Story Part 2

Training rides started at 30-45 minutes and at an easy pace. He had to struggle to hold himself back and stay true to the doctor’s orders. Success in business over the years had allowed him to be his own sponsor and his bicycle was a work of art. A steed fit for any ProTour rider, It was equipped with the finest of everything. In the 4^th week back on the bike he rode his favorite climb and found the pace incredibly easy to maintain. In the 6^th week he was given the go ahead to go full gas. As he hit the base of the winding canyon road, he felt different than he had ever felt in his 20 plus years on a bike. He elevated his heart rate to his threshold and found that his lactic tolerance had risen a number of beats, and what was more, he was going faster than he had anticipated and there was room to open up further still. Half way up the climb he felt the way that you do on a long ride with a tail wind. The days when you feel phenomenal, like the form is really coming on, only to turn into the wind and realize it was mostly the tailwind pushing you all along. He kept waiting for the turn back into the headwind, but it never came. He upped the pace another notch and felt a surge of strength. He was holding an amazingly high pace and upon reaching the top, found he had obliterated his previous best by several minutes. His head began to swim with the possibilities……