Momentum..

Day 2 of recovery. I feel exceptionally good actually. I still get some pains in my calves and my knee is a bit banged up, but overall I feel like I can get on a bike and do a couple of laps today. Which is surprising, usually for me Day 2 is where the pain starts to worsen. This is good news.

Anyway, I'm happy with my recovery time. This is really decent. I thought I was going to be a wreck considering that I was still fatigued and sore yesterday morning. This morning, not so much. The knee is banged but the scabs pulling are more painful then the actual knee itself. Surprising, my back is totally fine, even after riding full rigid for 60KM. This is a complete first.

Also I hit a new max for my HR at 212BPM. Usually 170-180 is max, 212 is new. I didn't feel on deaths door at any point of the race, but that's comedy to see. Also I burned *according to polaris, and according to normal temps which were not the case* over 4000 calories on that race. I'm not sure about that, but even if its true, I was WAY under nourished for that race.... losing my Gatorade bottle was not good. I need to plan this a lot better. I'm not a small rider. I shouldn't eat like them either.

 I need to give the cross bike some TLC today though. There's still some mud on it, and the chain needs a bunch of  lube love as there's mud all over it as well even after the power wash. I shoulda taken the P2A bib off before I got it washed. I wasn't thinking but hey what are you going to do. Its destroyed now, might as well just toss it.

So tonight I'll spend some time cleaning the bike off and giving it a bit of polish. I did notice that I chipped paint where I was kicking the bike to knock mud off my cleats, I'll have to go grab some silver touchup paint. This also reminds me to check the spokes, I missed and kicked one during my race, I need to make sure its not bent. Rims are true, and bike is in great condition otherwise. Just looks ridden now.

My cleats I think might be done for, the ratchet mechanism isn't grabbing anymore. Might be mud. I'm hoping it is. I'll check those too I don't want to go buy new cleats as I kinda like the ones I have.

Registered for the O-CUP 9:00AM Citizen class race in Mansfield on May 1st, so I have a week or 2 to recover and loosen up. Then I bring out the Kona and ride the piss out of that too. I'm actually really excited to get out in the forest for a race.

May is going to be super busy. Race, Marathon, 8H Race back to back to back.... I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it. P2A was a real uplift for me as I was questioning if I even really did progress over the winter. I needed a litmus test. I exceeded my own expectations. I am not a pro racer, never will be, but damn if its not enjoyable to pretend to be one when the only competition is yourself :D