It Never Hurts Less
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
But if you do it right, you can make the hurt end sooner….
Sunday was the annual early season fitness test/suffer fest. 10k computrainer TT. Coach was iffy about me doing it as my first “race” of 2012 since my real focus for the last two months has been in the pool, but I jumped in anyway because it is a fun fitness test. I just figured I’d roll with it and not put too much emphasis on the results.
Somehow my poor directions, timing or plain stupidity got me to the bike shop 10 minutes before my heat started. Not ideal for warming up. I did manage to snag a spot next to Trakkers alum, Elaine, who was TOTALLY hoarding the only fan. What a jerk.
Working hard. Going nowhere. Sweating my face off.
I could geek out and tell you the story of my power numbers, but let’s try this version instead:
I pedaled hard. Then it hurt. Then I drifted. Then I tried to pedal hard, but I was weak. Repeat that for about 17 minutes and that was pretty much it.
Faster than I was two years ago with a LOT more bike training and working as a spin instructor. Sweet.
But the best part? As soon as you finish, a guy walks up out of nowhere and cracks open a beer for me. Cheers!
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