Recovery Week

I was due a few days of rest after my Kansas adventure so I’ve been working on that. I think I had forgotten how to rest, that’s a shame really because I used to be really, really good at resting. Last Wednesday I had to go to Shreveport for some doings on Thursday.  I decided to take my bike and show up for the 6am morning ride. It had just been almost a year since I last did this ride and I am in a little better shape now so of course I needed to tag along with the fast guys. This ride has been going on for over 30 years, it goes off every morning, year round at 6am. Sometimes there’s 2 riders and sometimes there’s 20 riders but the ride continues to take place, Mike Cook and Dick Goodall are the true mainstays over the years.  It’s a simple 15 -18 mile ride with a couple of hard sprints and some good socialising along the way. Last year I really struggled and got dropped pretty hard toward the end, this year, I hung with the fast guys and rode very good to the finish. I suppose the training for a year has helped.  This was the first ride I had done after my Kansas race and the legs were a little stiff but it was fun.   Now it’s back to training, I plan to do the Longhorn 70.3 in October and I’ve heard that it is a little hilly.

~ by johncobbresearch on June 23, 2009.