The damn group ride!!!!

BlueJersey said:

I certainly didn't like the way I ended my 3 weeks training cycle. Today was the last day of my 3 weeks training cycle. When I started the day my TSS was 450 and finished with 580. Total TSS for the month is 2000. When I woke up this morning I was feeling more than just tired. I figured that I just played around today just to finish it off easy. Once I got to the training route, I felt good and decided to throw in another threshold power work for 15 minutes. Power number was good but I decided to cut my workout there and just riding around. Then, a pack of riders was coming behind me. No problem and just let them passed. Then, I realized my team mate was hanging around with them. I decided to join the fun. Not long I was pulling the group. Maybe is the ego thing and next thing I knew I was at my upper upper L4 threshold power and VO2max. I wasn't hurting but my legs just got a bit tired after 5 minutes in the front. My team mate got dropped. The group got thinned down a bit. One the second lap going down a hill, I headed to the front again and cranked it up on my 53 x 12 and 11. The rest of the group seemed to spin mad crazy. 😄 This was my last pull and realized I wasn't able to put much hurts to the guys near the front. They came around again pretty fast when I wasn't motivated to ride with them any more. Then, I realized my rear tire was leaking air and going flat. Damn, do i feel slow today. 🙂 I think I may see these guys in the race in March. I will show them. 😄

If they were racing you should have got out of there way. They had probably already ridden 50km's and if they were just cruising then you must have looked like a tool.

Find the group next time around and ride with them...dont be a hater.