Haven't blogged since Thursday so what's happened since. Friday I rode down to San Diego to attend a funeral and got 63+ miles. It was tough because I didn't eat much the night before or the prior nights for that matter. I bottomed out halfway through the ride, and struggled to finish rationing my 2 gels and 1 waffle as best as I could. When I arrived at my in-law's house, I definitely needed the two cokes I had as soon as I arrived. Good stuff.
I rested on Saturday and got some good calories in this time where I was better prepared for a ride on Sunday. I went out with Craig and his friend Dave and we put in 86+ miles by riding down to Encinitas and back. I had a better outing and managed to do it with less intake during the ride finishing the whole route with just 2 bottles, 3 gels and 1 package of shot bloks. Craig is definitely stronger now, so it was nice to see how eating allowed me to work with him and do a significant amount of pulling on the way back. When a guy on a tri bike passed us on El Camino Real, we broke off from Craig and I finished the last 8 miles on my own.
Yesterday, I wasn't up to have a 2 workout day so even after I got up early, I went back to bed. I did get in the gym at work during lunch and got a good chest workout in. I also did 20 minutes on the elliptical to burn some extra calories.
This morning, I got my back worked out and worked up a pretty good sweat. I started out doing sets of pull ups, which I haven't done in a while. I got 4 exercises in plus a lower ab workout but the lower back machine was tied up. I'll do it tomorrow.
For lunch today, I plan on a lunch ride with the guys. Not sure yet what kind of route to do, so we'll see if anyone has any suggestions.
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