Because of my teaching schedule, I usually take Wednesdays off. So this Wednesday I didn't ride and then returned to training very rested on Thursday. I managed two rides on Thursday, first about an hour doing hill repeats and then later an hour and fifteen minutes at a fast, steady, but comfortable pace. The day off made me feel great and both rides were strong ones.
This got me to thinking. If one day off results in really good training rides then what if I took 6 months off? Maybe I could win "The Tour". Then I remembered back when I was a college Junior at Oklahoma State University. That fall semester a friend and I took a beer break each night at 9:00 pm. We each consumed one beer. At that time in Oklahoma beer had an alcohol content of 3.2%. At the end of the semester I earned a 3.2 grade point average. The correlation was obvious.
The next semester in a earnest attempt to improve my academic standing, I tried a bolder approach. At the end of the semester I fully expected a 76 grade point average. Sure enough the correlation was perfect. I made a 0.76 average. I spent the next four years in the Navy. I then returned and repeated that semester drinking only water, no salt please.
I think the only things I'll be taking off are Wednesdays and derailleurs.
Mike
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