Hotheaded 🔥
I got a little hotheaded this morning — literally! When I began my ride, the temperature was in the low 70s; and for me that’s a bit too cool not to use a helmet liner.
Well, I have two such liners; one heavyish, and the other one lighter weight. I wanted the lighter skull cap; and couldn’t find it. I didn’t want to delay my ride; so I wore the heavyish liner.
Of course I got rather hotheaded; and leg warmers were a bit too warm before I got back home. I wore them because I thought the wind would make me too chilly otherwise. Speaking of wind, I thought the forecast indicated a wind advisory from 10:00 am today; and actually it’s for tomorrow!
Pushing It 😤
I spent some time pushing it today, too. If you want go get fast, you have to work at going fast! It’s not easy, of course.
This morning I watched my Garmin’s screen to see how fast I was going; then I worked at pushing for a few mph faster than that. Not for long at a time; only 30-60 seconds. I can lengthen these efforts as time goes on. It really gets my heart rate up; and in fact you need to get into your maximum heart rate range sometimes. Especially if you want to prepare for climbing, and live in pancake-flat territory. As to speed, it doesn’t hurt to get a few mph faster than your desired event pace. You can always slow down once the big ride begins!
Another thing I did today was extend my ride by a mile or two. That’s vital if you’ve got, say, RAGBRAI in mind. Many videos that I’ve watched about this event have riders saying their b***s hurt. The more you’re used to riding, the less of a problem that is. So I’ll keep on pushing it.
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