May 16th, 2008

For some reason, I thought I could finish up a ride at 8:00pm, go to sleep, then get up at 8:00 the next morning and ride tempo for two hours. I can't.

I got a decent warmup, but just wasn't feeling too great. I ended up cutting it short, and made it a 35 mile loop instead of the planned 40. I held a good tempo pace for about 20 minutes, but then gave it up and rode more of an endurance pace for about ten minutes. I figured I'd give it a go at tempo again, as the wind had switched around to my back, but it was a no-go. After about five minutes, my legs weren't having any more of it, and I dialed it back down for the remainder of the ride.

I've switched my work schedule around so I'll be riding Friday afternoons instead of Friday mornings from now on. I'll see if that gives me enough of a rest to get a good workout in or not. If not, I've got no qualms making Friday into a nice, easy day.

I still feel pretty bad from the ride though. I'm going to take tomorrow off. My girlfriend just got paid at her new job, so she's taking me out for margaritas tonight!