Check-in with Mike

Mike, my cycling coach, dropped me a line last night, asking how things were going. Here's my reply:

1. Yep, I registered for the Harvest Century last night. I'm in.

2. I didn't know a few of the exercises, even after looking them up. Are they in the training videos on your site? Specifically the

• Medicine Ball Extension/Flexion
• Floor / Physioball T
• The Triangle
• Active standing Psoas Stretch

I think the reason I was so sore after the demo workout was because I didn't get myself well warmed up. Since then, I've been doing a better warm-up and I have not been (very) sore from the exercises.

3. I am feeling OK. I had a great, long ride Saturday and follwed it up Sunday with... almost nothing. I let myself get so overcommtted to other things Sunday that I only got an hour in on the trainer last night. I am one of those unfortunate people who only seems to learn by making mistakes, so I guess I learned that I need to do a better job of scheduling myself and my social commitments.

4. Energy and recovery both seem to be doing OK. We'll see how this week goes leading up to the Century. I felt AMAZING on Saturday, but if you look at the workouts I did last week, it was likely because I didn't do any hard efforts other than off-the-bike work.

5. Diet. Ugh. I have been eating OK, but not really keeping track. Too many bad lunches, though. Most breakfasts and dinners are fairly healthy, if the portions are maybe out of whack. I'll try to start tracking that better this week, again.

-Thom