My goal at the start of the week was 12.5 hours. My goal today? Ride a little. What was supposed to be my biggest week so far has ended up being a rest week. I should get some decent volume (10 hours) but it has all been pretty sporadic, filled with cross training, and overall pretty low intensity. Why, you ask? Well, after the big fixie day last Sunday my knee has been bothering me again. Add that to a dragging fatigue and what I think was a low-grade flu and I really haven’t been up to it this week. Whenever I get sick and/or tired my emotions, willpower, and motivation go right out the window. So since my body told me to rest, I did. Since my body told me to eat, I did. Since my heart told me to play with my son and have long deep conversations with my wife, I did. I must say, it was a good week in many ways, but riding wasn’t one of them. I do have next Monday off, so maybe Ill count Sunday as a +1 day for an 8 day training schedule and get my volume there. Base 3 starts one week early.