Stating the obvious, I know. But they are. I just wobbled through a pathetic 8km which clearly showed I’m not race ready but it’s not my calf muscles causing the issue, there’s more down force being produced by them than ever before.
No.
It’s my head. I’m not really accustomed to finding myself in places I didn’t actively choose to be on bikes any more. I can look behind and hold a line, I can keep my wheels in 6 inch ruts and the only thing I struggle with are pedal strikes when it’s a deep rut. I can ride compressions on a cross easily, I can skitter and skate on mud on skinny tyres quite happily.
I ended up a channel full of slutchy sludgy mud. And I really honestly don’t quite remember how I got there.
But, I’ve got power. And I think the fitness will come back if I ride the next 4 days, just a little bit further and faster each day. It’s not going to be an awesome time on Sunday. But it is going to be a time and I am going to finish, of that I’m pretty sure.
Now I just need to get rid of 3 weeks of relative inactivity’s tummy. And work out why my waist is smaller, my bones are a little bit more there yet I feel horrendously fat. Oh. Wait. That’d be water then.
All things considered, I can honestly say the last weeks neurological explosion has left less permanent damage than I thought.
It’s not going to be an awesome time on Sunday. But it is going to be a time and I am going to finish, of that I’m pretty sure.
Now I just need to get rid of 3 weeks of relative inactivity’s tummy. And work out why my waist is smaller, my bones are a little bit more there yet I feel horrendously fat. Oh. Wait. That’d be water then.
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