Two Wheel Blogs

I'm actually starting to think I might yet overcome this back thing. It might still be a while, but tonight's trainer session left me feeling very optimistic. For the first time in what seems like forever, I was able to complete a session without any major back pain.

I say major, because the little reminders are always there. They serve to keep me on the straight and narrow, pedaling and position wise. That's good, right? Hey, I'm trying to look on the bright side of the little pains. I can live with them. It's the big stabbing ones I can do without.

Wattage-wise I still have a way to go. The new position and pedaling groove aren't yet ingrained enough. I can feel, with each pedal stroke, the muscles firing in a different order. It's hard to maintain it for very long because the new is different from the old; and the old was powerful.

It was powerful, but it was a combination of bad habits. Training-wise, it was a dead end.

Now I'm optimistic that with time the new will become ingrained. New and better habits replace the old. As that happens the wattages should climb; but this time, with luck, the path won't lead to a dead end.