The last week hasn’t been bad, but it’s certainly been one
of those weeks where you remember all those things you have to be thankful for.
One Wednesday night I felt a sore throat coming on and woke up Thursday morning
contemplating going into work. I wasn’t dying and didn’t even feel that bad.
But I wanted to try and stop the cold before it started so I’d be fresh for the
weekend. It was Memorial Day weekend after all.
The days went by until Saturday morning and I woke still
feeling tired and with a runny nose. I was really bummed, but I had to miss the
snake. Watching the race from the sidelines was still a lot of fun. It’s a very
exciting race to watch as the riders have some of the best pain faces because
the snake is unforgiving. My teammates had ok finishes, but didn’t perform how
they wanted to which was too bad. But either way they rode hard and that’s all
one can do.
I was able to race Sunday in Melon city. Not much to say
here except holy crap that’s a hard race. It’s pretty obvious what you get when
you put some of the regions fastest riders and tough course. But actually
feeling that is another thing. I was dropped after 22 laps and did 2 laps by
myself. Sad thing is I still finished well. Next day was quad cities, similar
story except I was able to hang in there. The race was fast but I sat in
comfortably and worked on pack presence. I thought once about trying to get
into a break, but only once. The last 7 laps were ridiculously fast and I was
only able to hang onto the back of the pack rolling in 45th place as
the last rider on the group.
All this is fine and dandy, but I want to talk a little
about how the cold is affecting me. Over the last few weeks, Training with
Gordy has got me into this nice little rhythm. I can tell that I’ve been riding
about as hard and as often as I can without killing myself. I’ve felt good at
all the races, but I was tired during the weeks. Basically I think things were
going really well. But when I got sick I had to take 2 days of training and 1
day or racing off. It felt like an eternity and I felt weird on the bike on
Sunday. I didn’t like this at all. I didn’t really feel normal or good until
Tuesday morning. In fact I still feel kind of fat and slow.
I think the reason I got sick was that my body was obviously
worn from training, plus not getting enough sleep. I knew this would lead to
something bad and it did. I need to make a better point of being less sloth
around the house so that I can get to sleep on time. I remember a time when I
could handle a night with only 6 hours of sleep, but on this training schedule,
it seems I’m barley still functioning with 7. Hopefully things are ironed out
by Wausau. I’ll have another front row start and I don’t want to waste it.
Other notable happenings:
Ran out of Clif Bars and I’m freaking out!
Couscous has been the most recent source of carbohydrates. I
made a slamming veggie and couscous dish, really highlighted the flavor well.
I finally got around to replacing the chain on the road
bike. It was making all kinds of noise.
Short and sweet, now back to work; Thanks for reading.
