On Thursday night, at the rock-climbing gym, I dicked around in the weights area, and was able to build up to 1 set of loaded squats (10x150lbs). No back pain.
Today, I just got back from a ~3.5hrs steady ride, but really let it rip up a few climbs in the latter half of the ride.
I'm back *****es!
My plan is to still take it (mostly) easy until October, when I would like to begin base in earnest. Now that I'm confident of my body, I'll resume my search for a good coaching service. I'm excited and motivated to train and apply myself to earning my cat2 upgrade next year!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste