Starting to ride well: Here I am attacking the lead group after we lapped the front of the field (and the back, and all the other groups). I was caught with two to go, but the legs seem to be coming around. I take it as a positive I was able to withstand Ron L.'s constant attacks and counter off of one of his to go solo. (Ron was recently 22nd in the national championships, a very good result.)
Other news: Instead of riding 5 to 6 hours a day I've been relatively lazy. I found an app on my phone that counts calories and have very slowly been trying to lose weight while lifting and riding quality miles to maintain muscle mass. I was thinking just ride a ton of miles during my break but as a coach I had to remind myself that plan could be disastrous. I sensed signals from my body that huge mileage wasn't the best idea and I listened. I think my recent race shows that I'm on the right track. I also found www.endomondo.com. It's a pretty cool website for blackberry users that uses your phone to GPS your ride. It takes into account your weight, elevation changes during the ride, and speed to calculate caloric burn. It also records other workouts (running, weight lifting, fitness walking to the bar, etc.) It's been great for me to really keep track of my diet, etc. For instance today I realized that if I want to party tonight I needed to do a 2nd ride. So I went out and rode again this afternoon and I should be good to party. :)
