Monday - 13mile ride to work...ran into some turkey's on the road (actual turkey flock on west river road) and enjoyed a moderate effort the whole way. back feeling better thanks to the seat being set just right. I think i saw Jorge in his car - someone honked and I looked over to see a black jetta with Thule rack on top...if it was you Jorge - thanks for the beep of the horn. Simple food intake at work - kashi with berries and two tall-boys of water....i hate Tyme road pedals.
lunch - mac n cheese and a bad haircut - gotta love it...pretty amped to be riding home via bike today...
13 miles home with a pit stop at the haircut place to find out they "couldnt get me in" until wed to fix my botched hair cut...seriously? after some back and forth - it was clear they didnt have time to correct their error and then she hinted at having to pay extra...i about lost it and just went to my regular place to find out she charged me 5 bucks - i expected to pay full amount - and she made me a life time customer. no more going to anyother place other than Unique Cuts...stellar... barely ate today so now I am going to devour a pizza.
TUESDAY
13 miles to work - uneventful ride in. a bit chilly but perfect. plan on riding 20 over lunch with the boss and about 40-60 with the group after work...it could be a century today!
*** sitrap*** ok - 26 round trip miles, 25 at lunch with boss (1 min Z4 intervals x 6, 6 min Z5 intervals x 3, warmup cool down) 50 miles with the group - fast group tonight! and a kicker in the park to crest 105+ miles for today. i bonked big time on the ride at dayton river road - hard...like in KS on RAAM...seeing stars the whole shabang...in looking at what i ate today - lessons learned here...i had a serving of oatmeal once at work, 5 total cups of coffee, 2 total cups of water, a chicken burrito and some gu-shots...thats it. Maybe 600 calories for the day with guessing at 6000 cal burned...too much of a defecit and total red zone...hats off to the DAVE's tonight as they owned the road - they teamed up against the group to chase down all primes - i snaked out 2 primes of the 6 but fell apart like stick of butter in the microwave - actually passed out in my front yard once i got home for 20 mins....i must have looked like a drunk (good thing it was dark). recouped and wont ride tomorrow...lessons learned today as a reminder to eat.
WED and THUR - felt like total horse crap on Wed despite the recovery food / drink etc...it was not a good day outside of being reminded that daily nutrition is just as important as time on the bike. Tornado in downtown - major rain...no bike...on Thursday - too much to get done at work and lots of rain - finally found the hydration that seemed to part ways a few days ago...much better now. will ride on Saturday.
Friday - a mess...had to stop biking. Cramped up from basically head to toe.
Saturday - biked a bit and suffered from major back pain...cut it short
Sunday - biked about 5 miles and had tears in my eyes...yeah..it was that bad.
monday - chiro and hydration - much better
Tuesday - No pain and eased back into a routine again...what a week of going from a place of familiarity to a place i dont want to go again...nutrition is a good thing to stay on top of...it takes a while to recover and it affects much more than you may realize.
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