Training objective: easy tempo rides this week until recovered from my stomach bug Okay, I got heck from Coach Morne for doing that hard ride on Saturday while still sick: "I don't ever want to hear that when you are sick or have a stomach bug, that you ride or are going hard. You don't want to do that." Hey, what can I say, you give me a plan, I stick to it, come hell or high water. But now I know.... :) So, for the rest of the week we're just doing easy tempo rides until I feel better and have some power back. I was feeling a bit weak today - it was okay at the start, but by about the 1/3 to 1/2 mark, I was feeling more fatigued than usual - especially for an easy tempo ride. The heart rate was getting up there even on some of the smaller hills. And I was way off my usual pace for the first 50 minutes of this route which takes me to the Tramonto turn (even if it was supposed to be a relatively easy spin). I hate admitting or giving into weakness, so that's pretty hard to swallow - grrrrrr! But by the last 1/4 of the ride or so and I was feeling strong(ish) again - I didn't push any harder, it just got a bit easier. You can see that in the segment times, as well (and despite the gravel roads being incredibly corrugated in some places as well). Will take it a bit slower tomorrow and try to keep the heart rate closer to 145 bpm's...