It's been an interesting year, albeit mainly for the wrong reasons. I'm going to limit this discussion to cycling, although of course everyone has been affected by the pandemic in many ways. In my case, my personal circumstances lead me to avoid all group rides for almost the entire season from March to October. That came as quite a shock, as ever since I started doing them group rides have been the central pillar that I've organized all my other training around.

However, one good thing that came out of this was the chance for me to step back and get a bit more perspective on my cycling: what I was doing, what my goals are and how best I could optimize my training for them. It was great having the freedom to just train however I wanted to, without worrying about anything else.

Sunrise in Bluffton