Fat, weak, out of shape, a combination of letting my health and lifestyle slide as a I worked my ass off over the past six months and then got sick. Suffering? I've been suffering on the bike for weeks. The TT ride yesterday? That was more fun than suffering. I once told this guy Earl (local Brooklyn NY racer dude) that I thought racing was hard. His comeback has stayed with me lo these 15+ years.

Pcad: 'Racing is hard'

Earl: 'Racing is fun. Training is hard'.


If you do it right, that's how it should be. So I've been suffering on the bike quite a bit lately, but it seems to have paid off a little after several weeks. That's nice.