SHE'S GOT LEGS!
HONESTLY, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I knew she was fast, being a National Champ and all. I knew I was slow, being, well, being me. But,...
... this was ridiculous.
What was happening????
Once summer hits f'reals 'round here, the cooler coast ride starts to draw the hitters.
The Hulk pinned it right from the start...
... the boys (n girls) we're back in town!
After carving through the roundabout and charging the rollers we caught a light.
Alf looked at me and said...
... Talk to me Goose!
I'm
hu uh hu uh hu uh hu
here.
It hurt so bad,
no words.
Meanwhile, Kody The Kid reminded us...
... the hardest 3 minutes you'll ever ride is coming up.
I hadn't posted a decent time on it in a year,
been getting shelled for months.
Could I make it?
PC made it with all the boys, well most of the boys, all the fast ones.
I could only watch as the lactic ground my cadence to a thud.
How the heck did she do that?
After chasing hard for 5 more minutes I caught a lucky break.
They hit a light.
I asked her handsome, nice, and barely sweating husband...
... Did PC make the whole thing with you?
(There's a short cut, and she looked like she'd just left the spa - fresh as can be.)
Yeah, she's on her e-bike.
Ahhhhh....
To be fair, she's dropped me there plenty of times, but not as easily and gracefully as today.
What was extra cool, was drilling it down the canyon, all strung out on her wheel.
All in all, today was an awesome adventure.
Great to be back again, and on the worst 3 minute climb in the county...
... the ol' diesel managed to crack 3 minutes.
I'll take it.
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As far as training for the A race goes, this is a really good route. Finishes, after the group ride, on a hellacious hill, and takes me about 4.5 hours to get there. About the same amount of time I'm figuring Gravel Nats will take.
I did better on my calorie consumption. 5 bottles, 1/hour. First 3 had 300 calories. Last 2, 200. Better, but not good enough. I was fading on the final hour, and I think more calories will fix that.
That's exactly why we set up group rides, and C races. To figure out things like nutrition.
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164.9
8ish hrs sleep
No Strength Work
10 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling
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Starva