Good weekend for riding here in KC. Saturday found me on a lovefest with what was supposed to be a Team Lockton ride but my friends comprised the pack. Tiffany Springs to Camden Point and back... easy 40....
Sunday was no such cake walk
John and I rode from Brookside out around Belton and back (The infamous "hard nine" and points beyond).... this was a leg cooking 40 miles. Lots of big ring work (according to my buddies I need to stop spinning such a "pussy gear" -thanks Rob- and use these big-assed legs I have to push a harder gear ratio). Great ride. John was not wanting to go as hard as me but we still dialed it up plenty... oh yeah the early morning rains caused us to be grimy bastards when we returned. Sweat, water, mud, bugs.... good stuff
10 am return... beers
Hose off
Hot tub
Food
5pm.. time for a 20-ish mile recovery ride (Ward parkway to the Plaza up Brookside boulevard... rinse and repeat) to keep the legs limber for another week of commuting to Overland park. Commuting would be a good topic for discussion as everyone would like to ride to work on a bike but most are afraid, lazy, or their employer does not facilitate it... that is another topic.
rubber side down, there sprocket jockey.
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Jeph made me cry "Uncle" first on Sunday. I suppose I had that little payback coming, but that didn't make my legs feel any less crabby. Having a beer in the hot tub was a little slice of heaven after going out and trying to make up for not riding all week - again.
Unfortunately, I played a baseball game Sunday night after that little hammer-fest and my 47 year old hamstring decided to send me a message. I think the message was "hey, dipshit, you can't just stop racing and training this season and still expect to hop on a bike and ride stupid-hard for free". Or something like that.
I wonder if all this insight will keep me from doing it all over again next weekend.
What the hell - I'm not really racing much this season, might as well just go out and have fun on the bike again. Who needs a plan?
JR
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