The Plan.....

I don't know what has gotten into me this year but since the haze of caffeine has left my brain it seems that things have become clearer to me. In the past I spent many days riding in "no mans land" trying to hard to keep up with faster riding partners. This basically left me with nothing in the tank for any attempts at "hard" efforts. I remember talking to Joe one day and he basically said that I ride more than anyone he knows (with the exception of the Simonster) but for as much as I train I should be ALOT FASTER. I always dismissed the notion of going easy on easy days and balls out on hard days but since I've started mixing in the Bham ride on tuesdays with the every other thursday race at Waterford Hills I've noticed some SERIOUS results. I'm feeling much stronger on my hard days and basically riding 2-3 hrs at a nice tempo with the occasional submax effort on my easy days. I've also decided that while I still love riding at PLRA I can get a better workout in riding from my house to either Bloomer or Stoney. Don't get me wrong this ride doesn't have the same adrenalin rush that blowing through Pontiac does, but I can get in a much longer ride without having to drive 45 mins to an hour each way to get to Pontiac. That and with the price of gas for a huge SUV there is some serious $ savings going on. Well that is all for right now. I did get the recipe for The Rayster's Tampopo "Breakfast Stew" clarified and I've got to say I'm looking forward to mixing up a batch. That is all for now. TC