Nice bike workout at lunch today. The rain shut down for long enough for me to get a bike workout in just a light mist. That's good for me because I need to ride on the wet roads because today was the first day I've ridden on a wet road. It scares the heck out of me for some reason.
Today's workout was the "Barton Hill," which is a 8-9 minute ride up and 2.5 minutes down. I do three sets, and then I have to go up a 5-minute hill to get back to work. The up is nice in a mist because it keeps things cool. The down is pretty scary. A 30mph corner becomes a 15-18mph corner for me, and I rarely get on the aero bars on the down because I'm now terrified of crashing because of wet roads. About two week ago I came to the conclusion that crashing on a bike into pavement would be significantly different than crashing on skis into powder. Pretty obvious, right? Well, it takes a genius to state the obvious, I once heard that somewhere.
Anyway, the first two ups were average, and the third up was slow. I think there is still some fatigue deep down in my quads leftover from the trail race.
Overall, a good day.
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