Monday Morning Bike Camp - Week 3
Save what you can.
Monday night Jordan and I returned home after a 5500 yd swim practice totally famished. Before we could get dinner cooked, the wicked storm that was blowing through knocked out our electricity. We waited for a half hour before losing all hope and going to Whole Foods for dinner. Upon returning home, the power was still out so we had to make some choices. Can we really let the Ben & Jerry’s go to waste? It was an arduous task, but both of us were up to the challenge so we polished off the near-full pint. Going to sleep with an overly full stomach is way better than waking up to a puddle of Cherry Garcia in the freezer. That’s how Monday ended.
It began with an early wake-up nudge from Jordan and soon we were riding towards Bear Creek Lake Park for another one of his hellacious Monday morning workouts. This time we were on the TT bikes riding sections of the Littlefoot course, 5 minute intervals with 5 minutes between. I would get a 30 second head start, then Jordan would come barreling after me. The handicap was almost perfect. I “won” 3 times, he got me twice, and the last one we were dead even. We worked on finding good lines, maintaining the form stuff I learned two weeks ago, and doing everything I possibly can to go fast. It was a good workout!
Then on Tuesday Bethany came!! She’s living and training with us for two weeks! Hooray! This morning we rocked an 11 mile run on Highline with 5 at tempo. I think this might have been the first time I’ve run a tempo with someone. So much more fun! And so much less taxing mentally.
This weekend Jordan and I are off to Salida for the Salida Omnium. Time trial on Friday, road race on Saturday, and crit on Sunday. I get talked into races very easily.
