Hello Everyone! How's life treating you? Great, I hope! Just sitting here at the ol' PC, having returned from a nice 2-1/2 hour Sunday morning spin out to the coast. What a beautiful weekend of weather we had here in San Diego. Those of us who are fortunate enough to call this area home are truly blessed to do so.
This week was a really solid one in terms of training, even though I was without bike for two days. Yes, as I was literally pulling out of the driveway Wednesday for a 3-hour endurance ride, might rear derailleur cable snapped. Game over! I sent a text to the mechanic who has been working on my bike lately, and went back inside to watch some TV until I heard back from him. I'm not one who is good a sitting around very long, especially in front of the TV, so rather then waste some valuable training time, I decided to change clothes and head over to the gym. I loaded up the bike in the back of the car, and told myself I'm going to play a game, and spin hard on the stationary bike until I receive the text from the mechanic, and then head to Cardiff to drop off the bike. Well...
2 hours 10 minutes, and 2000 calories later, still no text! I was soaked to the bone with sweat! I mean I was literally soaked! I was leaving a puddle on the ground where I was stretching, and had to mop the floor underneath the stationary bike when I was finished. Thursday, more of the same. A little over a hard hour on the stationary bike, this was all following a good, hard 2-1/2 hour workout of hill repeats on San Elijo Tuesday!
Friday the mechanic was able to get my bike in and replace both front & rear cables while I went to lunch with my Mom in Encinitas. Saturday was brutal! I decided to take on Palomar Mountain for the first time this year. I rolled from the house, made my way through Escondido, up Lake Wohlford Road, down Valley Center Road, then up South Grade Road to the summit. My legs were feeling really good! I told myself I wasn't going to push it that hard up Palomar since this was my first run of the year. I still managed to reach the summit in 75-minutes, just 6-minutes off my best time! Not bad! Well, if the legs are feeling this good, why not keep going?
Off to Cole Grade Road I went. Up Cole Grade, and in to Valley Center, and finally, 88-miles, and 5-1/2 hours later, I reached home. I have a theory when it comes to training, that if your legs are feeling good, and you don't have any races in the near future, don't waste them by going easy, push them all the way! Take full advantage of the feeling.
Today, exactly half the distance, and a little over 2-1/2 hours. I wasn't feeling as strong as yesterday, so I opted to give the legs a little break. Next up, possibly the Santiago Canyon TT this Saturday, March 12th. I say possibly, because I'm not totally committed to going, and the event is same-day registration, so we'll see. Hope all is well, until next time...
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