Stagnation is one of my greatest fears; the feeling that I am not learning anything or not making gains in performance ranks above fear of death and public speaking. As such, it should be of no surprise that setting and tracking personal records is important to mark my improvements. With my weight loss, I have a big excel file that lists my weight for the past five hundred or so days. With my personal records on specific courses I am a bit more loose, but they are on my mind as I ride through them, regardless of whether or not I am having a go.
Last week, on 26 August 2010 I left the house on what would turn out to be an awesome ride. At the time, of course, I didn’t really know what pace I was going to keep – I just needed to relieve some stress and energy built up from work. At my first main road I made the turn as a truck was coming my direction and was able to slip into the gigantic draft and go ~38 for roughly one mile. It was awesome to say the least, but I eventually had to make a turn and was forced to back off.