Once again, the same thing happened during last night race where at some point half-way through, I started to just fall off the back and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. It's never a matter of feeling like I can't breathe or where I start to cramp. I just can't keep up. I did notice my HR was up for a while, but I've held an elevated HR for a lot longer previously. I think I just have to concede that I am not in crit racing shape and maybe there's just not much I can do about it. I hate the thought of feeling so helpless though. Lisa, who came to watch, said I looked like I was doing better. I'm not sure what that really means, but maybe there's some improvement from week-to-week...or maybe I'm just kidding myself. The next race is in two weeks, so maybe the break will help.
This morning, I was so tempted to just stay in bed since Lisa wasn't feeling to well. I did manage to drag my ass up and get in the gym, but it took a while to get going. I did punish my arms (mostly biceps) for yesterday's sad race performance and finished it off with a core workout.
I will be running today at lunch time to keep the running up. Madison won't be running with us, so I'll have to find a way to challenge myself. I would try to break last week's record on my own, but I just don't know how to pace myself well enough. Maybe I'll borrow Lisa's GPS and track this run, but I'm afraid it'll only tell me I'm slow here too.
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