granny ride.

im working 4 - 10hr days, so i can take friday off. which means im not riding till later in the afternoon, like 5:30. maybe thats norm for most, but im usually out of work at 3, and on the bike by 3:30. Anyways, i have a hard time with recovery rides. there are always hills to kill, stoplights to beat, hot girls to impress, etc. but i made it a point to stay in my 39 last night & just lightly spin. i felt pretty lousy for the first 30mins... but towards the end, the legs were feeling better. I really gotta be careful on this rest week not too rest so much that im gonna be flat on sunday. but on the other side, im cooked & need some time off to build back up. there is a line in there somewhere. i just gotta find it.

Stevie gave me a call the other night. Just to kinda go over things. While I had heard most of the stuff before, its always nice to hear it from your coach. "its early". "you have been training hard". "you had a mechanical" "you crashed". "you will be flying in october". yeah. i know all these things in my head... but i would be lying if i didnt say that the start of the season has really bummed me out. not even close to where i thought i would be, results-wise.

i wish SBC was one more week away... just so it didnt fall on my rest week. but we'll see. i just gotta make sure im opened up well on saturday...which might be hard to do with all the course work to do. if there is a course out there that i feel really confident in, SBC is it! so im hoping things will come together.