Jan 20-Sick!

Naturally, my nice 4 and a half hour ride on Thursday was followed by getting sick on Saturday. I'm OK now, but yesterday I had some kind of flu: 101 degree temperature, felt like I'd been hit by a truck, just awful. Slept like 17 hours and today I'm OK, but not enough to ride.

Illness happens, but it's particularly galling because I was on track to putting in some decent hours for this week. Unlike so many others out there, I don't have the weekend to chalk up big hours. Family responsibilities mean I can ride one day on the weekend, and the norm for that ride is 2 hours. Doing 3 and a half hours on Saturday and then 4 and a half on Sunday is just not possible for me. Not because of motivation, just a fact of parenting life. So...to lose even my 2 hour ride this weekend is a huge drag. Still, it's January and I can't worry all that much about a couple of missed days.

Next week is a rest week, so it's good to have some of the pressure off to eke out training time.

-Ian