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Finally, things started coming together over the past month.
First, after nearly two months of uninterrupted cold and rain, the sun came out! We’ve now had about three nice weekends in a row, during which I’ve been doing back-to-back rides with the Quad Cycles crew.
Speaking of the QC rides, Johnny H. has finally resumed putting up his Quad Cycles ride photos. My favorite is the one shown here, where I’m hanging out at left while ride leader Bobby Mac can be seen barking at the other riders. As always, click for bigness.
Speaking of the weekend rides, that’s been the only time I’ve been able to ride, because after three years I’ve finally rejoined the working world. It hasn’t been bad, but it sure cuts out those long weekday rides! On the other hand, there’s an opportunity to commute. Right now I’m working at a client site that’s only two miles from home, but I could lengthen that, and the ride out to our real office is about 12 miles each way.
Weekends have also been the only option because my friend Inna has been in the hospital, and I’ve been visiting her every evening. I haven’t gotten much sleep or eaten regularly for the past two weeks, so I’ve been concerned about my training, and made sure to take advantage of the weekend rides.
And speaking of the weather having turned, this weekend was hot! It was 96 degrees on Saturday, and 94 on Sunday, although Sunday felt much worse due to the humidity. Despite the heat, both days I did 87 miles, taking the extra-long Quad Cycles route, plus a trip down to JP to see Inna. Boy, is my butt sore!
On the other hand, just about everyone I rode with made effusive comments about how strong I looked (irrespective of how strong I felt). As someone else said this weekend, muscle memory is a wonderful thing, and I’m feeling pretty good about where I am in my training right now, just four weeks after complaining about it in my previous post. It’s nice that it’s turned around, and over such a stressful period.
The other problem this has caused is that I’m more than a month late in starting fundraising for this year's Pan-Mass Challenge ride. I’ll be posting more about that soon, but if you’re chomping at the bit to make a donation, you can bring your credit card here.
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Date: 2005-06-27 06:13 pm (UTC)