Up and Down

So Monday morning I wake up and the first thing I notice is that my legs are sore. The second thing I notice is that it's windy as hell outside and it's cold too. I suck it up and get my sorry ass out the door where the wind hits my face and I reach for the big red "abort" button. What I needed was an easy spin, and there was no freaking way that was going to happen up on the unprotected levee bike path, so I changed course and headed over to Audubon Park where I did an easy fifteen miles and called it a day.

This morning it was still pretty cold, but at least the wind had died down a bit, so I was looking forward to the long Tuesday morning ride. Unfortunately, my legs were still feeling the effects of the nice, warm weekend of quality training miles. Between the up-and-down temperatures and my sluggish recovery, my ride this morning was disappointing. Even though we had a rather small group, the pace was fairly slow and so it should have been an easy ride. It didn't feel that way to me, though. Ah well. Maybe tomorrow. I just wish the forecast was for the 80 degrees we had last Sunday, or the 80 degrees we're supposed to have next Sunday, instead of the 42 degrees we're supposed to have tomorrow. Up-and-down indeed!

As usual, things on my desk at work are getting really backed up right now. There's a ton of stuff that I've absolutely, positively got to get done before Friday. The only problem is that Fridays are never more than a week away.

Meanwhile, back in LAMBRA racing calendar land, it's looking like we won't have a date for the Rocky Mount Stage Race until next week, and the LAMBRA Road Championships are still quite a bit up in the air. Of course, any change in those dates is bound to affect other dates and next thing you know we're playing musical race dates. Once thing about bike racing calendars: there are never enough weekends.

So Jairo sent me a copy of his book "No Such Thing as Impossible." The guy's definitely been around the block a few times!