Hill Climbs...Again!

Well, I need to keep this short...mainly because I am absolutely exhausted! I didn't think yesterday's ride in Los Gatos was too bad, but I woke up this morning a little sore. No biggie though, I mean I got about 9 hours of sleep last night and we don't start until 10:30am so I have plenty of time to get ready!

I started out making breakfast for the family. Nothing fancy, just some eggs, cereal, and bagels. The kids like it and I know Laarni appreciates it. I figure it's the least I could do since she is the one who keeps the kids occupied during the weekend while I train. Ok, good breakfast and I'm off to do hill climbs.

It started to sprinkle a little bit but oh well, as my boss says, "You're not going to melt." :o) All it took was one hill climb and that told me how tired I really was! We have to do 4 more?!?! Climb #2 was another warm up for me where I tried to take my time with a high cadence. I think climb #3 was a real killer for me since Coach Patrick asked us to stand up all the way up the hill (or at least as far as we could). I actually didn't do too bad since I thought I would only get to about 20 feet before I needed to sit down. I was behind one of my teammates, Linda, so I just tried to keep up with her since we're supposed to be at the same pace. Well, she outlasted me. I got to about 80% of the hill but then I needed to sit. She made it all the way up standing! Way to go Linda!

Climb #4, I really took my time since Coach Patrick told us that we should save as much as possible for the 5th and final climb! No problem Coach, you know best!

Climb #5, Coach Patrick told us that he wanted us to work as hard as possible and if we did that, it should feel very "uncomfortable"! He wanted us gasping for air by the time we got to the top! No problem again Coach! I was beat, tired, needed oxygen, dizzy, and sore! I thought soreness only came after a day or two. Nope, my legs were shot! I didn't even think I would make it back to the car!

Definitely a tough weekend and we only did 30 miles on Saturday! Oh well, we still have a couple of months of training! As much as this hurts, it's one of the best experiences I've ever been through! :o)

Thursday's Spin class got rescheduled to this Tuesday! Oh boy, can't wait!!