I have to ease up sometimes, especially when the day before was a hard workout. Thus today was recovery day. My legs needed the chance to recover from the “force” intervals I did yesterday! The wind was calm, and that was a big help. I decided to head for the park, so I wouldn’t have […]
I guess you could call my century training plan building blocks: I\’m starting with small steps; and I\’ll let them build up over time. Last week I took a break from pace-pushing and force exercises; and yesterday, I began again with pace work. Now I\’m working for five minutes of pushing for 15 mph or
Structure is an important aspect of training. Having a definite plan to follow is apt to bring about better results than training by the seat of your pants. It\’s already July; and if I want to do a 100-mile day in October, it\’s high time I put down a training plan on paper. Yes, I
I\’m kicking back today! I love it when I get a three-day weekend. It means a day when I can sleep a few hours later; and go for a bicycle ride if I want to; and I don\’t have to get up early to run errands. Sure, I could go grocery shopping later in the
\”Happy Fourth of July!\” isn\’t exactly blank verse. In fact, I\’m not a poet, so I rarely bother with poetry; blank verse or otherwise. Today I did a short ride of 29 miles. I don\’t know why, but my legs still feel tired! There was little wind, for a change; and it was from the
Senility isn\’t creeping up on me already, is it? Sometimes it seems like it. There are mornings when I get back home at the end of a ride; and discover that I forgot to turn on my bicycle\’s tail light. Sometimes I also forget to turn on my wrist blinkie! It\’s a good thing I
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Snakes! This is a year for snakes, for sure. In the last month or so, I’ve seen three of them while out riding; and that’s more than I ever saw in all the previous years combined! I wasn’t able to identify any of those reptiles; but I suppose they were some kind of water snakes.
Boucle sans fin. I feel like I’m stuck in an endless loop. The weather is part of it. Day after day, the forecast predicts showers and T-storms. The overcast and rain keep us a little cooler; but I’m tired of dirty water getting splashed on my bikes; and on my footwear; and on my panniers.