Friday night I was lame. All of my friends were out dancing and I was at home sulking at the fact that I was getting up at 6am to go riding. I love it and hate it at the same time. On Saturday morning at 6:30am there is almost no traffic, the sun was shining, the air was a little nippy, but it felt good. I did a good 70km at a good pace:
Distance: 69.65km
Time: 2:46:47
Avg speed: 25.1km/hr
Max: 39.9
We had a head- to cross-wind coming back, but I had a ride back to the city which was nice. I used a PowerGel on the ride and it helped a lot. It felt good to ride for such a long time, even though my left foot keeps cramping up and my butt area was kind of sore after that. Small prices to pay, I suppose.
On Friday I had my first swim in many weeks and it felt pretty good. I’m not very worried about the swim, so I just feel like I’m just maintaining right now. I’m just not motivated in that area.
Last Thursday morning I ran the same 4.8km in 33 minutes, which is 2 minutes faster than Tuesday. On Tuesday I did intervals and on Thursday, I just tried to keep up a faster pace to see how it would pan out. It felt better than the intervals, but I think I need to do faster intervals and maybe some hills. Basically I have to get up earlier to fit it all in. That night I climbed hill intervals with my women mountain bike group, which was uber fun. After the hill climbing, one woman and I did a nice half our, fast-paced ride. I got home completely rejuvenated.
On Sunday I did my first mountain bike race of the season. 1:21 of high-paced single-track, hill-climbing, and stellar down-hills. Fun times!
Last night (ie. Monday) I did about an hour of swimming at a pace. I did some 500m intervals and it felt good, but again I was not motivated to move my butt. In total, I did probably around 1800m.
This morning I went running in the windy cold rain and then biked to work. Tonight I’m going to hit the trainer for about an hour while watching Sex and the City. Should be fun!
I’ve never really done mountain bike riding, but that idea of a long string of singletrack going through forests or along a line of grassy hills definitely sounds appealing.
Good luck with the training!
Thanks, tuco! Mountain biking is so awesome. It has an element of risk for sure, but being out there in the middle of a singletrack with all the trees and birds is amazing. I absolutely love it. Also, it pushes boundaries you didn’t even know existed!