catching up on the week

Wednesday I did hill sprints. My legs weren't really feeling it, but I still got in 13. How does one know when one has done enough hill sprints? When walking down a flight of stairs is hard the next morning.

Thursday was active recovery. I rode to the coffee shop very slowly. Then I rode home very slowly. Then I rode to work even more slowly than that. My legs were sore.

Friday was very fun. I got in 2.5 hours on the MTB while testing a new saddle for Bontrager. I think it's coming out in 2011, and this thing really worked out well for me.

I've been keeping up on the core workouts pretty well, but in the last week or so my eating has gotten bad. I've been drinking lattes instead of just coffee. I've had soda quite a few times. I've had fast food a few times. It's been bad, and I've been feeling the effects of the poor diet. So tonight I changed that. I had fruit for a snack, and I've been replacing soda with water again. I didn't really slow the water intake, but instead of juice I had soda or coffee this week. It's amazing how quickly my body slow down when I keep riding hard and eat like shit. Time ot get the diet back on track. I'm having an orange right now.

I was supposed to do a crit tomorrow. It's going to be 40 and pouring rain, which I think means it's okay to opt out. Maybe I'll go to a movie or do some backroom work at the shop. Monday night I'm headed to Minneapolis for two-day visit and some more crit racing if the weather holds up.