Getting Down to Bidness

The above pic may look familiar since I attempted to schedule my racing year several months ago but, as you know, that plan went out with the bike bath water because of various reasons. Yesterday, I decided to give it another shot and was pleased to see that with how the summer is shaping up (most of my races in August/September) I have a pretty good shot at being in relatively good shape when my A&B races commence. I knew that this plan could be shelled pretty quickly if I tried to lay it out too far in advance so, instead I simply mapped out my next week. Last night had me doing hill intervals and much to my delight, I was able to complete them in the prescribed zones (unlike last week's ill fated attempt!). To top it off, I actually had spunky legs for my commute this morning and I found myself having to reel myself in to keep from hammering up the hills so that I can save myself for tomorrow's race start efforts. Joy.

I rescued this little guy from the side of the road. I thought it was a salamander but it turns out it's a red spotted newt so I plucked it's eyes out to use in an evil potion.

shell shocked after completing my final interval.