Cycling Miscellany

[OceanBlue]

17.25 miles with my wife. The clouds helped make for a nice ride.

[OceanBlue]

20 miler. Very hot. Felt tired. Looking forward to Provo and cool nights.

[Pelado]

Once I hit 50 years old I found I need a little more recovery time.

[OceanBlue]

Mtn, at first the riding in the road really scared her. She is getting used to it. In addition to the 16.75 she took her first spin class this morning and loved it. I think she is ready for clip on's though she is worried she will fall. She is more analytical, I fly by the seat of my pants and she ask questions about things I don't think about much less able to answer.

We plan on hiking to the giant Y in Provo and other fun places next week if the altitude doesn't wipe us out.

Track workout was terrible. I was too tired to do a decent track workout. Just not in that good of condition to ride 36 the day before, twenty early in the day then track. Once I hit 50 years old I found I need a little more recovery time.

[mtnbiker]

20 miler. One day soon I will ride further but I'm big on good daily habits and it's working.

Edit. Took my wife out for an evening ride on her new road bike and did 16.75 miles.
Very nice evening ride.

Good job with the consistent riding, OB and P. OB, how is your wife liking the new sport and new bike?

[Pelado]

4.5 miles. No pulling. Since I wasn't pulling anyone/thing, my 9-year-old had a lot of trouble keeping up, so I didn't go nearly as far as I wanted before nightfall.

[OceanBlue]

20 miler. Humid. Crosswind today. Track workout tonight. 6x800. Crab cakes after running.

[Pelado]

4 miles last night pulling 1 daughter.

[OceanBlue]

20 miler. One day soon I will ride further but I'm big on good daily habits and it's working.

Edit. Took my wife out for an evening ride on her new road bike and did 16.75 miles.
Very nice evening ride.

[Pelado]

That goes without saying. Have you stopped riding ?

Not stopped, but this last week has been harder to get out due to some medical issues in the household. Saturday I did 7.4 miles pulling a cart with one of my daughters.

[OceanBlue]

That goes without saying. Have you stopped riding ?

[Pelado]

20 miler after morning appointments. On the way back I got into a duel with another rider. I try to catch anyone in front of me and not let anyone behind me catch me. I used to do this when I ran and it really adds flavor to workouts. It took me three miles to catch this guy, he stayed kind of close for two-three and I dropped him on the flats for the final four.
70 minutes. I know it's slow for most of you but I can't tell you how much I get a kick out of racing another rider. Great way to start week 12.

Did he know you were racing?

[OceanBlue]

20 miler after morning appointments. On the way back I got into a duel with another rider. I try to catch anyone in front of me and not let anyone behind me catch me. I used to do this when I ran and it really adds flavor to workouts. It took me three miles to catch this guy, he stayed kind of close for two-three and I dropped him on the flats for the final four.
70 minutes. I know it's slow for most of you but I can't tell you how much I get a kick out of racing another rider. Great way to start week 12.

[OceanBlue]

I was very involved in running for a period of time doing 9 marathons and countless other races and I never worried about HR. This morning my resting HR was 62. I thought it would be lower given my riding for eleven weeks but maybe it will go down as I drop more weight ?

[ERCougar]

Yes, I pay attention to it more than anything else, but that is probably a carry over from running where heart rate is a big thing to watch.

I do too, on my road bike anyway. To convert from running, I read somewhere that you should subtract 10, which seems about right for effort on the different zones.