Tapering is hard.

It is really hard to stop riding as much as I want. This weekend is the first race of the season, and I am finding it hard to limit my riding and want to jump out of the car and tackle people I see out riding while I have to be "smart." Last night I went for a ride anyway. What was going to be quick and low key, turned into an 2 hour sprint. The trails near my house are open and there were tons of people out, even at 6 o'clock. I started my ride and had lots of people out enjoying the trails who I felt I had to pass. I guess I got my comeuppance, (I am reading lots of Dickens') and in the last mile of trail I passed a group, then got a stick caught in my spokes which snapped my UST valve stem in half. Not much I could do without a tube or pump, so I got to walk out.

Tonight will be the first ever meeting of my new school's mountain Bike club, we are going for a ride after school, and I hope to take some pics.