Thursday, July 19, 2007
5:45 AM
maintaining a constant cadence is hard!
Activity: Bike 1 hr (15 min w/u, 30 min @ 80-90 rpms, c/d)
Distance: 13 miles
Time: ~52:00
Avg Speed: ~15 mph
Average: 4:00 i'm getting better!
PLE: this is the first ride where i had my cadence monitor working, and it was definitely difficult to maintain a cadence between 80-90. i'm much more comfortable at about 70 rpms
Weather: 68/68 ugh it was gross and sticky.
As I noted above, this is the first ride where I was actually able to monitor my cadence. Brandy has given me workouts like these, but I had no idea how much effort it would take to maintain an 80+ cadence. I'm not sure how much I liked it... I actually took a mini break about halfway through the 30 minutes of 'real work' effort. My legs and my mind needed it.
That said, this is the 2nd time that I did this bike ride, and I improved my time by more than 10 minutes (last time, I did this route in 1:05)! Keeping up that cadence really forced me to bike this loop much faster. It was a tough ride! This route is a little hillier than the ones that I plan out for my long rides, so it felt like a much different workout. I was breathing pretty hard at the top of a few of the hills.
I was hungry, and my legs were pretty wobbly after the bike ride, so I took a little bit longer between this workout and the run...enjoyed some coffee and a big piece of my beet bread w/ PBn'J!
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Activity: Jog 40 minutes
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:00
PLE: nice jog around town. i did my 4 mile route, but i tried to not pay too much attention to my splits. my legs really feel quite good considering that i ran a half marathon last weekend.
This was a nice, pleasant jog, good to get back to running. I was goin' at about 10 minute pace very confortably. I took about a half hour break between the bike and the jog so that I could settle down, eat, stretch, and set off at an easy pace.
mood:
biking is still my weakness...
health:
legs were a little wobbly after the run, but they felt pretty good during my jog.
Distance: 13 miles
Time: ~52:00
Avg Speed: ~15 mph
Average: 4:00 i'm getting better!
PLE: this is the first ride where i had my cadence monitor working, and it was definitely difficult to maintain a cadence between 80-90. i'm much more comfortable at about 70 rpms
Weather: 68/68 ugh it was gross and sticky.
As I noted above, this is the first ride where I was actually able to monitor my cadence. Brandy has given me workouts like these, but I had no idea how much effort it would take to maintain an 80+ cadence. I'm not sure how much I liked it... I actually took a mini break about halfway through the 30 minutes of 'real work' effort. My legs and my mind needed it.
That said, this is the 2nd time that I did this bike ride, and I improved my time by more than 10 minutes (last time, I did this route in 1:05)! Keeping up that cadence really forced me to bike this loop much faster. It was a tough ride! This route is a little hillier than the ones that I plan out for my long rides, so it felt like a much different workout. I was breathing pretty hard at the top of a few of the hills.
I was hungry, and my legs were pretty wobbly after the bike ride, so I took a little bit longer between this workout and the run...enjoyed some coffee and a big piece of my beet bread w/ PBn'J!
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Activity: Jog 40 minutes
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 40:00
PLE: nice jog around town. i did my 4 mile route, but i tried to not pay too much attention to my splits. my legs really feel quite good considering that i ran a half marathon last weekend.
This was a nice, pleasant jog, good to get back to running. I was goin' at about 10 minute pace very confortably. I took about a half hour break between the bike and the jog so that I could settle down, eat, stretch, and set off at an easy pace.
mood:
biking is still my weakness...health:
legs were a little wobbly after the run, but they felt pretty good during my jog.# posted by Steph 
