First race of the season has come and gone - the annual SMW Regional Frost Yer Fanny Duathlon out at the Texas Motor Speedway. After a weekend of regional business and meetings, we all through on our spandex and pounded each other out on the track. What a perfect way to release any stress from the weekend!
I went into the race with one of my heaviest weekly loads to date, and it showed. While my run splits were totally acceptable - fairly fast, actually - my bike was just downright slow. This was compounded with a rubbing brake and the fact that I was sporting a road bike on a windy day, but I still am not used to feeling that slow on the bike! It made me really hungry for a good training week, and some good recovery so I could get the benefit of all that load pulling me down. After returning to Playtri to coach our club workout post-race, I hopped into the Cryosauna for a deep freeze to help bring my legs back to life. I can feel the difference today, though there is still a lot of rolling and stretching in my future.
While I love my Litespeed M1 road bike, I was definitely missing the TT bike this weekend. Even though I could hang with the "fast" girls on the tail wind portions this weekend, they were destroying me with their aero position when we hit the headwinds. It reminded me why it is nice to have both! However, I have to focus on the road bike for now, at least as long as I am focusing on draft-legal events. I'll just have to suck it up at the regular age group events.
Today is a recovery day - YES! Rolling, stretching and hydration on tap. I love that recovery days are actually the days that we GAIN fitness. It's so gratifying to sit around and get faster.
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