Enough with the intensity Chris

Yet another break in my training. Business had me traveling to New York and I wasn't able to get any training in. I was on the road most of Tuesday, had to work Tuesday evening and Wednesday before getting back on the road Wednesday night. So between being in San Diego and business I've missed several days of training and I'm starting to feel like I'm getting soft. So I was definitely planning to get out tonight. I emailed Chris and our ride was on. Justin has been studying for his Engineer's certification and will be doing so for the next week as well so he couldn't make it tonight. Well you know what this meant. I'd be chasing Chris all over the countryside. We got an earlier start than usual. I rode over to Chris' and that's when I noticed that the wind was, well, kinda windy. Oh great. As if chasing Chris wasn't bad enough now I had to do it while battling the wind. It was slow, tough going heading north dealing with both the wind and climbing but we got up to Bloomington in pretty good time. From there it was right into the wind heading west. Chris, dude, do you not want me to survive till Miami? He flew. At one point I glanced at my speed and we were doing 38 km/hr into the wind. We rode another 10 km to Warden Ave. and turned back to retrace our route home. This is where I planned my 10 minutes of revenge on Chris. I hammered back for the next 4-5 km knowing that my legs would feel it but so would Chris'. I think we rode at around 42+ km/hr and when I finally slowed to look back Chris was a ways behind me. Whew, my chance to rest. Chris caught up and I fell in behind him and followed him all the way back. We ended up doing 55 km at 31.5 km/hr and I was thankful that another one of Chris' intensity workouts was done.