Going into rest day..

Did some hill work today (this is the theme of my training because its my weakest link), practiced pacing my self into the hill and gradual build up and roll over the hill and get back up to speed. It doesn't sound all that tough, but for me that is where I typically get dropped in a race or a ride. I am looking forward to a day of rest tomorrow. You might say to yourself "if he is looking forward to a day of rest why train so hard", and that is a good question one that I asked myself before. The answer is this, rest and recovery is just as important to training and training effectively as all the work set off and on the bike.

Nutritionally things are going pretty good, I have been using a drip and increased my veggie (raw) intake as part of the drip. I am still eating carbs but have spread them out, also I am cutting them slightly to see how much I really need. So far I have good energy on and off the bike during and after work outs.

So far my goals are on track actually a bit above where I figured, I have increased my volume and am feeling the work but not over trained. I have Livestrong (a century) coming up, which falls during the first week of two weeks of go longer climb stronger, that will be a good marker. I don't have a time to beat I just want to finish and ride strong in the hills, I did do a 101 mile ride last year in 5hrs 50 it had some decent hills at the end but not as many as livestrong will have.
Cant wait, its going to be so fun to participate with close to 6000 others, for a great cause.

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