Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Working It Off

Spent Chistmas Eve and Day at my folks in Northeast TX. Naturally the eating was good! But I did manage to get in a ride on Christmas morning. A couple of observations from that ride. First, hills are hard! Second, I'm not good at climbing hills. Third, almost everyone up there has dogs that like to chase bikers. It was very cold and a bit breezy, so I kept the ride short. Forgot the camera at home, DOH!

Today, back home, I did another Base ride. The plan for the day:

  • 30-min E2, endurance pace
  • 1-minute long all out sprints / 3-minute recovery / repeat 5X
  • 1-hour M1, muscular endurance pace
  • 1-minute long all out sprints / 3-minute recovery / repeat 5X
  • Remainder M1 pace, for a total of 3-hours.
It was a good ride. The 22+mph wind made things interesting, and a bit challenging. Going upwind felt really slow. I kept wanting to push harder than my plan calls for. So I did because it felt good and was fun!

1 comments:

Jane said...

Hope you had a good one. I think I gained 7-10 lbs since my half-iron.

Mt bike ride in Jan?
where's your sweet new car?