Day 227

Thursday was set aside for last minute studying, then writing my last final, then heading straight to work.  So that makes two days off in a row and 4 in the last 5.  It's not an ideal recovery "week", but that's how I'm going to treat it.  I'm hoping to get some good rides in over the weekend, then get back to my Monday=rest day routine.  Starting with today's ride, the focus will be on improving aerobic endurance as much as I can before I leave for France, so the shorter intervals will be avoided for now.  I'm thinking of to include lots of 20 minute intervals, with low intensity recovery in between, in my longer rides for the next few weeks and see if that results in more adaptation than just the usual long slow rides.  Each of these harder days will be alternated with some traditional long slow rides.  Otherwise, I'll be spending the next month or so cramming for the MCAT when I'm not riding, or working, so that means I've got lots of sitting at my desk time to recover between rides.