Ultimo Semana

Happy New Year to the blog people.

Today: Slept early (relative) last night, and did the annual Mt. Wilson romp this morning. The ride has a sensible start time (10am), so it works out, people come in droves. Among the droves were: Ivan Dominguez and friggin' Dave Clinger (seriously?? yes) out there, in addition to a bunch of people from the west side who i've never seen on this side of town in my life. Strange all around, yes. We roll out. Real fidgety the first mile, so I went to the front until it strung out. Conditions were great, and getting better. A slight breeze picked up about 10 minutes in, no worries. Pace heated up, I dropped back, la dee da. Then, while off the back. Wind gusts began. Wind like i've never seen in my life (on or off the bike). Pissed off demonic psycho wind. From all directions. It had to have been 80+ mph blasts. Lots of people turned around, and surprisingly, a good number rode on. I can't believe no one ended up in the canyon. Anyhow, I rode alone most of the way, as it goes with base miles, said "hi" to a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a long while, and ended up with a 6.5 hour day to start off the final week of base. 25.5 hours and 6 days remain! A big big thanks to the Haag support crew, braving the elements in the element to give the random masochistic riders who rode on some coffee, gatorade, smiles. Swell times, and the great ice-cold coffee+orange accelerade cocktail that goes down so good after the 4th hour of these rides did wonders. I didn't have country music today, unfortunately. Where is my ipod?

Also, on a technical note...the body is responding REALLY well to off days. Took last thursday off, and felt real fresh the next day (5hrs), and same great legs today, after having yesterday off. This means one of two things: i've come to form too early and won't peak properly, or it means lots of legs will be slain at my hand this year. Slain and smite downnnnn to the ground.


And on a nutritional note...all the hours so far (123.5) were done with accelerade in the bottles, chocolate milk (1 serving per 2 hours ride time immediately post-ride), no supplements (no multis, glutamine, nothing), and lots and lots of pad thai and tuna. Weight is unchanged, but that's not a concern of mine at this point.