Training is going better! I feel stronger yet run-down and some days weaker at the same time. Doesn't really make any sense but whatevs. I'm just happy I'm starting to get back in the groove of things.
I did my first set of hill repeats on the run. Woah baby were my legs burning! So I was supposed to find a hill that was 4-5% grade and about a mile and a half long. Well my first mistake, choosing a hill that was 11.8% grade. Ha I guess that made it that much more fun having a friend laughing with you all the way up and all the way down. Let's just say I had problems walking for a few days after that one!
(Oh Julie and I having too much fun!)I got hit by a car on my bike. That made for a pretty interesting bike ride to say the least. I'm okay, no big deal. Still shaken up a little bit from that but working on trying not to cringe every time a car drives past me. My road bike has been in the shop for almost a week now. What's taking so long? I'm starting to feel lost without it!
I finally finally got out on the mountain bike today. Unbelievable how I could let a month slip by without going out on the trails. I missed it so much and definitely forgot that mountain biking takes its own kind of "fitness." This morning I went out and rode with a friend at Hobbs State Park. Now for those of you that don't know, Hobbs is a relatively flat, flowy trail that isn't really hard at all or physically challenging, and boy did I suffer this morning. My hands cramped around my handlebars, I was sucking air like no other, and I had problems keeping up. Geez never again will I let a month go by without riding my poor mountain bike. EVER. I loved being out there so much! I forgot how at peace I feel when I am out there. Like everything that is weighing me down has been lifted right off my shoulders!
I have to admit that this last week has been weird...but a good weird I think! I feel like I'm starting to get back to being myself a little more each day!
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