First group ride of the season!

BIKE: 2:20 and 31.7 miles. I think just under 14mph overall. Windy!

Yeah, you read that right. Slooooowwww. The headwinds were a bitch today.

I almost didn't join this ride and almost did an indoor ride instead. I had too much to do around the house and a long ride wouldn't help my to-do list much. But some encouragement from DC got me going. After cramming in as many little chores as I could before I had to leave, I took the trainer tire off the Bird and headed out. Frea was at BS for a tuneup, besides it was too windy for Frea today!

It was cold but had all the makings for a warmer day before the ride was done. My plan was for 50 miles if possible, all depending on time and how the legs were holding up after yesterday's trail race. One interval at a time, if things look bad I could always take the shorter 25-30mi route.

We rode out of the MPlace up Cherry Hill, and the legs felt good. Not much zip but lots of endurance. The ride took familiar routes that felt different without the hot sun! The headwinds on the southern sections was brutal, I thought at times that if I quit pedaling I'd go backwards instead.

In the end I opted for the 30 mile route option, as did the rest of the group. I was running out of time! We had only 2hrs of AutoPaused time, but 3hrs of actual road time. Regarding this time differential, much more happened on the ride, but I'm going to stay out of that here. I don't know how I feel about that yet. Mixed. Let's just sum it up in one word: TheSlowZebra. I've been there, it's been me, I know how it feels. Still mixed about it.

I was happy to see CP on the ride, and hoped to get a chance to talk to him about March training. No dice during the ride unhappily but afterward we caught up and he answered a few questions:

Build starts after St patty's, so 3 weeks.
I havent' seen a rest week since I havent had one yet!
Long runs start anytime now.

This has me wondering about nutrition, I really  need to get that dialed in and I think Build Season is a good a time as any to jump off the Whole30 program.