Soon?

I still don't feel great after touching ground on Tuesday, everything is off, the fatigue feels like mid season overtraining, the soreness isn't great either. I've only had a few spills that lingered this long and this is one of them.

Almost

Almost the last section of ice on the loop laid me out, the hands feel like I grated cheese without the cheese, chunks of hamburger out of 'em. Meanwhile another ride passes and I feel better about what the puzzle does. The time gets done one way or another, the pieces go together like tetris. Little gaps are ok, they all fall together later on. Layers of dirt laying on top of the last. Sleep is next.

Glide

Dark is 6am in mid January. Gliding through other tracks, fast but not icy, pretty good way to begin Monday. Not a sound other than breathing to keep up the pace and warm fingertips. Skis happily finding kick purchase, gliding enough. Just as the headlamp died the sun showed up to light up the low hanging clouds. Perfect.

Even

Quietly, I guess silently moving through the early stages of winter and now I am always tired, WTF? I was looking for ways to burn it off a week ago and now I can't get enough. Sleep comes thick and fast, naps whenever allowed. Ease off the plate and find the middle of the see-saw. I hear it all in my head, nothing new, always changing the puzzle pieces, they all fit but never in the same order. Traces of past equations but lacking the right fit, until it all lays itself out on some dirt in about 8 weeks.

Fight it back to the middle of the see-saw and see the pieces fall on the sides, evenly.

My winter morning, not the worst way to start a Friday. Better legs and turns to come, always cutting to the quick. Listening and you hear it. Move across, you see it.

Friday

Fewer efforts but good ones pile up. Seeing the cracks in the winter through to the spring. Evidence shows and fades. Less pedals than I prefer, but more skis, different silence in the head. Sleep is good right now, it stays longer the more I do to help it.

Breaking

A few dishes were broken yesterday. Just what the winter needed. Time well spent. I saw a standard serrated kitchen knife laying in the road, can't imagine the story there. Good sensation, legs were predictable, body knew what to do. Time is now, get it out and see what the system has to offer. The toolbox is full, pick one you need and build. Nothing shattered, almost 4 hours isn't that much. it's all about steady. The best part is yet to come, it gets closer.

Fry

A little lighter today, the weight shifts, trying to figure out the patterns as they fall. I still get only chunks of sleep, no blocks. Now, today the feeling moves forward down the road, spring is close(r) than I think.

Dark

Either the system is shutting down or the Octopus is calling, inky goodness is everywhere. No longer lacking sleep, balanced I go through the night and get out in it. Darkness is scaring me less, enjoy the anonymity sliding through it. The sound of the woods at night is more familiar. Solo or not I feel more comfy. No more little kid fears of the boogeyman.

Equal

I get all the sleep I need. 4 am today and the 3 1554s last night put it out to quality rest, beyond that 4 isn't too bad. The formula is evolving, more of this less of that, it'll come. Too much food and beer last night skewed the equation. At least it wasn't midnight again. Skiing is going well, the technique is better and the snow is good. Always easier that way.