Strained right calf

Afternoon Ride

race: shed park cx cat 3/4

Warm up

pick ups for good feels

First day I felt relatively good since Whiteface. Turns out it was a good day to feel mostly recovered since all the big guns came out for Zak's last day before moving to Cali. It was fun to start fast and not have to do any work and employ different tactics (mostly hold on for dear life while risking a blowup). Jay Gump made the first real move. It wasn't super hard but he's so good at the steady effort that Al and I weren't going to pull him back. I tried to go with Jay at first but was quickly outclassed. Then I stuck with Al for a bit but he accelerated over the top of the steep climb in the middle and I couldn't go with him. I knew I needed to so that I could benefit from the draft on the next flat section but I just didn't have it in my legs. Maybe I should have dug deeper but maybe I would have really blown up. I was solo the rest of the way, just slowly losing ground to Jay and Al throughout. I was pushing to keep away from Zak and Todd who were chasing hard. I was happy to finish 3rd with a relatively fast time, especially since the past 3 weeks have been the hardest training/racing I've ever done on a bike. I will recover over the weekend on vacation with the family which will be nice. Hopefully let all this work sink in leading to some adaptation. 

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Strained right calf

Afternoon Ride

race: shed park cx cat 3/4

Warm up

pick ups for good feels

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