Note: accidentally posted this in main forum, oops! but here it is in its rightful place. :-)
Hi all
Felt the need to start this - definitely want to keep it going... hope others chime in, I like reading everything!
If I can remember way back to last week, I said I'd do a longer long ride with hills, eat "healthier" (or something along those lines), and do core/stretch 3 times.
I did okay, not great, not bad, with all. I did eat better, still am not losing the 8-10 lbs. I gained this year but have not gained more! Core/stretch 2 times. Darn! That seems to be a huge challenge for some reason. My long ride was the same as last week but I did it 10 minutes faster, yay. (45miles) On my tribike with new compact crank. Stayed in big ring for most of it, which is totally completely different than without compact. Nice ride. Did not do more hills b/c of time issues. See below.
On a humorous note, the ride was cut short b/c of a smoldering tree across the road (it fell over night I think) preventing me from leaving as early as I wanted. When I asked the volunteer fireguy when I could pass he said "can't tell you, sorry, maybe an hour, maybe more..." !! So I went home, waited an hour then it started to pour. Ended up going out to eat with houseguests (mom and her friend) then went home THEN it poured some more, then FINALLY got out on the road! This btw was clearly in the rural area of the Catskills where I spend a lot of weekends, not New York City.
Oh also did a really nice lake swim and other planned workouts, I think I am actually starting to really know when it's okay to push myself and when it's okay to relax a little... Also I am pleased to see I actually am starting to feel like I am starting to know how to ride/race strategically. This is good b/c I am slow, but biking is my strength, so the better I can be at it the better in general.
Okay end of novella. :-) Great week everyone!
Mindy
Hi all
Felt the need to start this - definitely want to keep it going... hope others chime in, I like reading everything!
If I can remember way back to last week, I said I'd do a longer long ride with hills, eat "healthier" (or something along those lines), and do core/stretch 3 times.
I did okay, not great, not bad, with all. I did eat better, still am not losing the 8-10 lbs. I gained this year but have not gained more! Core/stretch 2 times. Darn! That seems to be a huge challenge for some reason. My long ride was the same as last week but I did it 10 minutes faster, yay. (45miles) On my tribike with new compact crank. Stayed in big ring for most of it, which is totally completely different than without compact. Nice ride. Did not do more hills b/c of time issues. See below.
On a humorous note, the ride was cut short b/c of a smoldering tree across the road (it fell over night I think) preventing me from leaving as early as I wanted. When I asked the volunteer fireguy when I could pass he said "can't tell you, sorry, maybe an hour, maybe more..." !! So I went home, waited an hour then it started to pour. Ended up going out to eat with houseguests (mom and her friend) then went home THEN it poured some more, then FINALLY got out on the road! This btw was clearly in the rural area of the Catskills where I spend a lot of weekends, not New York City.
Oh also did a really nice lake swim and other planned workouts, I think I am actually starting to really know when it's okay to push myself and when it's okay to relax a little... Also I am pleased to see I actually am starting to feel like I am starting to know how to ride/race strategically. This is good b/c I am slow, but biking is my strength, so the better I can be at it the better in general.
Okay end of novella. :-) Great week everyone!
Mindy