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116-Miles Later
After last weeks great ride I was excited to test myself. The Coach put 2-group rides on my schedule so I even had permission to test myself. Friday came around with no signs of a Saturday ride and I was getting nervous. A quick email go SG got things rolling and within an hour we had a group of 9.
Saturday was warm and a bit windier than I’d hoped. I played it safe in the beginning staying towards the back. Before I knew it though I was on the front. I felt pretty good, though a little sore from Driven Performance on Thursday. It felt like I pulled a ton and I wished I had a way of tracking that. Even with the work I did on the front, my average HR was 156. For me this was really good. We kept up an average speed of 18.4mph and I was on the front more than usual.
When we finally made it to the gas station, SG was complaining about injuring her foot on the stairs the night before. When she took off her shoe, her toe was totally jacked to the side. Jana and I immediately gave each other an “ohh shit” look. He foot was obviously broken.
Sunday I was surprised to see SG again. Her foot wasn’t as jacked but was incredibly swollen. We still rode 45 miles or so. The ride felt so much harder than the day before. I could feel my legs were tired. Every time I looked down, I saw a HR that was higher than I’d like and I didn’t feel like I was recovering at all. I was shocked to find my HR was only 143bpm. Hour average speed was also slower at 16.6mph but we also had 3 less people to take pulls. Again, I felt I was on the front more than 1/4 of the ride (which is alot for me).
The best though was that night when I get a multimedia message with an x-ray of her foot and one bone is completely broken in two; 116-miles later.