Two Wheel Blogs

Not too much to wow you with. Last night was a recovery ride.

I met up with the club for some spinning and found out that a bunch of other guys were on recovery too. There was probably 15 people on the ride. I had a bit of a plan (recovery ride) so I spent most of my ride with few guys on a similar mission.

A semi-regular rider named Jeremy that hails from KC (but works in JC sometimes) showed up last night. He was still recovering from illness earlier this season that pretty much eliminated any chances of adequately preparing for the Ouachita Challenge. He managed to perform quite well for 50 miles before making the sensible decision to abandon the 80 mile race (rather than risk injury or re-lapse into illness). Last night, he was still in recovery mode.

Another friend, Bart, was in attendance. Sort of a surprise for him to ride this venue. He was recovering from a surgery of some sort that prevented him form riding as he recovered (last night was his first return to the saddle). He seemed more than ready to be back on the bike and last night was a beautiful opportunity to get started riding again. We rode together for a short time, but got split up on the first long descent out of town.

Then there was me. Recovering from a block of training earlier this week. I felt pretty strong as we rolled out, but on the first little rise I stood to jump ahead to bridge up to another rider I wanted to socialize with and discovered that recovery was exactly what I needed. My legs were a bit weak and lacked any sort of snap (great news!).

Jeremy and I chatted during the whole ride as we spun easily through some nice areas that were lush with green. He and I both discovered a lot of great views last night that have always been there, but we never noticed them before. Sometimes it is a great idea to slow down!