Almost back to normal

After another day of rest yesterday, it was time to get back in the saddle for my long ride of the weekend. This weekend was supposed to be a big one on the bike with a 5 1/2 hour ride, but due to this dang illness that just about killed me, coach scaled it back to only 4 hours. So this morning I met up with my biking buddy Paul and we were off. The temp this morning was a toasty 41 degrees. Not too warm, but defiantly warmer than it's been the other weekends I've been out, and best news of the morning was the fact that I didn't have to do the ride indoors on the trainer!!! :)

The plan was to stick close to home just in case I wasn't feeling good, but after we got into the ride for about an hour, I knew I could go the distance, so we did one of my favorite loops out to Twin Lakes. We didn't really ride a hard pace this morning, but then again I wasn't supposed to. We averaged mid 17's, which isn't too bad because there are so many hills around here.

As we rode mile to mile, I kept waiting for some hard core leg cramping to occur. I was shocked when I got home, 70+ miles in the bag, and the legs felt great. I could go for a run, but we'll save that for tomorrow!

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 3:26 PM Comments: 1