a typical weekend with a bit of speed
The short version: This weekend I biked a lot (and was speedyfast!) and ate yummy food. Mike is cute.
The longer version:
Saturday was just under 56 miles on the bike (after a morning 3ish mile run and PANCAKES! mmm school fundraiser breakfasts!). It felt pretty good, and I thought I would neg split the ride on the way back, but then turned and found out how WINDY it was. Heh... no wonder it had felt so good. Made it home though.
Oh and before the ride got to show off my bike to a girl interested in a PX and trying to figure out what size to get. And mine fit her well, so now she knows.
Sunday was long ride day, as usual. It was another out and back by time. Mike and I picked 3:20 as the out time, but then he ended up going shorter to get back and get more work done. So instead of chasing him and then being chased I just got to chase and see him at one point as he passed going the other way. Anyways... last time we did that same out and back it was to 3:10. Well I passed the turnaround from that ride in under 3:05! So I knew I was riding strong despite the headwind on the way out. Then I realized... if I pushed it, I was going to make it to 56 in the 3:20! That's about the fastest I've done a 56 mile ride, and it would mean 112 miles for the day! Yes, an IM length ride. And if the times stayed right, at a very good (30+ min) PR!! And yes, I did it =) Cut off even more time on the way home, and set a new 56 mile PR during that I believe, as well as one for the 112. I ended up being at 112.77 miles in 6:37:39! That's just over a 17mph pace, which is something I rarely hit, and it was for my second longest bike ride EV4R!
Getting off the bike I still felt awesome. Not marathon-ready awesome (my calories per hour need to be higher for that during the ride) but pretty awesome. And then enjoyed yummy Macaroni Grill favorites with Mike :) And then Swedish Fish. Man those little fish are so tasty. Oh and Mike called me speedyfast :) And it was a good weekend.
In other interesting news I'm in a community (fitbody_fitmind) that is doing a 6 week challenge. I have entered -- the goal is one you set for yourself, and every one is judged on reaching their own goals. Mine have a bit more exercise intensity than many people's, but the eating veggies part of my goal will be the hard part for me! And a 5 lb weight loss goal -- getting me to within a few pounds of my IM KY race weight goal (I've been doing a really good job with food habits lately and it's paying off!). I think it's a great idea for a challenge, and it should be fun to see how other people do with their goals and to have other people aware of mine -- keeps ya honest :)
Oh and I like sitting way far back on my balance ball here at work and wiggling my feet. It is fun.
The longer version:
Saturday was just under 56 miles on the bike (after a morning 3ish mile run and PANCAKES! mmm school fundraiser breakfasts!). It felt pretty good, and I thought I would neg split the ride on the way back, but then turned and found out how WINDY it was. Heh... no wonder it had felt so good. Made it home though.
Oh and before the ride got to show off my bike to a girl interested in a PX and trying to figure out what size to get. And mine fit her well, so now she knows.
Sunday was long ride day, as usual. It was another out and back by time. Mike and I picked 3:20 as the out time, but then he ended up going shorter to get back and get more work done. So instead of chasing him and then being chased I just got to chase and see him at one point as he passed going the other way. Anyways... last time we did that same out and back it was to 3:10. Well I passed the turnaround from that ride in under 3:05! So I knew I was riding strong despite the headwind on the way out. Then I realized... if I pushed it, I was going to make it to 56 in the 3:20! That's about the fastest I've done a 56 mile ride, and it would mean 112 miles for the day! Yes, an IM length ride. And if the times stayed right, at a very good (30+ min) PR!! And yes, I did it =) Cut off even more time on the way home, and set a new 56 mile PR during that I believe, as well as one for the 112. I ended up being at 112.77 miles in 6:37:39! That's just over a 17mph pace, which is something I rarely hit, and it was for my second longest bike ride EV4R!
Getting off the bike I still felt awesome. Not marathon-ready awesome (my calories per hour need to be higher for that during the ride) but pretty awesome. And then enjoyed yummy Macaroni Grill favorites with Mike :) And then Swedish Fish. Man those little fish are so tasty. Oh and Mike called me speedyfast :) And it was a good weekend.
In other interesting news I'm in a community (fitbody_fitmind) that is doing a 6 week challenge. I have entered -- the goal is one you set for yourself, and every one is judged on reaching their own goals. Mine have a bit more exercise intensity than many people's, but the eating veggies part of my goal will be the hard part for me! And a 5 lb weight loss goal -- getting me to within a few pounds of my IM KY race weight goal (I've been doing a really good job with food habits lately and it's paying off!). I think it's a great idea for a challenge, and it should be fun to see how other people do with their goals and to have other people aware of mine -- keeps ya honest :)
Oh and I like sitting way far back on my balance ball here at work and wiggling my feet. It is fun.