Tuesday, August 28, 2012
8.27.2012 Nothing
I had planned to ride this morning, but I woke up feeling like I was fine and awake. Sat up in bed, turned the alarm off and figured I'd just lay back down for a minute before rolling out. Next thing I know it's 1.5 hours later. :(
So, I had determined I was going to run in the evening after Meagan got home and she got her run in. As it would turn out, she took a pretty nasty spill while out on her run and bloodied her knee pretty good and incurred a grade 2 sprain in her left ankle in the process. Yikes, I hate that feeling of just getting in the groove of a good workout regimen and then getting injured!
Thankfully she should only be out about a week or so and then she'll be up and moving again. :)
Thursday, August 23, 2012
8.23.2012 Cycling
The Workout: Ride 65 minutes @ MI
I had my alarm set for 4:30 this morning. I woke up at 4 and decided to just stay up. Slowly, it's getting easier to wake up this early. Soon, I'll be getting up at 3:30 to get two hours of riding in before 6am. Which reminds me, I need to get brighter lights.
I saw another cyclist out this morning and at first I couldn't tell by his light if he was a motorcycle, a car with one headlight, or a moped. Turns out he was just a cyclist with one BRIGHT light! I almost turned around and asked what brand it was, then I figured Amazon has enough good reviews, I'll just get on there and find one that's good.
The ride was good. The roads are completely different at 5 am. Empty and quiet. It's actually really nice to be out at this time in the morning. I much prefer it to riding at the end of the day. Well, a little less than 22 hours and I'll be back at it. I think I might ride and then go into a run tomorrow morning. I'm trying right now to get back into really good cycling shape for something I've got coming up. I'm not quite ready to spill the beans yet. Very soon though!
I had my alarm set for 4:30 this morning. I woke up at 4 and decided to just stay up. Slowly, it's getting easier to wake up this early. Soon, I'll be getting up at 3:30 to get two hours of riding in before 6am. Which reminds me, I need to get brighter lights.
I saw another cyclist out this morning and at first I couldn't tell by his light if he was a motorcycle, a car with one headlight, or a moped. Turns out he was just a cyclist with one BRIGHT light! I almost turned around and asked what brand it was, then I figured Amazon has enough good reviews, I'll just get on there and find one that's good.
The ride was good. The roads are completely different at 5 am. Empty and quiet. It's actually really nice to be out at this time in the morning. I much prefer it to riding at the end of the day. Well, a little less than 22 hours and I'll be back at it. I think I might ride and then go into a run tomorrow morning. I'm trying right now to get back into really good cycling shape for something I've got coming up. I'm not quite ready to spill the beans yet. Very soon though!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
8.22.2012 Cycling
The Workout: Ride for 60 minutes @ MI
I attached a bright flash light to the front of my bike this morning, just so oncoming cars and cars turning into traffic would have an easier time seeing me. I didn't expect it to make much of a difference in my ability to view the road, but it definitely helped in the areas where a street light was out.
I wasn't sure I would, but I'm enjoying these early morning rides. It's pretty relaxing... so relaxing that it's difficult to get on it and put in a hard effort. I'm sure that will get easier over time though. For now it took me until about mile 5 to really put much into the pedals.
There are quite a few runners out this early, but very few bikers. The only ones I've seen have been commuters. Ideally it's not a great time to be riding, but it's working for me.
I attached a bright flash light to the front of my bike this morning, just so oncoming cars and cars turning into traffic would have an easier time seeing me. I didn't expect it to make much of a difference in my ability to view the road, but it definitely helped in the areas where a street light was out.
I wasn't sure I would, but I'm enjoying these early morning rides. It's pretty relaxing... so relaxing that it's difficult to get on it and put in a hard effort. I'm sure that will get easier over time though. For now it took me until about mile 5 to really put much into the pedals.
There are quite a few runners out this early, but very few bikers. The only ones I've seen have been commuters. Ideally it's not a great time to be riding, but it's working for me.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
8.19.2012 Running
The Workout: Just get out and enjoy the weather before it turns hot again.
I actually didn't want to or plan on going for a run today. Not until Meagan got back from hers and said the weather was beautiful. My legs were sore from yesterday's ride and my motivation was practically non-existent. However, getting out to just enjoy the weather seemed like a good idea.
I didn't have my headphones in, wear my HRM, or track my splits. I just wanted to run and more or less "enjoy the scenery." Not that there is a lot around here, but you get the idea. I didn't want to go hard or push myself.
So I just set out and below is the Endo info!
I actually didn't want to or plan on going for a run today. Not until Meagan got back from hers and said the weather was beautiful. My legs were sore from yesterday's ride and my motivation was practically non-existent. However, getting out to just enjoy the weather seemed like a good idea.
I didn't have my headphones in, wear my HRM, or track my splits. I just wanted to run and more or less "enjoy the scenery." Not that there is a lot around here, but you get the idea. I didn't want to go hard or push myself.
So I just set out and below is the Endo info!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
8.18.2012 Cycling
The Workout: 54 mile Group Ride
This ride went really well. I wasn't fatigued much from the ride the day before and it was a really great group of guys to ride with. The weirdest thing happened on the ride though. Ok, maybe not THE weirdest... but pretty strange. I'll just say I've never experienced it on a group ride before.
There the 6 of us were just rolling along. We came upon a group of cyclists who were just clipping in and starting to roll out. There were maybe a dozen of them. They got up to speed just as we came along side them and both groups morphed into one. We went from a small group of 6 to somewhere close to 20 riders. Everyone just started chatting with one another like it was nothing. It's cool the kind of familiarity you have with other riders out on the road. It's one thing I really like about running and cycling. So, anyway, that group split off to go eat breakfast and we continued on our 54 mile journey.
I made a few big efforts during the ride that really taxed my system. It was good though, because I got to see how quickly I can recover these days. The verdict? Not as quickly as the past, but not shabby for the time being. It will improve.
I learned one thing though on this ride and that is, if I want Endomondo and Glympse to track for more than about 2 hours I need to have an external power source plugged into my phone prior to heading out and during the ride. I had the computer on my back tracking time and distance so I was able to edit it accurately on Endo. The only thing I didn't update is the map.
This ride went really well. I wasn't fatigued much from the ride the day before and it was a really great group of guys to ride with. The weirdest thing happened on the ride though. Ok, maybe not THE weirdest... but pretty strange. I'll just say I've never experienced it on a group ride before.
There the 6 of us were just rolling along. We came upon a group of cyclists who were just clipping in and starting to roll out. There were maybe a dozen of them. They got up to speed just as we came along side them and both groups morphed into one. We went from a small group of 6 to somewhere close to 20 riders. Everyone just started chatting with one another like it was nothing. It's cool the kind of familiarity you have with other riders out on the road. It's one thing I really like about running and cycling. So, anyway, that group split off to go eat breakfast and we continued on our 54 mile journey.
I made a few big efforts during the ride that really taxed my system. It was good though, because I got to see how quickly I can recover these days. The verdict? Not as quickly as the past, but not shabby for the time being. It will improve.
I learned one thing though on this ride and that is, if I want Endomondo and Glympse to track for more than about 2 hours I need to have an external power source plugged into my phone prior to heading out and during the ride. I had the computer on my back tracking time and distance so I was able to edit it accurately on Endo. The only thing I didn't update is the map.
Friday, August 17, 2012
8.17.2012 Cycling
The Workout: Ride for about an hour, see what kind of shape I'm in.
Yesterday I was invited to go on a 54 mile ride this coming Saturday. Naturally, I agreed! The problem was that I didn't know what kind of shape I'm in. Having only been on the bike twice prior to this ride I figured 54 miles could turn out to be a nightmare.
So, I planned to ride out to one of my favorite hills and back. There's a hill just south of 175th St on Antioch that is pretty short but is really steep. Once I get into more intense bike training I'll be doing a lot of repeats on it. The wind seemed to be going against me no matter the direction I was riding. It was a pretty intense effort for much of the ride.
It ended up going well though. I was hoping to achieve a 20 mph average, but just under 19mph isn't too bad. Looking forward to the ride on Saturday.
Yesterday I was invited to go on a 54 mile ride this coming Saturday. Naturally, I agreed! The problem was that I didn't know what kind of shape I'm in. Having only been on the bike twice prior to this ride I figured 54 miles could turn out to be a nightmare.
So, I planned to ride out to one of my favorite hills and back. There's a hill just south of 175th St on Antioch that is pretty short but is really steep. Once I get into more intense bike training I'll be doing a lot of repeats on it. The wind seemed to be going against me no matter the direction I was riding. It was a pretty intense effort for much of the ride.
It ended up going well though. I was hoping to achieve a 20 mph average, but just under 19mph isn't too bad. Looking forward to the ride on Saturday.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
8.15.2012 Running
The Workout: Run 5 miles @ MI
Having ridden 17 in the morning I wasn't positive how I would do on the run. My nutrition was messed up because I'm not used to making up for a deficit from the get go. So, all day I had felt weak but couldn't ever really seem to catch up. The run was not a whole lot of fun. It's one of those where you just need to put in the time and the miles. Had the day not been so nice outside, I probably would have tried to talk myself out of it. If you can't tell, I didn't really want to go on this run, sometimes it just isn't fun and it's more like work.
Having ridden 17 in the morning I wasn't positive how I would do on the run. My nutrition was messed up because I'm not used to making up for a deficit from the get go. So, all day I had felt weak but couldn't ever really seem to catch up. The run was not a whole lot of fun. It's one of those where you just need to put in the time and the miles. Had the day not been so nice outside, I probably would have tried to talk myself out of it. If you can't tell, I didn't really want to go on this run, sometimes it just isn't fun and it's more like work.
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