Where I have been

Last Thursday it was stormy, but I decided to go for a ride anyways. About 5 miles into my ride it started to down pour and very windy. I just kept going though, and grinded out 18 good miles. I proceeded to take off Friday in preparation for my hard weekend ride.

After intially planning on doing a longer ride on Saturday, I was introduced to some good hills leading up to bluffs. The climbs were very hard and took everything I had in me to complete them. I felt proud of myself that I had it in me to finish the ride. I only ended up doing about 10 miles. The first bluff I climbed wasn't a terribly long ride up, but it gradually got steeper and steeper. I took the ride down in the high 20's, and moved on to the real substance of the ride. A long climb along the highway. It wasn't as steep as the bluff. Instead it was a lot longer, and more unforgiving. Up all the way. Once I finally got to the point where, in the future, I will turn to take on some more hills and valleys, I turned around, and went back down the hill. I feel that I could have done more, but I have come to a good understanding of what my limits are right now. Rather than push myself to hard to soon, I swallowed my pride and will live to fight another day.

I took Sunday off. Had another lovely weekend with a lovely woman.

Today, I rode on mostly flat land again. 19 quality miles today. Maintained around 17.5-18 MPH for most of the ride. Nothing much else to say about it. Just gotta keep on doing what I'm doing, train smart, eat right and I will improve.