Finally pushed myself out the door January 16, 2006
Posted by clayton in : workout , add a commentToday, I woke up at 7am, ate breakfast, sat around for a while and finally went out the door at 9:30am. I thought about not going but then I won't be able to sleep at night because of the energy that's left. So, I went for a quick 40km.
The ride: Had absolutely NO motivation to take myself out for a ride but went anyway. Stopped at the first traffic light and I saw two roadies(triathletes?) go by and I sprinted to them right when the light turned green. I had a nice warm up of speeding at like nearly 50kph but forgot to push the lap button again. Caught up to them and damn was the ride easy. I was sticking behind them for about 15km and then they took a left turn over to the convenience store so I said, "bye" and went on. I guess I got used to the speed and I kept a 30kph pace for a fairly long time and it wasn't tough at all. On the way back, I still kept a fairly fast pace and attacked one of the hills. My lowest speed was 28kph, I usually go up there at 23kph max. The last time I really had a group ride was in late August last year…I think I should go out for more group rides. Ave speed 27.6kph, ave cadence 78rpm. Now I know that keeping the cadence high keeps me from getting tired.
Tomorrow: Come home from school, run atleast 5km even if it rains, study until 6pm and then go for a swim.