Exhastion
I’m not going to spend any time regaling how I haven’t posted here in forever and I never really have any time for it. It seems trite at this point and probably makes up the better part of half of these posts. Needless to say, I’ve been living life, not writing about it.
So how many weeks of build does it take before you hit a wall of exhaustion? Given my life, it seems like 5 is the magic number. Waking up in the morning is a huge chore and I can’t seem to find energy with small naps stolen during the day. So why do it? Simple, #gains!
My numbers have been great so far. I haven’t tested again but I’m pretty sure my LT is up 5-10 watts. Every week I’m hitting max’s in my mean-max’s. The balance required to keep it going is rest; and I’m not doing my part there.
The first two road races of the year didn’t go well at all. I don’t think it was my fitness so much as not being prepared and not being smart. Once the Driveway started it was all back on! The women’s open race has been crazy hard. 23.8mph the first race, 22.8mph second race, 23.7mph third race. These are crazy fast speeds for such small fields.
The 2nd week I crashed in the M3/4 race; only 500m into the race. Broke my helmet and got a saddle in the back. Still limping two weeks later. Lucky, almost no road rash. This week I’m doing the 3/4 race again and hoping it’s a little more settled. there’ve been crashes every week.