My first two rides didn't felt as well as I hoped. I felt pretty much like a cat 8 all along. My first one was only 1.5 hours. I tried and set myself to get to Coronado, which is around a 2 hour round trip from my place. Anyway, as I got going, sensations were awful, and couldn't turn the pedals with any sort of strength. Arms were feeling very week, and the wind was dragging me back the whole time whispering me: "Luis, Turn around, and pedal back home". Ahhh man, seriously, it was hard... Actually I am so weak right now, that when I tried to Pump up my tires, I couldn't even untwist the valve, and my friend Mark from bicyclewarehouse, untwisted it for me, and said: "Bro, you are weak, that thing was pretty loose". So yeah, I am weak, that's the deal right now. Antibiotics have been strong on me fro 3 straight weeks, and staying in bed for two weeks doesn't makes you any stronger either...

Eventually I finished my first ride successfully, and decided to forget about the sensations, and be patient on what my body tells me everyday. Yesterday, was a 2 hour ride. I was expecting to make it to Coronado again, but it didn't happened either. Oh well... Sensations were only 2% better if anything, but I will keep trying...

So it all sounds like I am starting over from a low fitness point, and working my way up again. I will finish my season in late October probably, so I will be trying to figure out what goals am I going to be able to set myself of what I have left in the year. Superweek is on my mind right now, but it might be too soon, and too hard to start with. Although I can try, and regain fitness by using the series properly, but that might not be a good idea either. We'll see...

Anyway, I am now working together with Tommy Nelson of www.podiumtraining.com , and he will be my new coach/adviser helping me set better goals, decisions, and he will also help me guide myself in all aspects of my life. He is a great coach with a lot of friends I know, but more than anything, he is a great friend of mine, and treats me like a brother. I think is good now to start working with someone who is experience, and that cares about me.

I am up for another ride today. Hopefully today, better sensations come along with me, and then I am off for  JOB SEARCHING... Now, that I am not in good shape, and racing a lot, I will have to look for a job to mix with my training. And I will keep working until I join a professional team. I will keep you posted on how it goes....

Also.. I wanted to say that having a site is very difficult. The more you share, the more you put yourself out there for criticism... Like the girl in the Batman movie once said: "Is not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you"... I guess I have done a lot of things that have made a lot of people upset. I've made a lot of mistakes, and probably shared some with some of you too. Maybe on my website, maybe on a bar, on a team... But I would like to say that I am human, I am young, and immature, and I am willing to become more responsible now, and clear my reputation in the cycling world, and my life. Who I am underneath is yet to be proved, but one thing I will assure you. I will work hard to show it.