Today was not an easy day. I was awake early to put some energy into my bike training. I have not really done any bike training for a while and with the Regional Triathlon in a few months I thought it was best that I got back onto the bike and start building up the kilometers and the speed.
I felt rather good although it was a little cold. I was riding into town for the Saturday morning group ride which usually goes for about 60km plus about 20 extra kilometers riding in and out of town. So I thought as my first ride back I would just go down the back and take easy. For me that is easier said then done, because before long I was on the front having a go at the pace making.
As I'm not a bad hill climber we hit the hills and I was off again attacking off the front. Little did I know was that all I was doing was burning myself out. In the last part off the ride there is a sprint to the finish in town, usually we ride about 50km/h but I put so much effort into the earlier part of the ride that I just slipped out of the group and had to ride back into town by myself.
I think that there was a great lesson in the ride today, which was that when I start training again, slow down until I get stronger before I start taking on the adults.
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