Monday did about 2 hours tempo, sitting behind John on his TT bike. There is no draft behind him and makes for good training.
Tuesday we did out TT race/practice. Only a few showed up but was a good time. I had a piss poor time but should be expected with dead legs. After a few minutes of rest, I went out and did another 20 minutes flat out. 30 minutes, rest, 20 minutes.
Wednesday was worlds. Plan was to just sit in but we got going pretty quick and found myself in the rotation. I got dropped on a hill coming back in, but it was expected since I was maxed out 5 minutes prior to hitting the hill. I looked down and saw 180 bpm and the attack went. Legs had no response. After that, I regrouped with two others who got dropped and tried to work with them for a while. However one guy was completely cooked and the other wasn't completely useless but wasn't going fast enough to gain time. So I took off and did a 25 minute time trial to the end.
Thursday I took off but didn't really help much.
Friday Zach came over from Chi-town so we went out on a ride to his Grandparent's house. He rode up to his grandparent's farm and rode a little bit more, while John and I had to ride back into Athens. It was one of those rides where I felt horrible in the beginning, then an hour later I started to feel like the legs were going to come around, then the legs start to feel horrible again. Ended up with around 5 hours and 80 miles. I haven't done that kind of distance in a while, so it was good in the end. The Tour of the Valley Road race is 66, so it'll be good for that.
Saturday I rode with my brother. We did a 30 mile loop which we normally do for worlds. Lots of rollers, two moderate climbs and chip and seal all the way so you can never really feel good on it, a real hard man's course. But going slow its not too bad, just your typical Athens ride. But anyway, my reletively untrained brother was kicking my ass. I was struggling to ride, meaning my legs were super tired. My IF was around .6, but it certainly felt a lot harder than that. Later my brother told me it was too easy!
Sunday I did nothing. Felt good but I was also pretty bored.
Today I will probably take another day off to rest the legs. I am doing Tour of the Valley this weekend so I want to have good legs for that. 6 mile ITT, 60 min crit, 66 mile road race and a final 60 min crit. Those hour efforts will be great training for cross season. I'll ride tueday and wednesday, drive up Thursday and its racing Friday-Sunday!
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I had a really good time riding some of my favorite roads with the two of you guys. Meant a lot to me. Next time, it won't be so far in the future.
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