Two Wrongs make a Right?
I might have hit a new low for myself today. Brian and I completed our usual round the world trip for Christmas. Half way though I got sick; and stayed sick when I got back. I missed the Sunday ride, and then the New Years ride, and then all my workouts that week. After two weeks I was itching to get back on the bike. I did an easy spin Friday to wake my legs up a little and could tell I was a little off. Still, SG had hooked us up with a group pedal hard session in the morning and I didn’t want to miss it.
I showed up with the group but did my own workout; an easy hour <115Watts. It sounded easy but I felt over heated through the whole workout and my HR was much higher than it should have been (by my estimation anyway). Even though I knew I didn’t feel right, I was willing to knock it up to being off the bike for so long. The next day, the group was going to Hutto (my favorite!) and I really wanted to go.
Since Brant was at Pedal Hard that morning, I asked him if he thought it would be ok. We talked about how I felt and I was honest but gave the more optimistic side of things. That afternoon, I found myself completely exhausted that and slept the whole day. The next morning, we were supposed to ride to Hutto (my favorite route!). When my alarm went off I knew I wasn’t going. I just couldn’t’ get myself out of bed. I stayed in bed until almost lunch. Then I moved upstairs and slept some more.
Sooo, here comes the part I don’t feel so great about. After sleeping the whole weekend, I felt like I deserved some time to myself. Even though I knew I was feeling much better and could go to work, I called in sick. My plan was to sleep in to ensure I got a ton of rest, then work from home, then get in a workout.
Brant had filled in my whole week and noted that I didn’t load the Hutto ride. Now here’s the thing about Brant, if he thinks you’re sick you’re off the bike. I realize that I pay him good money for this great advice but I just had to get some rides in. So on top of calling in sick when I could have forced myself through a day of work I uploaded an old workout to Training Peaks. I honestly feel worse about this than I do about calling into work sick. I’ve done my time at work and I ended up working more than 6-hours today. I hate that I lied to Brant. That just makes me feel pathetic.