not easy, just less hard

Thursday was a rest day, and I needed it. I threw my legs up and played video games all day. I ate lots of healthy tasty food, and drank a ton of water and massaged my sore legs.

Friday was scheduled to be harder than Tuesday (and Tuesday didn't go well).
Ride time: 2 hours at 138-160bpm and a cadence exercise.
My legs felt better than they had on Tuesday, and I made it to about the 1hr 15 mark without feeling sore or tired. My joints felt better than they had previously. Then at the 1hr 30 mark I did 5 sets of 1-minute high-cadence spinups with 2 minutes of rest in between. After the first two I remembered that I can really ramp it up when I focus. My pedal stroke is not where it was last year at this time, but these workouts will help. After the last one my legs were pretty tired, so I spun it out the last 15 minutes.

100 sit-ups and some good stretching.

Immediately following my workout I had some Clif Shot recovery (french vanilla, which tastes delicious to me) while I was stretching and doing sit-ups. I also had accelerade in my bottles during the workout instead of just water, so I felt way better than on Tuesday.

It wasn't an easy workout, I was just smarter about it this time so it was less hard. The biggest difference this time was that there was no doubt in my mind that I could do it.