Taking advantage of another month or so of having gym membership by my old house, which is by my work, and a 1/2 mile off the C&O to get some easy/recovery rides in outside then hitting the pool and access to a shower before work. Need to build a shower in my shop.
Bummed about changing pools, been using this one for 12 years and is way way nicer than the Y near our new house, but logistics (driving tot to preschool) and cost just makes more sense.
Here is a “pour one out” image from 2 years ago when they were draining it to resurface. I was the second person (missed being first by a few seconds) back in after they redid it.
I’m up in Frederick so that is a bit far, but wow yeah looks nice. The Urbana Y is new/nice (haven’t been) but 20 min in the wrong direction in the morning. The Downtown Y is only a few minutes away so I can swim at 5am get back home drop tot off and then head to work. Super dated though and no track (hate treadmills).
Local Wednesday night MTB race. It’s hard to describe this as an XC race, as it’s a big ascent followed by a big descent. And pretty much redlining heart rate on both the up and the down.
Bonus pic taken from the course, but a few weeks ago. I thought for half a second about taking a pic with my phone this evening, but high likelihood I would have dropped it in my hypoxic state.
It was pretty windy so I managed to score PRs in one direction but I was down 13s over all. I’ll go with my windsock lol which has me at the same speed as last week wind adjusted
I am on vacation, so I tried a day bike tour package in Buenos Aires and had great time. I rode bicycle through lively neighborhoods and lovely parks, enjoying the city’s special charm and very nice weather. Later, I go for running along the beautiful paths in Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur.
I still have one week here before going to Chile where I will meet my best friend who I haven’t seen for a long time. Wherever I go I make sure to still have physical activity. Health is wealth. Cheers!
I chose a near out and back route to maximise the gravel. From the door to the A1 (the big road pointing 11 o’clock). Fortunately I go under the A1 as its a motorway. The section over Haddon is a rural lane and Bullock Road past the golf course and Oundle Road to Elton are pretty quiet, To complete the triangle the track from Elton back to Bullock Rd (by Over End) is all bridleway except the A507 crossing. I’m then back over the Haddon Hump (lanes) to the bridle way which takes me home
First real ride on my 32mm tyre and it felt good. When we said we were doing the extra 5miles route I really decided to test it out. I never went deep into the red but I gave it a lower threshold effort for circa 20 mins. With the aim of recovering in the pub, lol the pub was shut for a private function, so me and a mate went to one closer to home.
5 min strength + sprints Prince William County, VA, USA
Nice, relaxing ride in the country side with a little bit of structure (4 x 5 min low cadence / strength work and 5 x 10 sec sprints). Been rebuilding a fence … off-bike TSS is real! Definitely needed this chill ride to loosen up.
Was able to ride to our vacation destination. Did 105km and 1400m. Decided to use the proper climb as a test to see what I can do after 2200 kj. Did 296w for 20min could have been a bit more if I had the mental energy to suffer more and had to stop for a few seconds because of oncoming traffic. Still was pretty ok considering my training after the marmotte was pretty inconsistent and it was a really hot day.
Good turnout at today’s Hämmerfest. Overcast, warm, and humid with a breeze from the south. Made the back stretch quite fast. Lap 2, which we’re supposed to average 25 mph, hit 30 mph for most of the section across from Reagan National Airport. We settled down after that, until the last lap at which it becomes a free-for-all after the point. I didn’t position myself well at the start of that lap and ended up pulling through the point, so had nothing left for the home stretch.
Did a loop around lake Thun. Weather was pretty hot but ok along the lake. Views were great the road on the Southside is nothing special but on the way back on the north the road is beautiful going along cliffs. Then it was climbing back up managed 313w for 20 min after 1800kj and in the heat Garmin showed 38.5 -39 on the climb. Pretty happy with it was not all out but close to it.
Knocked out another TR workout on the Canal before heading to the pool. Went west this time but then came upon a fallen tree, probably could have figured out a way around it, but turned around. For some reason on the last ride I decided I was going to sprint the last 30 seconds of the last set before the warm down didn’t think of that until 30 seconds so didn’t get a full 30 second sprint… I realize I could have gone into the warm down but brain shut me down. So this time I planned to do the same, and keep going until I broke. Only problem was with the double turn around I was back near parking area so there were people and wasn’t safe to do that. Rode to next parking area and decided to do it on the road. First I forgot that in that direction it is a slight downhill especially right at the start so wasn’t mentally prepared for the intial lack of load and had wrong gear. Then came up on cars at a near stop through a one lane pass under some train tracks so had to back off. Still ended up with 15-32 second all time power records! They aren’t really that impressive since I never sprint, but still.
Busy weekend outside but forgot to post. Did 2 hour threshold ride inside on saturday then headed to the melo ride. Sunday I did the group ride I went on the week before, probably start doing this one as my sunday endurance ride replacement. Sunday evening ran with the jogger to a concert in the park downtown via the long way and GF walked the short way. Then we all walked home together.
Last week was my biggest week all year ~12 hours if I ignore the walk home, 2 weeks post 70.3 and now I start training…
After last nights recovery ride, tonight was a 25min threshold session (aka the club) TT. It took me a bit to settle as there was a lot of traffic tonight and I’m too cautious when I have several cars behind me. Just when I was beginning to settle I came across a horse rider on a narrow bit of road, more traffic, got stopped by the marshall at the blind corner (for my safety ). Just as I was about to give it beans to the finish I came across another horse rider, fortunately on a wide bit of road this time, so I didn’t lose too much more time. To be 10secs down on my PB is probably acceptable
). Just as I was about to give it beans to the finish I came across another horse rider, fortunately on a wide bit of road this time, so I didn’t lose too much more time. To be 10secs down on my PB is probably acceptable 
