Originally Posted by bdinger

Great replies here, and its pointing me in the right direction. Right now I'm forcing myself to go slow and will take a day of if the. Snow flies or my body tells me to. Right noe it's pretty easy to take it easy as even if I hit the gas, well, there's not much there .

Incidentally my wife reminded me that 2008 started out exactly the same and ended with me at my lowest weight and having completed a gruelling 136 mile gravel ride.