Jul 10 2008
It’s finally summer
Rest week this week. Need to fight the urge to ride harder. After this week I’ll be adding some anaerobic work in. I’m excited in an S & M sort of way. I feel very fit and healthy right now. A brisk 2-4 hour ride feels pretty easy. But it isn’t until I start some of the shorter intervals that I begin to feel fast. That’s the fun part.
Managed to get some nice rides in over the 4th weekend. Out to Beaver Creek on the 4th. It was a last minute call and I forgot to take the head unit for the PowerTap. It was nice to unplug and just ride. I headed out 212-224 to Carver and then over to Ridge Road where it just rolled up and down for a while until I got to Cherie & Dan’s (Rachel’s mom’s place). The only drag was that it was mostly chipseal roads. Took a while to get sensation back in some body parts.
Took Saturday off. Family stuff. Rental house stuff. I needed a break.
Zipped out to Sauvies for my usual 6 am Sunday morning ride. Just a couple hours.
Overall, everything seems to be right on track. Start the harder stuff next week. LT intervals are inching up. Easy running starts around the end of the month.
No races scheduled for a little bit. Track development next Wednesday. OUCH at the beginning of August. Depending on how track development goes, I would be into some of the Fast Twitch Fridays. They seem like they’re geared towards beginning Cat 5′ers.