november 22, 2007

went out solo this morning. there was a chance mike would ride along and even that a century rider would join in too. but neither happened. didnt end up making a difference and even may have been better for me. went at it hard this morning doing a good effort for most of the ride. even felt as if i was in a time trial state of mind at times. havent kept my legs churning at that hard an effort in a long time. for the last 2/3 of the ride i was in a very high gear and slow cadence. just like when time trialling. being that my effort was far above what i expected out of myself it made me think of what made the difference in my ride today than other days. for starters it was warmer out today. riding on the trainer yesterday was a good tune up for today. and recently been doing a couple gym visits but havent gotten into a rhythm yet. could it be that cytomax makes a difference!? most of my rides lately my bottles have been filled with plain water. this time i chose to do 1 water, 1 cytomax. all those things added to a difference. but the psychological difference in drinking cytomax may help me in the future. especially during the long winter.

now to reverse my effort by gorging on a thanksgiving meal! ride;

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