Flat 1. Flat 2.

I thought getting a flat 10K from my house was bad how about 2 flats with only one tube!  The kicker, I punctured about a mile from my house!  Somebody upstaris did not want me to enjoy my bike ride!

Besides that they day was great.  It’s 25 degrees here (has been for the last 2 days).  I’m slowly getting darker as my cycling tan sets in.  The ride today ended up being a shade less than a 100K.  This day was similar to last Tuesdays except a little longer (and frustrating!).  Still doing my high tension intervals.  I’m starting to notice a change which is good.  I’m able to use the big chain ring  plus the smallest on the back.  Tour de France here I come!

Yesterday was super tough!  Both Chris and I woke up to our quads being nuked from the previous days run.  It was all I could do to hobble around.  Cycling wasn’t too bad but when I went to run to the gym…  I ran like I had something stuck in my, well you know.  It was a little awkward.

Those who have done marathons or long runs can attest to how your legs start breaking down; the quads usually taking the full brunt.  I have never run down hill for an hour before which is exaclty what we did on Saturday.  There are a few things I guess you could do to prevent the muscular soreness such as spinning out the legs after or even jumping into an ice bath.  Tops would be to get a massage but neither Chris and I would help each other out with that!

Oh well, a little sorness isn’t going to keep me down!  Especially when my Dad tells me that they just got a lot of snow!  I’ll train for all of you that can’t!

Thanks for reading, Happy Trainin!

Cliff