Week 13: Persistence, not Perfect ... Gila is coming!

I believe strength training is very important for endurance athletes, but especially those that have had over-use injuries (which perhaps should be called muscular imbalances), or a history of chronic injury to an area.  So every morning I have the following routine.

In my tiny little narrow kitchen I prepare my lunch and do lunges, then squats, one-legged squats and calf-raises.  I do pushups and pull ups, too.  I often use the counter to help keep me stable with the one-legged squats and calf raises, if I'm having a "bad day," meaning my balance on my left leg is off a bit.

Week 13 started off just, eh ... I was tired from the previous three weeks of racing.  In fact, Tuesday I cut my workout short after the first interval.  But, the week turned out to be a time where I witnessed a lot of new cycling prowess on the bike as a result of all of that hard racing the previous three weeks!

I ended up with 14 personal bests on Strava segments, 13 of those were KOMs, and while the weather helped with some of the time splits, the power was up for all of them!  Saturday I traveled to Tucson and did the Bicycle Ranch ride and then had an informal team get-together after the ride.  It was a lot of fun.

So, all told, I'm too fat and heavy for Gila, but I'm excited about going anyway.  It's too bad that I won't be going with Tim, but I'll make the most of it.

A short post this week because I have a lot of irons in the fire at the moment, but wanted to let those following along know how things are progressing.

A shirt and logo I'm working on.