We were up at 5AM and I was not too thrilled.  In Tucson all the local state pools open on April the first.   We got up early to take over the local pool.   I knocked out 2500yds in the pool and started feeling much better.  My mojo was coming back and I felt like I was in a good position this week.  

After the swim we went back to the hotel for breakfast and to grab or gear for the bike today.  Today is a recovery day....but the two rides we had to choose from were a 40K and 40 miler.   Gordo said I should do the 40 miler.  And so it was done.  :(

There were lots of fast folks in the 40 miler group which has been named the "peppy" group.   My tactic was to sit on the back and draft as much as possible.   Well, as soon as we hit the hills up over the gates pass a group of three of us came off the back.   We regrouped at a stop sign after flying down the hills moving around 30mph.  At the stop sign we split into two groups and the first group (my group) took off with a 45 sec lead, and the second group was going to chase us down.  This is not what I call recovery.  We headed out pulling hard and running the pace line and never got caught riding around 28-29mph (tail wind?).  We held off the fast boys.  Oh, you could not drop any riders to win the so the entire group had to be there.

The pace was much friendlier on the way back.   I dropped off the back with Dan P. for the last 4-5 miles to recovery from all the hard efforts during the 40 mile recovery ride today.

After the ride we headed up to the snack room and filled up on chips, salsa, fruit, turkey, and.... all that good stuff.

I’m thinking about running in a few hours.  We'll see.

Craig Nicholson