The stomach flu is gone. My head and chest cold has packed it's bags. My old back is more limber and flexible, and my hernia is fixed. Adios 2011 - you kicked me in the balls the last 6 months and I'm over you! The work has already started. Pedaling drills, tempo rides, force reps, hills, core and strength training, and some long base miles. Additionally and most importantly, I got back to eating right. Check into the Paleo diet, and if your an athlete like me - the Paleo diet for athletes. Fruit, veggies, lean meat and fish is the basics of it. Sticking to it at about 85% right now and that gets better every day. I have never had this kind of focus during the winter in previous years. I think it's because I'm really pissed off. Mad that I missed a lot of key races being injured and sick. Upset that I lost my fitness. Sick and tired of sitting around reading about my friends killing it at races. I have a huge fire burning in my belly to light it up this year! So, like I said, you don't want to line up next to me in 2012 because I'm gonna be ready. Are you?
