30 miles bike ride - river loop
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 03/22/2008
- Time: 14:00:00
- Total Time: 3:12:49.00
- Average Heart rate: 128
- Max Heart rate: 165
- Calories: 1703
- Distance: 30.93 miles
- Average Speed: 9.62 mph
- Average Cadence: 74
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One good thing about the gym …
Although I much prefer riding a real bike on a real road or trail, one good thing about working out on the stationary upright at the gym is that you can focus intently on your heart rate and cadence. On the road you have to give a fair amount of attention to where you are going and what’s going on around you like traffic. Also what makes real riding more interesting is also a distraction; the scenery and so on. In the gym I’m able to pay more attention to how my body is feeling and make minor adjustments in position.
Having said all that, it’s definitely more fun to ride for real and it just seems easier to work harder (maybe because of the distractions and because you’re actually going somewhere).
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stat bike workout
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 03/20/2008
- Time: 06:00:00
- Total Time: 00:45:00.50
- Average Heart rate: 113
- Calories: 311
- Distance: 11.86 miles
- Average Speed: 15.81 mph
- Average Cadence: 90
Zone 2 for 45 minutes.
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stationary bike ride - 20 min Zone2 25 min Zone3
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 03/19/2008
- Time: 06:00:00
- Total Time: 00:45:00.80
- Average Heart rate: 121
- Calories: 346
- Distance: 12.38 miles
- Average Speed: 16.5 mph
- Average Cadence: 92
Filed under: Cycle, General Cardio
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strength training - upper body
Workout:
- Type: Strength Training
- Date: 03/18/2008
- Time: 06:00:00
- Total Time: 00:31:12.30
- Average Heart rate: 96
- Calories: 164
Filed under: Strength Training
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Skiing on St. Patrick’s Day at Bromley, VT
Went skiing today at Bromley Mountain in Peru, Vermont. $17 lift tickets if you show a bit o’ green for St. Patrick!
Woo-hoo! A beautiful, sunny day with a deep, deep blue sky. Wide, groomed trails. Not too many people. Bit of a chilly wind here and there and the steeps tended to be a bit choppy later in the day, but a great day nonetheless. Mrs. MTBMan1 was ahead of me in technique and I was ahead of her in strength and endurance but we are starting to come together on both. We are about even in ability now so we are winding up at the bottom at about the same time. We really had a ball! Check that sky!
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25 mile bike ride
I rode 25 miles today. When I started out it looked really good; sun was coming out and things were drying up. About 30 min in to the ride it started raining, then changed to sleet. I debated turning back but it seemed like one of those unsettled days where it might just as well dry up again. I figured, hey, I’m training for a 1/2 century which they said would go on rain or shine so I might as get used to the rain possibility. I’m glad I did. It wasn’t too bad. Rained a bit off and on but not too heavily and I was completely dried out by the time I got back. A good workout. Lots of rollers and a couple of good climbs. Nothing that maxed out my HR though. I hope i’m not too worn out for skiing tomorrow! 
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25 mile bike ride
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 03/16/2008
- Time: 13:00:00
- Total Time: 2:46:22.00
- Average Heart rate: 128
- Max Heart rate: 158
- Calories: 1419
- Distance: 23.95 miles
- Average Speed: 8.64 mph
- Average Cadence: 74
Filed under: Cycle, General Cardio, Guilderland Army Depot
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Zone 2 bike ride, flat loop +
FINALLY got to go out on a REAL bike and ride. So much easier and funner than the gym although I AM grateful to have the gym!
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 03/15/2008
- Time: 09:00:00
- Total Time: 00:45:04.20
- Average Heart rate: 113
- Calories: 282
- Distance: 7.2 miles
- Average Speed: 9.59 mph
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Be LESS than you can be!
Perhaps I should explain. Some people who work hard and sacrifice to achieve their goals may get upset by the title of this post. Maybe “some people” are too serious!
I have related in previous articles and posts how I always thought achievement in athletics was brought about by day after day of pedal to the metal all out effort. Much like stories of the Navy Seals or Delta Force training. People running on broken legs, things like that.
It was a pleasant revelation, no, an epiphany, to find that rest and recovery were as important as pain and suffering!
The first time I heard about this was in Joe Friel’s book Cycling Over 50.
The other day I picked up Friel’s The Cyclist’s Training Bible. How can you not love a training program that specifies a midday nap every day!?
I’m all over this one.
Friel says that growth hormone is released from the pituitary gland during workouts and sleep. So he recommends that nap to get an extra “hit” of growth hormone every day. He says “Growth hormone speeds recovery, rebuilds muscles and breaks down body fat.”
So, back to the title. To me it means training smart not hard; training according to a scientific plan; listening to your body, e.g. backing off when your body says “not today”. Of course, all this requires some experience, teachability and constant learning, relearning and adjusting.
It’s opened up a whole new world to me. I can actually become fit. Maybe even superfit. I can ride races. Maybe even win them!
What a thought!
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