting a lot of rest!

[help]The only thing I want to know is, why do I torture myself so?[/help]
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Becky said…
I don't know why you do that to yourself.
11:17 AM
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