I had thought I'd do the parkway ride with the 5:50 group this morning but when I got out of bed my legs were quite stiff and a little sore. I decided to skip the ride and just do some stretching and exercises while watching "Fox & Friends" instead (I love that show...it's hilarious). I had a good workout on the bike last night and it was still in my legs.
I had done a 17-mile warmup, both hard efforts and slow spinning...then decided to give it a go on a 20K course that starts and ends at the LSU Pecan Station. The southward and westward legs were into the wind and I was having perceived (real?) difficulty just staying above 23 mph though I'd hit into 25 every once in a while. But once I turned north the effort was much easier and I found myself cruising at 26 mph. Once I topped the hill on Ellerbe Road and made the eastward turn back to the station I was moving along at 27-28 and I think that was mainly because I knew I was getting to the end of the 12.4-mile loop and felt a little energized. I roughly covered the distance in 30-31 minutes which I was happy with since I wasn't really pushing as hard as I could have. The 20K course in Monroe (two weeks from now) is board-flat and I'm hoping to cover that in well under 30 minutes. It will be the dress rehearsal for the 40K in LaPlace the following weekend and my real test for the 2007 cycling season.
Spent some time today doing a little bit of housework...tried to remove the old light/fan from the ceiling of the bathroom and though I got the guts of the thing removed, I'll have to get into the attic to remove the housing. It won't come through the hole in the ceiling and I'll have to enlarge the hole a bit to get the new unit in. That should be fun in this summer heat, so I'll most likely do that in the early mornings wearing the crappiest clothes I have.
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