Given that I beat up my legs yesterday I wasn't sure how this 90 min run would go. I started out and things went very well - the whole time I felt relaxed and my HR was 150ish. I must have covered 15ish km but I've stopped counting because I've realized that 145-150hr produces a 10kmph and anything higher obviously produces more.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday May 8
The plan was to take today off and ride Saturday and run Sunday. However, I noticed that A) the weather was going to stink on Saturday and B) Sunday being Mother’s day wasn’t going to be in my best interest for working out…
So… I decided that Thursday was going to be off and Friday after work ride and brick, Saturday Run, Sunday Ride the ride I missed on Thursday.
3+ hour Ride and 30min Run
I now know better then to arbitrarily just change the plan and do what I feel like. I started out my ride feeling great! Food was right on and water was good and my legs were moving. I decided to follow up Bayview as far as I could go and then turn around – hopefully at the 2hr mark. However I’m riding up Bayview and suddenly Bayview wasn’t there anymore.. As it turns out Bayview turns into Propect in Newmarket and to make this adventure better, Propect ends just after Davis Dr. So back I went to Davis Dr. By now the clouds are getting quite dark and not looking so good. I crossed the 404 at Davis and went as far as Warden hoping that the clouds were more central to Leslie to Yonge. No… It started pouring and I wasn’t going to continue going north as the rain clouds were following me. So, if you can’t beat’em, ride through em. I turned south on Warden and figure it would be better to be closer to home if the rain really started and it did. For the better part of the next hour and a bit, I got drenched. I didn’t feel comfortable riding in my aero position because I could barely see but my nutrition kept on going well and I was pleased with that..
Once I entered Richmond Hill, the rain did slow and I was happy about that move south. Along Elgin Mills the Sun actually came out and there was no way I could turn home a) because the clock read 1:45 and B) the sun was out so why not ride on… I turned up Leslie and then turned again at 19th and followed 19th to Bathurst and then North to King back to Yonge. I stopped for a quick second to say Hello to Doris but it seemed that she wasn’t home. I then followed North Lake to Bayview and then south to home. The Clock read 2:55 and I covered about 84 km. I was pleased with that… Sometimes riding in the rain – no matter how much we hate it, is good character building to build good training.
Within 10min I was out the door and running back to my school to pick up my car. It was about a 7km trip to school and the run called 15 min strong and then 15 min choice. I felt really good and wanted to beat any further rain. However my HR was on the higher side but the effort felt strong and I was happy to be moving. I got to the car at 34 min and for 7km that was close to 5min pace if not a little faster…. I love it when that happens.
The plan was to take today off and ride Saturday and run Sunday. However, I noticed that A) the weather was going to stink on Saturday and B) Sunday being Mother’s day wasn’t going to be in my best interest for working out…
So… I decided that Thursday was going to be off and Friday after work ride and brick, Saturday Run, Sunday Ride the ride I missed on Thursday.
3+ hour Ride and 30min Run
I now know better then to arbitrarily just change the plan and do what I feel like. I started out my ride feeling great! Food was right on and water was good and my legs were moving. I decided to follow up Bayview as far as I could go and then turn around – hopefully at the 2hr mark. However I’m riding up Bayview and suddenly Bayview wasn’t there anymore.. As it turns out Bayview turns into Propect in Newmarket and to make this adventure better, Propect ends just after Davis Dr. So back I went to Davis Dr. By now the clouds are getting quite dark and not looking so good. I crossed the 404 at Davis and went as far as Warden hoping that the clouds were more central to Leslie to Yonge. No… It started pouring and I wasn’t going to continue going north as the rain clouds were following me. So, if you can’t beat’em, ride through em. I turned south on Warden and figure it would be better to be closer to home if the rain really started and it did. For the better part of the next hour and a bit, I got drenched. I didn’t feel comfortable riding in my aero position because I could barely see but my nutrition kept on going well and I was pleased with that..
Once I entered Richmond Hill, the rain did slow and I was happy about that move south. Along Elgin Mills the Sun actually came out and there was no way I could turn home a) because the clock read 1:45 and B) the sun was out so why not ride on… I turned up Leslie and then turned again at 19th and followed 19th to Bathurst and then North to King back to Yonge. I stopped for a quick second to say Hello to Doris but it seemed that she wasn’t home. I then followed North Lake to Bayview and then south to home. The Clock read 2:55 and I covered about 84 km. I was pleased with that… Sometimes riding in the rain – no matter how much we hate it, is good character building to build good training.
Within 10min I was out the door and running back to my school to pick up my car. It was about a 7km trip to school and the run called 15 min strong and then 15 min choice. I felt really good and wanted to beat any further rain. However my HR was on the higher side but the effort felt strong and I was happy to be moving. I got to the car at 34 min and for 7km that was close to 5min pace if not a little faster…. I love it when that happens.
Friday May 8
The plan was to take today off and ride Saturday and run Sunday. However, I noticed that A) the weather was going to stink on Saturday and B) Sunday being Mother’s day wasn’t going to be in my best interest for working out…
So… I decided that Thursday was going to be off and Friday after work ride and brick, Saturday Run, Sunday Ride the ride I missed on Thursday.
3+ hour Ride and 30min Run
I now know better then to arbitrarily just change the plan and do what I feel like. I started out my ride feeling great! Food was right on and water was good and my legs were moving. I decided to follow up Bayview as far as I could go and then turn around – hopefully at the 2hr mark. However I’m riding up Bayview and suddenly Bayview wasn’t there anymore.. As it turns out Bayview turns into Propect in Newmarket and to make this adventure better, Propect ends just after Davis Dr. So back I went to Davis Dr. By now the clouds are getting quite dark and not looking so good. I crossed the 404 at Davis and went as far as Warden hoping that the clouds were more central to Leslie to Yonge. No… It started pouring and I wasn’t going to continue going north as the rain clouds were following me. So, if you can’t beat’em, ride through em. I turned south on Warden and figure it would be better to be closer to home if the rain really started and it did. For the better part of the next hour and a bit, I got drenched. I didn’t feel comfortable riding in my aero position because I could barely see but my nutrition kept on going well and I was pleased with that..
Once I entered Richmond Hill, the rain did slow and I was happy about that move south. Along Elgin Mills the Sun actually came out and there was no way I could turn home a) because the clock read 1:45 and B) the sun was out so why not ride on… I turned up Leslie and then turned again at 19th and followed 19th to Bathurst and then North to King back to Yonge. I stopped for a quick second to say Hello to Doris but it seemed that she wasn’t home. I then followed North Lake to Bayview and then south to home. The Clock read 2:55 and I covered about 84 km. I was pleased with that… Sometimes riding in the rain – no matter how much we hate it, is good character building to build good training.
Within 10min I was out the door and running back to my school to pick up my car. It was about a 7km trip to school and the run called 15 min strong and then 15 min choice. I felt really good and wanted to beat any further rain. However my HR was on the higher side but the effort felt strong and I was happy to be moving. I got to the car at 34 min and for 7km that was close to 5min pace if not a little faster…. I love it when that happens.
So… I decided that Thursday was going to be off and Friday after work ride and brick, Saturday Run, Sunday Ride the ride I missed on Thursday.
3+ hour Ride and 30min Run
I now know better then to arbitrarily just change the plan and do what I feel like. I started out my ride feeling great! Food was right on and water was good and my legs were moving. I decided to follow up Bayview as far as I could go and then turn around – hopefully at the 2hr mark. However I’m riding up Bayview and suddenly Bayview wasn’t there anymore.. As it turns out Bayview turns into Propect in Newmarket and to make this adventure better, Propect ends just after Davis Dr. So back I went to Davis Dr. By now the clouds are getting quite dark and not looking so good. I crossed the 404 at Davis and went as far as Warden hoping that the clouds were more central to Leslie to Yonge. No… It started pouring and I wasn’t going to continue going north as the rain clouds were following me. So, if you can’t beat’em, ride through em. I turned south on Warden and figure it would be better to be closer to home if the rain really started and it did. For the better part of the next hour and a bit, I got drenched. I didn’t feel comfortable riding in my aero position because I could barely see but my nutrition kept on going well and I was pleased with that..
Once I entered Richmond Hill, the rain did slow and I was happy about that move south. Along Elgin Mills the Sun actually came out and there was no way I could turn home a) because the clock read 1:45 and B) the sun was out so why not ride on… I turned up Leslie and then turned again at 19th and followed 19th to Bathurst and then North to King back to Yonge. I stopped for a quick second to say Hello to Doris but it seemed that she wasn’t home. I then followed North Lake to Bayview and then south to home. The Clock read 2:55 and I covered about 84 km. I was pleased with that… Sometimes riding in the rain – no matter how much we hate it, is good character building to build good training.
Within 10min I was out the door and running back to my school to pick up my car. It was about a 7km trip to school and the run called 15 min strong and then 15 min choice. I felt really good and wanted to beat any further rain. However my HR was on the higher side but the effort felt strong and I was happy to be moving. I got to the car at 34 min and for 7km that was close to 5min pace if not a little faster…. I love it when that happens.
Saturday May 2nd
5hrs and 1hr run
I was invited up to Ari's and Oren's cottage for the day today. So I left last night and went up and stayed over... They've recently gotten into cycling and it's fun being a part of their adventures... Oren actually did the Ride to conquer cancer last year with me.
When we woke up this morning, man it was COLD! we futsed around for a bit trying to wait for the sun to warm things... The thermometer outside read about 2degress... Man did I pack wrong, I forgot gloves, and a hat. I basically put everything on that I had and we got ready to go. I opted not to put my booties on (another mistake) thinking that I would regret it by around noon. I was supposed to be 13ish degrees today but as it turned out that was only at around 4pm.
We agreed that we would ride to the local Tim Horton's in Gravenhurst and have breakfast, and wait for the sun to heat things a little more.
When we left it was warmer but only a little... The head wind was strong and that really caused much of the frozen feelings on the day.
By about 15km my computer decided that the battery that was charging all night was not going to work... so the rest of the day was on Heart Rate and feel...
I am quite pleased that with little info to go on, I was fairly confidently able to ride at what felt like 90ish rpm and keep the speed in and around 27ish....
We headed from Gravenhurst out to Bracebridge to Windermere and then back to Bracebridge and home. By the time we got back to Bracebridge, Oren's back was killing him and we were both fairly miserable about the cold. So home it was... which turned out to be a good decision because about 10 after we got home it poured so hard that seemed like it was coming down in sheets...
Dave suggested that this be a hilly ride and really I'm not sure I could have found anything more hilly. I'm glad like I said before that I still played it smart and took easy gears up the big hills and pushed by feel watching my HR to be my guide...
Overall a good day but cold...
I was invited up to Ari's and Oren's cottage for the day today. So I left last night and went up and stayed over... They've recently gotten into cycling and it's fun being a part of their adventures... Oren actually did the Ride to conquer cancer last year with me.
When we woke up this morning, man it was COLD! we futsed around for a bit trying to wait for the sun to warm things... The thermometer outside read about 2degress... Man did I pack wrong, I forgot gloves, and a hat. I basically put everything on that I had and we got ready to go. I opted not to put my booties on (another mistake) thinking that I would regret it by around noon. I was supposed to be 13ish degrees today but as it turned out that was only at around 4pm.
We agreed that we would ride to the local Tim Horton's in Gravenhurst and have breakfast, and wait for the sun to heat things a little more.
When we left it was warmer but only a little... The head wind was strong and that really caused much of the frozen feelings on the day.
By about 15km my computer decided that the battery that was charging all night was not going to work... so the rest of the day was on Heart Rate and feel...
I am quite pleased that with little info to go on, I was fairly confidently able to ride at what felt like 90ish rpm and keep the speed in and around 27ish....
We headed from Gravenhurst out to Bracebridge to Windermere and then back to Bracebridge and home. By the time we got back to Bracebridge, Oren's back was killing him and we were both fairly miserable about the cold. So home it was... which turned out to be a good decision because about 10 after we got home it poured so hard that seemed like it was coming down in sheets...
Dave suggested that this be a hilly ride and really I'm not sure I could have found anything more hilly. I'm glad like I said before that I still played it smart and took easy gears up the big hills and pushed by feel watching my HR to be my guide...
Overall a good day but cold...
Friday May 1st
60 min run
I ran to Nate's Skating lesson today. Sometimes it's the only way to get a workout in and still be part of things... I can see why sometimes that this Ironman training can be stressful... it's a very delicate balance between training and being around...
I ran to Nate's Skating lesson today. Sometimes it's the only way to get a workout in and still be part of things... I can see why sometimes that this Ironman training can be stressful... it's a very delicate balance between training and being around...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday April 30
PM Swim
So I don't usually go swimming at night but for some reason I couldn't get out of bed this morning.
The swim was one of those swims that I love.... 1000m pull, 800 pull/paddles, 400 steady swim plus warm up and cool down. For some reason I like these swims because I can find a rhythm and just go...
The 1000m, I came in at 16:00m, 800 in at 13:00m and the 400 in at 7m. I was pretty pleased with the efforts of this swim totaling 3000m. I may not be getting faster but I definitely feel that I'm getting stronger and swimming the same speeds with less effort.
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