Training 101

I totally lucked out yesterday! I rode for 3.5 hours and did not get rained on. Shocking, because when I headed out the radar map was covered with one big green blob (rain) right over Grand Rapids. Even better, the sun came out towards the end of my ride. It was windy out, but that's just good resistance training, right?

The sky looked like this for most of my ride...

My sad attempt at taking a self-portrait...see me in the bottom left corner? ha ha!
This is week 2 of staying at home and getting training in and my workouts have been going well-minus the extra rest day I had to take due to being in a benadryl coma.

My coach was totally right when she said that I needed to get consistent training in. During the summer I didn't realize that I was pedaling myself right into a big "endurance race hole," but I see it now. Now that I've been putting day after day of training in my legs are starting to feel mucho better.

Look!!! I can wear gloves again and my wrist is no longer the same size as my leg...(insert sigh of relief here!)

This weekend is going to be pretty low-key. About 3 hours of riding each day and then the EGR crit this Sunday. I'm going to have to force myself to wake up really early so that I can get get my ride in before Toni races!

PS. I think I just jinxed today's workout with this post about not getting caught in the rain. It's looking very dark and gloomy out right now...