Mid May Fitness Pogress

I am really starting to feel my training pay off this month. I also dropped 5 lbs since starting my elimination diet so my climbing speed is the best it's been since I was 19 years old and 120 lbs (see picture in my header from 2002).

I am now around 136 with significantly stronger legs. The beer belly i had at 150 lbs has been replaced by washboard abbs. I am on the verge of getting too lean but I enjoy the increase in speed at a given effort up all the hills. 

This week, I snatched my fist KOM in 2 years this week on the hardest hill I know of. The steeper and longer the climb is, the better shot I have at s KOM. 

I was stoked to have taken the hill by such a nice margine, about 10% faster than the previous king. 

I also has another fast ride up a killer hill producing a strong of top 10 placements.  Nice!

My legs still hurt. Today is my 2nd day in a row off the bike and I am racing tomorrow at the Rosland Rush XC race tomorrow. Hope my legs will be ready in 24 hours! I have been on reduced volume and higher intensity lately to try and produce some more power out of my skinny little legs. I am just past 1400 miles so far this year, on track for about 3,000 miles by years end. Hast year, I only logged 1000 all from very short rides so I am feeling like a proper cyclist again.