1000 Plus

I just eclipsed 1000 miles of biking for the year! Yippie, hoorah! So I went for a 21 mile ride today, it was kinda crazy windy out there today. When I was going east/west the wind would gust and move me about a foot into traffic....sort of scary. But when I had the wind at my back....Lookout! I was flying! I intended to ride a little further, but when I had to ride straight into the wind for mile after mile I just broke down...even though I knew it was going to be fun to tun around with the wind at my back.

I also started cutting back my training for the big race (2 weeks from today), it's called a taper. So this past week I cut my training to 85% of normal. This upcoming week I think it is down to 75%, it's gonna be sooooo nice, since at 85% I thought it felt like I was on vacation from training. The idea is not to overwork yourself before a big event and the gains from killing yourself in the few weeks before a race are probably so small they outweigh the risks of injury....if that makes any sense.