Sunday Fun in the Mountains

For the third consecutive week, a ride in the mountains was scheduled for Sunday, specifically the City View ride. Unlike the last two weekends, the weather was beautiful today. So nice, I wore just bike shorts and a short-sleeved bike jersey. The nice weather also brought out the cyclists today. Last week, I could have counted the number of riders that I saw riding in Deer Creek Canyon using two hands. Today, I needed a calculator to keep track of the number of riders. Maybe bad weather has its advantages.

Before the ride, I was a little nervous about how my legs would respond. I ran my track workout rather later yesterday so I wasn't sure my legs would be recovered. However, my legs actually felt pretty good. Surprisingly, they seemed to have some power in them. Maybe it was because I slept great last night. I don't know why, but it was the best sleep that I can remember having in the last month or so. It was such a good, deep sleep that I didn't even know that Brenda's dog was barking at the back door at 4:00 am because the cat wanted in the house.

The ride itself was rather uneventful. I practiced riding in the time trial position for some of the climb and descent. I passed some riders on the way up and got passed by two guys. Ugh, I hate getting passed on climbs but both guys were obviously much stronger than me. However, I feel like the bike might be coming around. As evidence, today's ride was the fastest that I've done City View this year. I'm sensing, although I can't explain it, that some breakthroughs may be coming later this year if I continue to trust and execute (as best as I can) the workouts put together by Steve.