Got back from a long weekend trip to Wisconsin last night. We went up to celebrate Nancy’s parents 50th wedding anniversary. Friday – Monday with no bike. Although I wouldn’t have had time the weather was GORGEOUS up there and a ride would have been awesome. Since I’ve been feeling run down, my goal for the weekend was to get a lot of sleep. Well, that didn’t go as planned. I was hoping I would get a couple of those go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 8 AM kind of nights. No dice. It was more like get to bed at midnight and get up at 8. However, visiting with parents was the alternate reward.
I decided to sleep in today and bring my bike to work. I have to say that today is the first day in a while I actually feel sort of normal. Lungs and chest area feel good. Resting heart rate is still a bit high (60 this morning) though I seem to really be having a hard time getting a good reading. It seems that once I am awakened my heart is off to the races. I can actually feel it speeding up as I reach for the cuff to take the measurement. The ride today felt pretty good. I ended up going harder than I set out to. My legs feel great and it seems my lungs and chest did just fine. Felt good afterward. This is the first time in a while I got off the bike and felt good. Maybe this is a sign that I’m getting over whatever it is I was under. Anyway, today’s ride:
23.15 miles, 1:13:33, 975 ft ascent, 220 watts avg power, 155 bpm avg hr, 1052 calories. And now the bad news. My CTL is down to 55 and TSB is 14. Although it’s not that far off from what it was this time last year and I had a negative TSB at this time last year. So, at least I’ve got that going for me! 
. The highlight of today’s ride was drafting a motor home for a half mile or so. It’s a lot of fun to ride at 30 mph with not all that much effort. Thanks for the pull dude!
I’m hoping to start building a bit of a mid-season base back up and keep racing and hopefully build and peak again toward the end of the season as long as my health holds out! I’m probably not physically fit enough to do much in the early races for sure but I still want to get some more race experience.