Only 48?!? Not 80?!

BIKE 48 miles in 3hrs
RUN 4 miles in 36 mins

After last weekends 200k festival of bike miles, you'd think that I'd be DONE biking. I am. But I'm having that Taper Battle again in my head.

You're being lazy. No you're tapering. It's gorgeous outside, you're stopping at 48? No you're resting. But it's a perfect day and I feel great! NO YOUR TAPERING.

Ugh. The next two weeks will be interesting.

The mistake I made going into CDA was that I didn't rest hard enough. "Rest with as much intensity as you train", that's what we are told. I took training seriously, focusing each workout and not doing junk work. Now it's the same thing. I need to make this a No Junk Recovery taper.

This ride was planned to be 40 miles with an option to lengthen. Hills on the way out (D Rd to Val), then down the bluff, then flat with hopes that the winds were favorable. Some people (including the lazy side of me) think that favorable means tailwind. But the go-go-go side of me was happy enough to find a headwind on the flats!

My legs were a bit burned on the hills, but once I warmed up I was great. We had a few new riders who didn't know the course which worked great for me. Usually I'm charging ahead but they kept me from going too nuts on what's supposed to be restful riding. It did border on Junk Recovery, but I was having fun riding with them :)  I was them at one point years ago--the slower rider--so I'm happy to ride with them knowing that someday they'll maybe be leading the charge for others.

My goal for the brick run was a low HR and not get injured. LC, TD, and AMH all joined for the run. I'm hoping the new people become regulars in training and I no longer think of them as "new people" :)

Today was hard to plan--only 40 miles-- what do I eat? How much water do I need? I had only 200 cals of InfinIT and a Lara Bar, and 2 back-up gels. I almost seemed to think I didn't need to eat at all!! But no, I do, and I mis-planned this even though I ate all listed above. I was growling by the time I finished the ride, OK, for the brick run, but growling again once done. And I didn't bring recovery food. And I stopped for errands on the way home (Johnnie B's for my bee tights!!). So when I got home I scarfed. Then felt sick.

Oooh this taper thing is having a rough start.

On a good note, IMWI is today!! I spent the afternoon thinking good thoughts and tracking friends on what looked like a perfect day up there :)