- bike ride (solo) = 34.4 miles, time = 3 hours, pace @ 11.5 mph
- easy walk with dogs = 2 miles
My biking group decided to cancel the usual weekly easy rides. The group organizer wanted to POSSIBLY schedule an earlier, longer (and more challenging) ride because today is/was a holiday and he wanted more people to join the ride. There were no other rides scheduled this morning to replaced the cancelled ride. What a waste, but I guess that was a blessing in disguise. I decided to bike to work (not to actually work) to pick up my pay check. Since today was a holiday, I figured I would be ok/safe because there was less traffic out. There won't be another ride of such great distance (30+ miles) in my future for a long time. My longest ride before today was 22 miles. I think I need to build my endurance/strength with the 20-something miles a few times before conquering a longer ride of such great distance. I also knew that the ride would have some challenging hills on the way home. Except for one very challenging hill near work, the hills overall weren't that bad. I had to walk on that one challenging hill (on the way home). I also felt so tired at mile 25 and I was mentally exhausted reminding myself that I had another nine miles left to go before getting home. I think I had to completely stop and take a break by this time. At some point after that, I had to walk up some hills (a little easier than before) again when I was something like five miles away from home.
On the bright side, I put in a really good work out.
On the bright side, I put in a really good work out.
"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
-- Mia Hamm
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