Backing up from a long day

An absolutely gorgeous morning and I didn’t feel too bad at all getting on the bike. I was thinking it might be a horrible experience, and for that reason grabbed the new carbon Giant to make it a bit easier on myself. Since having 6 weeks off the bike after Ironman and losing all my fitness, I’ve been trying to focus on riding the heavier old Felt to build up my legs again. For that reason it was a delight to ride the Giant, it spun uphill so easily I couldn’t believe it!

Met Brad, Brent, James, Mike and Jon and we went up the Northern Beaches to McCarrs Creek, climbed MC road once, did reverse Akuna and climbed MC again before heading back. I was nowhere near Brad and Brent, but I was overjoyed to be able to ride at a decent pace (for me lately) and have no problem climbing, even though I’d beaten the hell out of my legs the day before. Then home to watch the highlights of the first day of Le Tour.

This was absolutely the best weekend of training I’ve had since about March. It felt great to know my body is back able to go for hours on end at the weekend and still feel sensational.