Today's ride probably needed a little more oomph. I found that once I was going, my HR would drop because I was riding on the flat and I couldn't maintain the necessary work without going a million miles an hour. I tried to vary the workout, some hard stuff mixed with some high cadence pedaling... this helped. I wore my watch because I wanted to drop the bike off at the shop and I was nervous that I would forget my Garmin on the handlebars, so it was difficult to track exactly what was going on. For example... I didn't realize that my cadence monitor was not working until the ride was almost over. Whoops. I also ended up riding through town for part of the ride, which explains the stop and go at the beginning and end, but also, once I got downtown I was faced with a ton of construction and quite a few people out with small children whose favorite place to stand around was right in the middle of the bike lane. WTF?
Based on the fact that this was an "optional" recovery ride, I didn't sweat the small stuff too much. I know that I'm not supposed to over-work during this period, so I gave it what I was able to and then let the rest be what it was. Other things that I worked on: pedaling through the triangle with my left leg, passing people without pausing or slowing down, bike handling, getting on the bike in one smooth motion from the left instead of two motions from the right, and I threw in a few good accelerations.
Baby's at the bike shop now, getting a tune up. There's a rattling noise coming from the gear set, which they said they'd fix. Next week I pack it up and take it on the train.
No comments:
Post a Comment