Road work? Since when have I turned construction worker? Let\’s look at it this way. I have a lot of road-riding work to do before Tour de Cure! You could say that my muscles are under construction.

I did my weekly long ride today, Saturday. According to the forecast, I\’d be utterly crazy to try to ride tomorrow.  A wind advisory has already been posted. Severe T-storms are quite possible.

This morning, on the way back home, I made several attempts to push 15 mph into the wind. It was blowing at 10-12 mph, and fighting that felt hard enough! Tomorrow the wind will be 15-20 mph. If I rode in the afternoon, I could face gusts up to 40 mph. Would I be able to make any headway at all against that?

As to today\’s efforts at riding against the wind, it was very hard to maintain it for a full minute. I\’m not sure whether keeping such efforts short for now is common sense, or sissiness. I didn\’t reach my maximum heart rate, something I probably should work on more often. Every time I try to reach my max, though, my legs are screaming Uncle before I can get there! Is everybody like that?

Today I put in 30.30 miles. Should I extend my distance by a few miles per week, or work on riding the same distance faster? Maybe ride a few miles farther every week for three weeks; then the fourth week, do a shorter but faster ride? Or, as I\’ve thought before, make weekday morning rides about speed work; and for the weekly long ride, \”just ride\”?

Too many unanswered questions! When it comes to road work, it seems to me that I\’m merely feeling my way.