Against popular opinion, massages are not enjoyable, not always anyway. She said my legs would feel like lead the next day. She was right. She also said they would come good. I'll test that tomorrow morning.
Oh, and we are still friends!
And against another popular belief, staying in bed is not always easier than forcing yourself out of it either.
If there is one thing I learnt in the past two years, then it's to listen to my body (most of the time, getting better at it... yadayadayada). The past few days there were lots of signs and they were all saying: Get some rest! I mean there were not just subtle signs that are easy to ignore but big writing on the wall kinda signs and Friday morning I was wide awake at 4:30am and wanted to meet the guys for the Riverloop really badly but my heart rate was 60bpm and there were those other signs so I chained myself to my bed and made me sleep for another two hours. And yes, it did kill me! I sat there in my office the entire long day looking out the window... the sky was so incredibly blue!
Last but not least: when have you checked your bike last time before you headed out? I spotted this yesterday while washing mine:
I must've hit something substantial but do not recall anything that could have sliced my tyre. It was almost new, too, but I replaced it tonight because I don't want it to blow at 50 km/h coming down from McAfees tomorrow morning... uh, tomorrow morning: over 'n over, right? No sign will keep me in bed tomorrow. ;)
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most of the time that i've had massages, they have hurt like crazy. but feel good afterwards so it is worth it :-)
...i've been riding once a week with my shiatsu therapist...needless to say, that means i get beat up at least twice a week...
...to be honest, the more i can relax on the table, ultimately the better off i feel in the long run but because i'm coming back from serious injury, both my acupuncture & shiatsu absolutely wipe me out afterwards...
...as far as you & mcafees, 'member now...they are not hillclimbing 'intervals'...you're simply 'surging' & backing off, 'over n' over' 'cuz it feels good...
...enjoy...
Lisa - I'm already booked in for this Saturday coming... :-)
bgw - I wish I could report that the overs were fun. My body is just so used to unders and you call them over 'n over while I know them as but -you are perfectly accurate there - they are indeed over n' overs because P was so far up the road that I couldn't effort any unders and it was hurting all the way ... the sweet sensation of fun set in when I downloaded my data and had a new mean maximum power result for my 20 min best and for my 5 min best. :)
i have a great massage girl. she doesnt go too hard. i dont like to be beat on. she works out the kinks though.
after 4 weeks of 200+ miles on the bike and a 20 hour week pedaling, i am on a rest week. not sure how to taper for a 100m MTB race but im doing it whether i like it or not.
glad you got some rest! it'll treat your legs to some hard riding.
...damn...you're getting stronger & faster & you've hardly (re)started...
...good on you, woman...as chopper reid sez - "harden the fuck up !!!", ya ???...
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