Time to Back Off ⏱️
I think it’s time to back off this coming week. I have an older edition of the book shown at left; and on page 139, it discusses how to increase your mileage.
“Obey the 10 percent rule”; and, “Increase in steps”. Don’t pile on extra miles each and every week; your body needs time to recover before you start additional distance or intensity. So I think I’ll make the upcoming week’s rides short and easy. No speed work; and no force work.
It’s not as though I feel like I’m dying; but for seven weeks now, I’ve averaged 100+ miles per week. While I enjoy doing the miles, I don’t need to burn myself out; or risk overuse injuries. Especially not if I want to do super-long rides in the future.
So, as I said, it’s time to back off for a week. They even say that taking it easy for a short spell helps make you more eager to ride!
Weather 🍃⛈️
Of course there’s always the weather to take into account. Will it rain? How strong is the wind? Yesterday it got plenty strong as I was riding home from the salvage store. So strong that at one point, I had to stop and got off the bike so I could get a drink of water. Before I got moving again, another rider passed me and said, “This wind is no joke!”
Today’s weather brought strong, gusty wind again; and I went to the park to ride laps. I just didn’t feel like battling the breeze on top of the levee. Tomorrow through Wednesday will bring the chance of T-storms. I do NOT enjoy being on top of that levee when the lightning gets to cracking. It makes my skin crawl!
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