I expected that

On Tuesday night, I made it a point to ride really hard at the Trek O South ride. And I did.

On Wednesday night, I knew that would result in tired, dead legs, but that riding hard two days in a row would be good for me - provided I took the next few days easy.

When the torch was lit, I predictably burned up early. It wasn't that I was going slow - I wasn't - I just wasn't going as fast as the lead group. I'm pretty used to that by now. But I did my usual digging deep and turning myself inside out bit. It did the trick.

And now, a day off today, a ride to work tomorrow and then a long Saturday ride. I'll probably take it pretty easy for the next week or two. I'm to the point where I feel fast again, though it's sometimes hard to tell when you head to WNW and get your brains bashed in. The upside there is that everybody else is getting faster, too. And luckily, I don't have to race against most of them.