DUN!! or am I?
Wow, i never thought i would say this, but i am done with my bike, or am i?
I have never been a fan of tapering, and the week after STP definately proved that. All week i was itching to get back on my bike, but forcing myself to go easy, 1 hour here, 1 hour there. Stretching, resting and eating, that was the game plan. It actually was a great week, no pressure, lots of food, sleeping in and Wine at dinner..I love my wine, and in the summer i am a big Kettle Valley Pinot Gris fan, i can drink a bottle every night if i wasn't being supervised. I actually weighed myself and gained about 8-10 lbs, that won't look good in the one piece.
But monday rolled around and reality check, time to turn it up. Matt had sent us a template for the next 7 weeks to some what follow to make sure we stayed on top of it. But when monday came my mind and body were still on taper! What was going on, i hate the taper, i am famous for going too long and too far, i might not be the fastest but i will go and come race day i am usually tired. But not this time, i was ready and willing for rest. Okay i thought, just an easy ride with my 5 year old in the demo forest, 20 k not bad, am i logging that as a work out, mmm?
Tuesday, hills..5 am at John Henry's, i forgot how dark it is at 4:30, we are obviously going the wrong way in daylight! Okay, go and get er done. But wait, this doesn't feel good, for the first time in my life i didn't feel like riding, every peddle stroke i felt tired, legs like weights, it is going to be a long day. The other problem is Kyle was my only team mate that day, and i think he was feeling the same as me. We didn't really talk about how tired we were but i could see it in his face, we were like a couple of cows strolling in for dinner, not Horses galloping (which we usually are like).
Wednesday, felt way better, didn't feel tired, rode with my daughter again and i actually got excited about our double ride on thursday, 5am - 8am and then again at 10pm to 1am. To be perfectly honest i was scared, we haven't done a double ride in a few weeks and i don't want to blow up. But you know the more i thought about it the more i thought you can do this, you have trained hard and smart, you are surrounded by great people who support you on this Epic journey and even better you are surrounded by a great team who are there with you 100% and are going through the same things.
Tomorrow at 4:00 am when the alarm goes off, i know i will not second guess getting up, but i will be excited about getting back on the back and getting my bike legs back!
Thanks also to all of you for your support, without you all this journey would not be possible..
Keith
I have never been a fan of tapering, and the week after STP definately proved that. All week i was itching to get back on my bike, but forcing myself to go easy, 1 hour here, 1 hour there. Stretching, resting and eating, that was the game plan. It actually was a great week, no pressure, lots of food, sleeping in and Wine at dinner..I love my wine, and in the summer i am a big Kettle Valley Pinot Gris fan, i can drink a bottle every night if i wasn't being supervised. I actually weighed myself and gained about 8-10 lbs, that won't look good in the one piece.
But monday rolled around and reality check, time to turn it up. Matt had sent us a template for the next 7 weeks to some what follow to make sure we stayed on top of it. But when monday came my mind and body were still on taper! What was going on, i hate the taper, i am famous for going too long and too far, i might not be the fastest but i will go and come race day i am usually tired. But not this time, i was ready and willing for rest. Okay i thought, just an easy ride with my 5 year old in the demo forest, 20 k not bad, am i logging that as a work out, mmm?
Tuesday, hills..5 am at John Henry's, i forgot how dark it is at 4:30, we are obviously going the wrong way in daylight! Okay, go and get er done. But wait, this doesn't feel good, for the first time in my life i didn't feel like riding, every peddle stroke i felt tired, legs like weights, it is going to be a long day. The other problem is Kyle was my only team mate that day, and i think he was feeling the same as me. We didn't really talk about how tired we were but i could see it in his face, we were like a couple of cows strolling in for dinner, not Horses galloping (which we usually are like).
Wednesday, felt way better, didn't feel tired, rode with my daughter again and i actually got excited about our double ride on thursday, 5am - 8am and then again at 10pm to 1am. To be perfectly honest i was scared, we haven't done a double ride in a few weeks and i don't want to blow up. But you know the more i thought about it the more i thought you can do this, you have trained hard and smart, you are surrounded by great people who support you on this Epic journey and even better you are surrounded by a great team who are there with you 100% and are going through the same things.
Tomorrow at 4:00 am when the alarm goes off, i know i will not second guess getting up, but i will be excited about getting back on the back and getting my bike legs back!
Thanks also to all of you for your support, without you all this journey would not be possible..
Keith
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