Double Dozen 🪺
I’m up to a double dozen miles! It’s great to be riding 24 miles of a Sunday.
“Dozen”, of course, sounds like eggs; and, by extension, ovals. I like Breakfast Ovals; but they weren’t on today’s ride menu. They’re a bit too crumbly for on-bike food.
Anyway, I had a pretty good ride this morning. There was a headwind on the way back home (same old story!); but although it was a nuisance, I felt stronger against it than I used to. It brings to my mind the Greg LeMond quote that it never gets any easier; you just get faster.
I think Mr. LeMond is right. Riding against a breeze of 10-13 mph used to push my speed back to 8 or even 6 mph; today I averaged a bit over 10 mph. It’s taken me a dozen years to make that improvement; but progress is progress!
I hope I can do another double dozen or so next Sunday; but first, my weekday rides.
WEAK-Days? 🏋🏻
Nobody likes weak-days — you know, those times when you seem to have no energy. That can happen without sufficient recovery time; or if the weather is getting us down. And even the most enthusiastic rider has days when they simply don’t feel like riding.
As to recovery, I often take a day off from riding once a week; usually Mondays. When Love to Ride has a challenge going, though, I try to ride every day.
But this week, I think I’d better let Tuesday be one of my weak-days. The weather outlook for Tuesday is heavy rain; and that’s no fun to ride in. Not that tomorrow looks great, either: dense fog. And I don’t think I’d better try for another double dozen tomorrow!
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