Learned something, I need more muscles!!! January 23, 2006
Posted by clayton in : workout , add a commentToday was the exciting day, a group ride!!! Woke up at 5am and got out at 6:30am. It was soooo cold outside and I had these bike shorts on, so that's why I was shivering. So cold that I had a hard time speeding up. When I was waiting for one of the triathletes to come over to show me the way to the park where we're supposed to gather up, it started raining a bit and I was sooo worried if we'll still be able to ride but fortunately, it stopped in a minute or so. When I got to the park, I saw the "p-com" bus (my pool's bus) come in to the parking lot and I was like, 'whaaa?' then I noticed they had a race today. Saw the coach waving at me, waved back and off to the ride…
The group ride: At first, we were going at a slow pace, 24kph, while chatting and stuff. Now this relieved me…If it's this pace throughout the ride, I'll be able to follow with no problem. How stupid am I to think that? hehe. Ofcourse it was just a warm up. Then the pace went up to a steady 30kph, still, no problem with it. I was pretty much okay with the first half of the ride, tried my best to stick to the fastest climber on the uphills but the distance between this guy and me either stood the same or got longer. I tried though, hehe. But the only reason why I tried was because one of the other triathletes said, "try chasing that guy in the blue jersey." At first, I said, "No, no, no…" but then I changed my mind. Here's what I learned when I chased after "blue jersey." I NEED MORE MUSCLES on my legs. I was totally fine, no panting going on and I was a bit relaxed too but my legs didn't move. I need to get used to spinning with lactic acid. After a bit more climbing, we came to a small hill where the front few people turn back to see how the people in the back are doing and then stick to them to make a group again. So, I turned back and tried to go back in the group but I guess I went too far and I just couldn't catch up. Ended up riding alone for a fairly long time which takes away a lot of energy after riding behind a group…So for the rest of the ride I ran out of gas and rode alone. Since it was my first time, I missed a turn and ended up detouring to the parking lot where we're supposed to meet. Total of 100km with the ride to the parking lot and back included. After I got home, I had a short 5km run just to check how slow I got after the slacking out. I told the other triathletes my 10km PR, 35:40 now, that happened back in November when I was addicted to running.
The run: Thought about going for 10km but I chickened out. 1st lap 10:16, 2nd lap 10:13, a total of 20:29.62…If I run at this pace, none of those triathletes are gonna belive that I did 10km in 35min…I've gotta start some intervals. But I was happy with the pace being steady, can't believe I did one lap in 8:20 or so back in November…I think I'll find a shorter course for intervals.
Guess where I found my timex…
I usually look around the most unexpected places but this definately got me, hehe.
Tomorrow: School ends early so I'll have a run and a swim, not thinking of a ride. Oh yeah, I'm gonna sign up for the triathlon tomorrow!!!
This week's training: swim: 12200m(7hrs) mostly speed. bike: 159.5km(7:31'37) run: 10km(45'29). Total of 15:17'06. I did every swim!!! But need to run more…