Well. That went poorly! I came into this race hot off a week of recovering from COVID and oh did it show! I felt pretty good during the warm-up, but was nervous about how my body would feel, given that my test runs throughout the week were not promising. I did a 30-minute opener workout on Thursday, which consisted of zone 1, with 4, 45-second anaerobic efforts, and felt very tired afterwards. Not a good sign.
I started the race hard, and figured we'd see what happened. My lungs lit up instantly and I felt horrible for lap 1 of 3. I contemplated dropping out but decided to reframe my mindset. A good finish was out of the question, so I focused on keeping the power output smooth, at whatever level I could muster. When I felt good, I would push, when it came crashing down quickly thereafter, I focused on recovery. Rinse and repeat.
End of the day, just had to chalk this one up to factors out of my control. Weather was fantastic, I was on a mountain bike for 2 hours and I finished. Great day!
Lesson Learned: Sometimes you need to accept that it's not your day, but there is always something to be gained. In this case, I got some training in and enjoyed some great weather.
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