Ive started commuting to work more often to keep my hours up, and folks have started noticing. Since its been relatively cold and crappy this week, a co-worker asked me ‘why would you do that to yourself?’ I thought for a moment, and came up with my quote for the day-

“If I make myself suffer and am in control of it, it makes suffering when I can’t control it easier to deal with”

So there they are, your words of wisdom for the day.

I don’t know exactly how this works, but whenever I change my training up, I gain weight. The optimist in me likes to think its muscle, but the pessimist in me gets angry because I cant seem to get below 195 for any more than a few days. Grrr….its all power to weight, though, so if it is muscle, at least I have the power end going for me.

In any case, I have started base 2, which means spin-ups, hilly endurance, tempo, and cruise intervals have started. Still not hitting true threshold stuff, but certainly much more intense than the base 1 don’t-go-above-zone-2 style of training. This week has already seen 2 commutes to work, some yoga, some weights, some core, lots of stretching, and the ‘Suffer-O-Rama’ Spinervals DVD, so I have been keeping on my hours goals pretty well. Maybe the extra muscle will help me burn more fat and my weight will eventually just sink like a rock. That’s the optimist in me talking ;)

Ride fast, take chances-
/Dan