Training

Over spring break I was able to resume training. I had planned a long endurance training block. Four back to back days of 4 to 5 hour rides. I have done this training block before and experienced some wonderful results. The first time that I tried this was in NC and I had a few friends who joined me on some of the rides (Thanks Sandra). They were the only reason I was able to complete all of the rides! This year I had planned to complete the training block early during my spring break week (Sunday-Wednesday) but the cold on Monday and Tuesday encouraged me to delay the block to later in the week (Thursday - Sunday). I was able to push through the Thursday (4 hours) and Friday (5 hours) rides without much of an issue. We had some really nice weather, lows in the 60's and high's in the 80's, but spring in Texas also means WIND. 25 mile an hour winds gusting to 35 is nice as a tail wind but brutal as a head wind. I kept saying "I love the wind, I love the wind, I love the wind". Somehow that kept me moving forward. I will take hills any day over wind. But hopefully it will make me stronger!

Well at least I am back to training and have a plan to keep it up so that get back to the front of the group rather than hanging off the back.