It is now the 2nd day of over 100 degree temperatures here in the Arizona desert - ughhhh!!! Training is at a standstill for these two days, not because of the heat but because sore neck/back muscles need to recover!
We rode 40 the day before yesterday (Friday). Left the house at 8 am, trying to beat the heat (it only got up to the high 90s that day). Rode to Plomosa Road then up the road to the top of Quin Pass. We did this on NO BREAKFAST. Read something on bicycling.com that riding first thing in the morning for 90 minutes before eating is a good way to stimulate fat burning.
Ate granola bars at the top of the pass, turned around and rode back to "home". My neck was hurt, hurt, hurting. Pain is focused on the left side of my cervical spine, next to the shoulder blade. Rick is feeling a similar pain, though not as intense as mine, on his right side.
Reading up on neck pain in cycling I am finding that position on the bike contributes to it, as well as just conditioning. I am riding more miles now on a regular basis than I have in 30 years and being that much older, well, I guess I just need more time to recover.
Anyway, it's too hot to ride now.
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