Getting pretty sick over the holidays seriously upset my “normal routine” applecart. Hell, the “holidays” themselves do that without my being sick. The fact that a large portion of the general public shoves their way around around like asshole chickens with their heads cut off at an ever-increasing rate from Thanksgiving until December 25th is incredibly disruptive to anyone who chooses not to participate in such foolishness. By not participating, I have to plan simple things like “my daily trip to the grocery store” and “driving past the mall” in a way that won’t coincide with throngs of panicking, stressed-out consumers.
Luckily, it’s over, and I survived, mostly unscathed. The guys both went back to work this morning (both Ryan and Matt had vacation from the 25th through the 1st), and I went back into the gym for some weight training this morning (and go back to MMA class tonight). I’m kinda sad that we never got to go to Syllamo, but between Ryan having a backache and Matt and I suffering from the desk-jockey blacklung, we ended up running out of vacation by the time everyone was recovered. I’m looking forward to the weekend of the 10th, because I’ll be heading over solo to meet with other Syllamo Trail advocates to work out all of the details for the ginormous work weekend coming up at the end of the month. If everything goes as planned, I’ll stay an extra couple of days, and the trip will function as both a mini training camp as well as a momma-bear vacation.
Not that I dislike taking care of the guys and whatever domestic duties arise… it’s just that every now and then, I need a break- just like any other job. Even if I don’t do days of epic rides, I can lay in the recliner with a glass of wine and a frozen pizza and not worry about what’s for dinner tonight and tomorrow.
Riding-wise, the journey back into fitness is shaping up to be a difficult one. The past two days, I’ve thrown in some harder efforts on my rides, and they were pretty weaksauce. I feel like my FTP is 200 right now. Three weeks, a little riding, then an extra week off the bike tends to do that to a person. Hopefully my legs will remember their job with a quickness.