Ok so this past week was a flop. Too much crap going on and bad weather and waaaaay too much stress at home. I'm aiming for this week to be much better. God I hope it goes a lot smoother. I just have too much on my plate at the moment. I know things will get easier and it should improve but for the meantime cycling has been getting the shaft. It doesn't keep the athlete in me happy but it's good for the family. As a cyclist I want to do primarily cycling but I'm realizing that takes time. I'm going to have to get used to mixing in other activity to keep me and the family happy. I just want to get outside when I can and enjoy. So I'm thinking of hiking on the way home from work or running, kayaking, skiing, etc... Just mixing it up and enjoying what I can get in. With that being said I hope to get a big ride in this weekend.
The plan right now is to get back to consistency. Here's what my week looks like planned out:
Monday: 90m Ride after work outside
Tuesday: 60m Ride early before work zwift, afternoon hike or body weight exercise
Wednesday: 120m Ride after work outside
Thursday: 90m Ride after work outside
Friday: Rest day = rain sucks. Maybe go hike in the rain.
Saturday: 120m Early morning ride outside
Sunday: Zwift Century
So there's lots of consistency in there and it should help my mental game and my fitness start building again. The endurance motor is still in there somewhere but I need to get some efforts going and keep building intensity, strength, focus, skills, ... , everything. By the way I was totally joking about the zwift century. Anybody that knows me would know that I would rather cut a limb off than do that. I will be trying to get in an century. With the Stoopid 50 coming up though I want to make it as flat as possible. I will be climbing my ass off for that race and don't need to fatigue myself now. I will just worry about diet, and consistency.
Saturday night was the H2H awards dinner and it was great to see so many of those in the scene. I got to take home some new jerseys and the one I've been wanting to get for a long time. They finally gave out state championship jerseys and I have one in my collection now. It made me search through my closet to check out some of my other momentos as well. I may not be in the best place right now race wise but I still have fun and have been at it for a while it seems. Man this will be my 14th year of racing...