Off days….

It’s been a long time since I’ve went a whole weekend without riding, early January I believe. I’ve got the crud, (cough, hack, cough, hack) It’s hanging out in my chest doing some sort of “squaters rights” brand of defiance to hang out and set up camp, refusing to go away. I haven’t ridden in 4 days, tomorrow will be 5 days, sheesh. Gawd, I miss the bike. I’m hoping to get to commute on Wed although I’m not holding my breath. Wed is not supposed to be nice either.

Where’s Coach? Yo’ Coach, what do I do after missing dang near a week of riding? “Well Jim, take it easy for the 1st few rides back before you go hammering again. Let your body recover from being sick or you’ll just be out longer” I reply: “That sucks Coach” Coack laughs, Coach seems to have this “big picture, long term approach to training” that just doesn’t seem to gel with the instant gratification of us “I wanna be fit now!” cyclists. A week is nothing to him, he’s thinking October. We all gotta deal with this kinda thing me thinks, better early April than late August. There are worse things that could happen, It’s not like I’ve an injury to have to heal through. Stay positive Jimbo, it aint the end of the world. Sure seems like it though, maybe I should just call in sick tomorrow and go out for a nice ride? No, I can’t do it. The very nature of our sport seems to weed out the less than motivated, if you know what I mean. It’s just not in my nature to call in when I’m not dying. (couch, cough, hack, hack)

The weather is supposed to be nice on Saturday so I’m doing the whole “yoda willing the force thing” for a clean chest and a sunny day. Did I say I miss the bike? Why do I crave chocolate cake? I want to go riding…….

I think the Cookie Crunch is this month, maybe I should go? It’s a pretty fun ride, I dunno, we’ll see.

Think of me tomorrow morning while I’m in the dentist chair.

Cheers!