seems like old times...

For years, for me, bike racing and training was all about hanging on for dear life, and coming back home/to the finish line with eyes crossed and tongue hanging out. Last year I got the opposite perspective...but this year it's back to business as usual: I did a long ride Saturday with some new higher-category teammates, and then spent some time at the track Sunday with some different new higher-category teammates, and both days I had that old familiar feeling of "oh my gawd these guys are strong..."...

OK I get that I'm still recovering from some big downtime while simultaneously catting up, but still, any cockiness I had from last year has now been crushed.

CTL 50, TSB -25, TSS 400 for the week.