Tuesday, May 31, 2011
out and about!
rode out to the cemetery for the military honors on memorial day and then back home. rode around town delivering invitations with my daughter to her birthday party that evening. rode to the post office and bank today and up to the school. then after work i took the long way home and finished up with a ride to and from the library with my wife and daughter. lots of fun, relaxed miles! (9.99 miles @ 10.1mph)
early morning recovery
connect.garmin.com/activity/89204646
it was a much cooler 59 degrees when i got up this morning. the relative humidity was still high though, so i still got a bit sweaty. i took it easy after yesterday's interval insanity into the wind. i was sore and didn't feel much like pushing it anyway. i rode east three miles, turned around and came back to town. then i rode about a mile south, looped around bryana drive and came back to the highway. from there i rode west about four miles, turned around and came back to main street. my final leg was a two and a half mile jaunt north followed by a southbound trip back to the house. i finished with right at 20.10 miles. (20.10 miles @ 13.8mph)
it was a much cooler 59 degrees when i got up this morning. the relative humidity was still high though, so i still got a bit sweaty. i took it easy after yesterday's interval insanity into the wind. i was sore and didn't feel much like pushing it anyway. i rode east three miles, turned around and came back to town. then i rode about a mile south, looped around bryana drive and came back to the highway. from there i rode west about four miles, turned around and came back to main street. my final leg was a two and a half mile jaunt north followed by a southbound trip back to the house. i finished with right at 20.10 miles. (20.10 miles @ 13.8mph)
Monday, May 30, 2011
3.10 miles in 27:45
connect.garmin.com/activity/89114076
ugh! it's hot and humid! it's windy! what was i thinking? i ran the "wipe out cancer" 5K route today just to see what it was like. i ran pretty nicely at the beginning. i was running easy and hitting the low 7s for pace. then i hit the wind and it was all down hill from there. i slowed to over 10:00 pace. it was awful. i wanted to give up, but i didn't. now i've got to cool down and get ready for my ems meeting. gatorade please!
ugh! it's hot and humid! it's windy! what was i thinking? i ran the "wipe out cancer" 5K route today just to see what it was like. i ran pretty nicely at the beginning. i was running easy and hitting the low 7s for pace. then i hit the wind and it was all down hill from there. i slowed to over 10:00 pace. it was awful. i wanted to give up, but i didn't. now i've got to cool down and get ready for my ems meeting. gatorade please!
interval insanity
connect.garmin.com/activity/89097008
who in their right mind goes out for a ride when the wind is blowing 20mph? who then proceeds to ride straight into the wind? who further turns their workout into an interval torture session? me! while my wife took a nap this afternoon, i went out and blew the lead out of my legs. i rode easy for a half mile and then hard for a half. did it ten times for a total of ten miles. i must say the hard efforts with the wind at my back were more fun than the hard efforts into the wind. ugh! those boogers were nasty! (10.03 miles @ 15.2mph)
who in their right mind goes out for a ride when the wind is blowing 20mph? who then proceeds to ride straight into the wind? who further turns their workout into an interval torture session? me! while my wife took a nap this afternoon, i went out and blew the lead out of my legs. i rode easy for a half mile and then hard for a half. did it ten times for a total of ten miles. i must say the hard efforts with the wind at my back were more fun than the hard efforts into the wind. ugh! those boogers were nasty! (10.03 miles @ 15.2mph)
a ride to remember
connect.garmin.com/activity/88967107
when i woke up just before 6:00 this morning, the sun was just peeking over the horizon. beautiful! the wind was up and around too. sustained winds today are supposed to be over 20mph by afternoon. that means the early rider gets the calm, relatively speaking.
i dressed and hit the road a few minutes after 6:00. my plan was to ride to harper and back, putting in around 30 miles. my plans changed, however. the wind which the weatherlab said was out of the southwest was more southeasterly, so i turned around in danville and rode back toward and on through argonia to the east.
just outside of town on this second leg, i was met with a beautiful sight - dozens of flags flying straight out at argonia's cemetery. wow! it's a great day to fly a flag!
i rode out to the conway springs road and turned back toward town. the wind had picked up some, but keeping it to my side made it bearable.
when i got back to town, i was just short of two hours, so i rode down main street, circled around bryana drive and then rode straight home. i finished with just over two hours. a beautiful ride to remember. (31.74 miles @ 15.8mph)
when i woke up just before 6:00 this morning, the sun was just peeking over the horizon. beautiful! the wind was up and around too. sustained winds today are supposed to be over 20mph by afternoon. that means the early rider gets the calm, relatively speaking.
i dressed and hit the road a few minutes after 6:00. my plan was to ride to harper and back, putting in around 30 miles. my plans changed, however. the wind which the weatherlab said was out of the southwest was more southeasterly, so i turned around in danville and rode back toward and on through argonia to the east.
just outside of town on this second leg, i was met with a beautiful sight - dozens of flags flying straight out at argonia's cemetery. wow! it's a great day to fly a flag!
i rode out to the conway springs road and turned back toward town. the wind had picked up some, but keeping it to my side made it bearable.
when i got back to town, i was just short of two hours, so i rode down main street, circled around bryana drive and then rode straight home. i finished with just over two hours. a beautiful ride to remember. (31.74 miles @ 15.8mph)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
time trial
connect.garmin.com/activity/88476838
i rode 10 miles to get ready for my 10 mile time trial. i put a little effort into the ride, but didn't work too hard.
i warmed up for ten miles this morning, then hit the after burners in an attempt to move up in the standings for Bernard Y.'s 10-mile time trial challenge - http://www.dailymile.com/challenges/1777-10-mile-time-trial.
i set the cruise at about 22mph and kept it going. on most hills i was still above 20mph, though i dipped down to 18mph at least once. with two miles to go, i put everything i had into it and came out under 27 minutes. much better than my original 30 minute time. should move me up to second or third.after the time trial, i coasted for a quarter mile and then pedaled slowly for a mile and a half. (21.55 miles @ 17.0mph)
i rode 10 miles to get ready for my 10 mile time trial. i put a little effort into the ride, but didn't work too hard.
i warmed up for ten miles this morning, then hit the after burners in an attempt to move up in the standings for Bernard Y.'s 10-mile time trial challenge - http://www.dailymile.com/challenges/1777-10-mile-time-trial.
i set the cruise at about 22mph and kept it going. on most hills i was still above 20mph, though i dipped down to 18mph at least once. with two miles to go, i put everything i had into it and came out under 27 minutes. much better than my original 30 minute time. should move me up to second or third.after the time trial, i coasted for a quarter mile and then pedaled slowly for a mile and a half. (21.55 miles @ 17.0mph)
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