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Showing posts with label winter training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter training. Show all posts

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Wash out

So, my plans for a ride outdoors this morning were washed out by the rain :/ My parents went, but I figured I might as well ride in the basement instead...

I hate it how whenever I make a decision to do
anything, I am constantly thinking about how the other decision would have been better. Today, I wish I had gone with my parents riding, but I know that if I did, I would be miserable and wish I had stayed here. I don't know, I guess I am just a really indecisive person.

So I rode the bike in the basement, and felt ok, but stopped after about a half an hour because I was tired. Recently, I have not had to deal with ED's condescending voice, but today he came back shouting :( I felt so awful for not being able to ride for longer. I felt like since I had an easier workout yesterday, so I should be able to go harder today. It seems as though once ED gets a word out and I hear it, he just won't shut up! Then I kept feeling like I have gained too much weight and bla bla bla... I resisted the temptation to step on the scale when I went up stairs to get a shower, and had a nice snack of an Asian pair with some cereal and nuts instead :)

Then I sat down with a nice macchiatto with coffee roasted by my dad (thanks dad!) and read all of your wonderful posts and now I feel so much better :D *thanks everybody*
My macchiatto, isn't it pretty?
So that's about it for this morning, no interesting oats so I kinda miss that :( maybe for lunch? And I am going to small group for church today so I can't wait!

Have a great Sunday!
Scott



Thursday, January 14, 2010

Time Trial!!!

So I have been doing a training class at the local bike shop and today was our time trial to establish a baseline. Here are my results for the 20min time trial.

Average Speed= 19.8mph
Average Power=approx 256 watts
Average Heart rate=182bpm
Distance=6.59 miles

Max Speed=22.8mph
Max Power=352 watts
Max Heart rate=192bpm

I am pretty happy with the results and hopefully will see an improvement by the end of the eight week session.

What have you done lately that has made you proud?