connect.garmin.com/activity/89817589
ugh! this was a slug fest. i started running right off my bike and my legs were already feeling like lead. no zip in them at all! ugh! (i repeat myself because today is "repeat day repeat day". never heard of it? me neither. but it's on my calendar.)
i ran up the "hill" from sharon's house (if you don't know who sharon, don't worry about it!) on the beautiful dirt surface. with each mile i got slower. this is not the way to do it right. i'm just reporting what happened. i turned around at 1.55 miles and returned to sharon's house where i ditched my shirt. it was too muggy for confinement.
my shirt deposited on my bike's handlebars, i repeated the same 5K, running up the "hill" from sharon's, turning around when my total hit 4.65 miles and running back down the hill. i hit the 10K mark just past my bike, returned to the wheeled contraption, pulled my shirt, helmet and gloves back on and rode away.
Friday, June 3, 2011
repeat day repeat day ride
ugh! that's what this ride elicits from me when i think back on it. there was no pop in my legs. no shazam! it was all i could do to keep moving. ugh! (i repeat myself because today, according to my calendar, is "repeat day repeat day".)
i rode out to sharon's house to begin with. some of you might remember sharon from the bicycle "theft" incident last year. she was the one who picked me up and took me back to town when i had a flat south of town. i went back and couldn't find it, assumed it was stolen and called the sheriff's office, the national guard and the marines. then sharon found my bike up the road a bit further than i thought it was. false alarm.
i stopped and left my bike at the end of her driveway and started running. after running 10K - 5K twice, really - i got back on my bike and rode back to town. then i rode out to sharon's and back again because, well, you know...it's "repeat day repeat day"! i hate this day! good thing it's donut day too! (13.86 miles @ 13.7mph)
i rode out to sharon's house to begin with. some of you might remember sharon from the bicycle "theft" incident last year. she was the one who picked me up and took me back to town when i had a flat south of town. i went back and couldn't find it, assumed it was stolen and called the sheriff's office, the national guard and the marines. then sharon found my bike up the road a bit further than i thought it was. false alarm.
i stopped and left my bike at the end of her driveway and started running. after running 10K - 5K twice, really - i got back on my bike and rode back to town. then i rode out to sharon's and back again because, well, you know...it's "repeat day repeat day"! i hate this day! good thing it's donut day too! (13.86 miles @ 13.7mph)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
around town
i ran a few errands by bike today - to the bank and post office, to the convenience store twice - and then, since it was rocky road day, i took the looooong way home from work riding on as many gravel roads as i could. there are quite a few in argonia. (5.76 miles @ 10.3mph)
i found the corners of my mouth drifting up more and more often as this morning's amazing adventure went on. i made careful observation of my surroundings as i rolled along. what i saw and heard and felt was amazing. it's "rocky road day", so i took my mountain bike out on the dirt roads south of town. i rode all over the place, taking in roads i hadn't been on in months. i even went on a road i'd never been on before. the dead end sign had always kept me away. it was amazing! my favorite sighting? the 32th avenue sign at the end of the road. 32th? hilarious! do you pronounce that "thirty-tooth" or "thirty-secondth"? here's garmin data to show you where i went - connect.garmin.com/activity/89614519! i have extra miles on this post because a trip to the library last night is included. (22.09 miles @ 12.0mph)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
3.10 miles in 36:32
connect.garmin.com/player/89538555
my wife says this was "slow!" it was pretty muggy, so no problem there. ugh! we walked several times, but "at least we finished" the whole route. well, we sort of finished the route. we did a bit of a detour to avoid running past our house. my wife was afraid she'd give in to the urge to stop. i hope the race organizers realize their actual course is a tenth of a mile short of a 5K, assuming they start and finish at the same place. oh, well, they may not care and it's for a good cause.
my wife says this was "slow!" it was pretty muggy, so no problem there. ugh! we walked several times, but "at least we finished" the whole route. well, we sort of finished the route. we did a bit of a detour to avoid running past our house. my wife was afraid she'd give in to the urge to stop. i hope the race organizers realize their actual course is a tenth of a mile short of a 5K, assuming they start and finish at the same place. oh, well, they may not care and it's for a good cause.
4.75 miles in 43:46
connect.garmin.com/activity/89440626
i took an early lunch break today since i was in wellington and i like to run in a different location when i can. i took off from the dillon's parking lot and meandered around the residential areas north of the highway. had a great time exploring neighborhoods i've seldom driven through. lots of winding streets that curve this way and that. pretty fun exploring. what wasn't fun was the heat and humidity. ugh! i've got to train in it to race in it, but i don't have to like it! happy national running day!
i took an early lunch break today since i was in wellington and i like to run in a different location when i can. i took off from the dillon's parking lot and meandered around the residential areas north of the highway. had a great time exploring neighborhoods i've seldom driven through. lots of winding streets that curve this way and that. pretty fun exploring. what wasn't fun was the heat and humidity. ugh! i've got to train in it to race in it, but i don't have to like it! happy national running day!
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