Apparently the consensus in our neighborhood is that Renee Lowe and I are, in fact, European. The fact that we are "quiet", play Frisbee, and have the oh-so-cosmopolitan bicycles are key factors. Oh, it could also be the fact that I sport ridiculously small swimwear with "PePe" embroidered on the backside. The irony is that we are probably among the few native Georgians in the neighborhood.
It's been a long year of hard training and racing, both on the bike and trail running. Mentally I feel like a need a break at this point although I trained 39 hours in November, my 2nd highest total of the year and most of those hours were of high quality. Physically, I feel pretty fresh still. I feel as though I could just train year around but know that I need some sort of rest period for next year's race season. My training has remained fresh in part because I attained a road bike, which I've ridden about 12 hours so far. It's been a huge boon to my training although I still need to get a proper bike fit done to alleviate neck and knee pain. The training book I'm reading recommends to take a 2-4 week Transition period to let my body and mind recover before moving on to next year's Base phase. Question I'm pondering is when do I begin my Transition period...I feel like I'm in a great groove right now and I'd like to build up my Lactate thresh...