Good Weekend of Training

Saturday I meet up with about a dozen other guys from Pikes Peak Velo for a fast paced ride out to Elbert. I got Bob and Brad to continue on with me to Kiowa and then across to Franktown and Castle Rock and then back 105 through Palmer Lake. We had started by going out to Peyton instead of taking the direct route to Elbert which I think ended up adding about 10 more miles than what I had thought the ride would be. We kept a good pace until we had to slow a little on 105 because Brad was starting to hurt. The other 2 stopped at Bob's house north of town and got about 120 miles in. I went on through Garden of the Gods and Manitou before I headed home. I ended up with 143 miles with 6499 feet of climbing and on bike average speed of 18.3 mph.

Sunday I only did 42 miles but it was with the 10:00 Acacia Park group ride so it was hard. I had taken a pull and dropped to mid-pack in the Air Force Academy when I realized the group in front of me had totally blown apart. I put in a long, hard pull with a couple guys on my wheel and we picked up another few guys that had blown out of the groups in front of us. When I dropped to the back of the group, I had used too much and barely was able to hang on. We caught the 2nd group but weren't able to pull the lead group of 5 or 6 back. I was very happy to be with the group I was in since I was mid-pack when things broke up. After the climb up to the back side, the guards wouldn't let us through because 2 of the guys with military IDs had disappeared along with several other riders. We still had a group of about 20 and they only wanted to let 9 guys in with the one military ID we had. We then tried getting back in on Stadium but the guards there said the same thing. We went out North Gate and I managed to hang with the lead group back in to town execpt when 2 guys broke away but nobody else could go with them either. We caught them at a traffic light.

This week I'm stuck in meetings from 9 to 5 every day so I can't get out for my normal lunch rides. I'm also being fed food that I'm sure has way more calories than I should have. I guess I should take my own lunch in so I can eat healthier.