I got back into my training plan today with a simple 2×20 workout on the trainer. I spent more time than usual in Level 2 during my warm-up while I made a minor adjustment to my position. When I finally started the first interval, my legs felt the same as yesterday…awful! But I chose a conservative target and managed to finish the interval with an average wattage of 292. During the interval, my legs felt so bad that I was toying with the idea of only doing one. But after five minutes of easy spinning, I squashed that idea! Surprisingly the second interval felt better…either that, or, I was just used to the pain by then! I averaged 297 Watts for the second interval even though I didn’t really focus on the PowerTap. After the ride, I had that good feeling you get after a hard workout and was glad I didn’t cut it short. I think my body is just not used to training after a week off; it probably just needs some time to get into the groove.