Cherry Pie went as expected, if not slightly worse. My total lack of interval training left me flopping around on my bike like a gasping fish after the hammer went down a few times in a row. Plus, I think this was my second race as a Cat IV, and my first race since September [...]

Monday
Did a little 1 hour spin down on Monday after work, then spent about 30 minutes stretching. Took a nice hot shower, stretched some more, than put on the ice.

Tuesday
I did nothing. I rode the bike to work, then took the bus home. 

I’m trying to decide if I want to race next weekend. I got [...]

Piece of Cake was a bit of an eye opener. I felt much more comfortable moving around in the group than at Cherry Pie. So that was nice.
But I had a vision of the future, where every race this year, I will get a little closer to the end before I get shelled. [...]