Returning home from vacation always means a lot of catching up to do. Returning home from a 3 week vacation... actually wasn't that bad. Despite a cold last week and being really busy at work, things are good! It helps a lot to be training less this time of year. Tuesday was the only workday that I did a workout this week and it was a tough day. At work by 7:30, worked pretty much straight through to 5, then on the bike from my office, and not home until 7:45 (a lot more worn out then 12 hours earlier when I left). Not too big of a deal one day week, but it was tiring, and I'm not sure how I was doing those days back to back earlier in the year.
Of course I was riding for a reason and the season isn't over just yet... This weekend I'm in for the Racers and Chasers 100mi race in San Diego (tomorrow actually) and after some prayer, I decided to take a chance at Marathon Nationals in Bend on the 17th!! 100mi mountain bike races have become a lot more popular lately, but I really had no desire to do one, until I saw Racers and Chasers making one happen. They promote some really good races in SoCal and the course has "only" 10,000ft of climbing so it's not too much of a beast. The hope is that I don't work my body over too bad and bounce back for a strong ride in Bend the next week. Marathon Nationals is half the distance at 50 miles, but will be raced at a lot higher intensity. I was pretty unsure about going to Bend while busy at work and only a week after the 100 miler I had already committed to. But I'm taking a bit of a step in faith and we'll see what happens.
We'll leave this with a pretty strong verse for the day “I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love ….” Romans 8:38-39
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