Tired & Beat
Woke up this morning feeling pretty good. Hungry, but good. Showered, ate, did the dishes and went to ride to work, but had a flat. ok fine. Fix the flat and roll.
Whoa! Didn't feel so good. Actually felt pretty tired. Legs were heavy. Decided to take the short way. Took as long to go the short way as it normally does to go the long way. Ok, so it's a slow day.
Get to work and things get worse. I was supposed to have a bunch of fixes done a week ago, but have been distracted with other fixes and they're just taking longer then expected. Then all of a sudden my stuff completely stops working. We spend the rest of the day diagnosing and threatening to uninstall my entire development environment to reinstall when finally at 5 o'clock we get it working again. Another day lost. Trying to make up some time, I stay till 7 to get at least something done.
The whole time I'm watching the radar to make sure the storm they're predicting keeps its distance. As I walk out the door, it starts to drizzle. Oh well. What do you expect after a day like today? I decide to ride home in the dark - in the rain. At least I take the short way. Didn't feel as weak as I did this morning. Felt kind of strong actually. Maybe it was all the leftover lunches I raided in the fridge after everyone left? No I'm not that guy - not exactly. We get free lunches at my job. Some people order, but decide to go out instead, then leave their free lunch in the fridge. If it's there more then a day, it's mine. Sorry, but this guy's got a furnace to feed.
Home now and starting preparations for the weekend. While all you flatlanders are drowning in the rain this weekend, I'll be chilling (literally) in the Adirondacks. Jeff and I are headed up to the High Peaks region for a little backcountry R&R. Yeah hauling 50lbs worth of gear on our backs for 4 - 6 miles in the snow doesn't sound like relaxation for most people, but we enjoy it. Coincidentally it was two years ago this weekend, Jeff and I first went to the High Peaks region in winter. See more of that here. We tried Mt. Colden on that trip. Didn't work out so well. This time we're going to do something a little more manageable and hopefully hike up through Avalanche Pass and onto Lake Colden. Sort of like the disaster Mike and I did three years ago. That was my first serious winter camping trip. Learned a whole hell of a lot on that one.
Just got word from Jeff. He's stuck in Denver. Unless he gets home soon, he probably won't have time to pack and go this weekend. That would suck. Then again, there's no risk in falling trees. Stay tuned for updates.
Quick February base training stats (seen this on a couple other blogs):
- better than January
That's it for February. March should be a little different with vacation and all. Maybe add some intensity for racing that starts in April. I guess at some point I should put up a race schedule too.
-b
Whoa! Didn't feel so good. Actually felt pretty tired. Legs were heavy. Decided to take the short way. Took as long to go the short way as it normally does to go the long way. Ok, so it's a slow day.
Get to work and things get worse. I was supposed to have a bunch of fixes done a week ago, but have been distracted with other fixes and they're just taking longer then expected. Then all of a sudden my stuff completely stops working. We spend the rest of the day diagnosing and threatening to uninstall my entire development environment to reinstall when finally at 5 o'clock we get it working again. Another day lost. Trying to make up some time, I stay till 7 to get at least something done.
The whole time I'm watching the radar to make sure the storm they're predicting keeps its distance. As I walk out the door, it starts to drizzle. Oh well. What do you expect after a day like today? I decide to ride home in the dark - in the rain. At least I take the short way. Didn't feel as weak as I did this morning. Felt kind of strong actually. Maybe it was all the leftover lunches I raided in the fridge after everyone left? No I'm not that guy - not exactly. We get free lunches at my job. Some people order, but decide to go out instead, then leave their free lunch in the fridge. If it's there more then a day, it's mine. Sorry, but this guy's got a furnace to feed.
Home now and starting preparations for the weekend. While all you flatlanders are drowning in the rain this weekend, I'll be chilling (literally) in the Adirondacks. Jeff and I are headed up to the High Peaks region for a little backcountry R&R. Yeah hauling 50lbs worth of gear on our backs for 4 - 6 miles in the snow doesn't sound like relaxation for most people, but we enjoy it. Coincidentally it was two years ago this weekend, Jeff and I first went to the High Peaks region in winter. See more of that here. We tried Mt. Colden on that trip. Didn't work out so well. This time we're going to do something a little more manageable and hopefully hike up through Avalanche Pass and onto Lake Colden. Sort of like the disaster Mike and I did three years ago. That was my first serious winter camping trip. Learned a whole hell of a lot on that one.
Just got word from Jeff. He's stuck in Denver. Unless he gets home soon, he probably won't have time to pack and go this weekend. That would suck. Then again, there's no risk in falling trees. Stay tuned for updates.
Quick February base training stats (seen this on a couple other blogs):
- better than January
That's it for February. March should be a little different with vacation and all. Maybe add some intensity for racing that starts in April. I guess at some point I should put up a race schedule too.
-b
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