Poor Bags has been feeling left out. I kind of cut back on riding her during the week I ran my 9.4 miler. Since then, holidays and other stuff have conspired to keep us apart. It felt good to finally get back on the bike and go for a ride Wednesday. I, however, don't believe my muscles were quite as glad to see her as I was. It seems that my lackadaisical cycling over the past two weeks has allowed my muscles to forget their purpose: to forget everything that I have been working so hard to teach them. I had intended to do an 8 mile ride, but sadly, I had to turn back at six, because my body was complaining, and my mind just knew better.
Thursday I had a pretty decent run. It was back to to the out and return route in the old hills. I'm getting pretty spoiled running in all this daylight. What's a vampire to think??? LOL. It's nice to see that my Garmin is pretty much matching the mileage that GMaps calculates. Unfortunately, the calories are way off. Concensus is the Garmin over calculates the elevation, and thus, multiplies the level of effort a little too much. Out and back. 3.45 miles. A little sore from the bike ride, but not to worry. All is good.
This morning, I was determined to have my longest bike ride yet. I had done 8. I had done six multiple times. My body was sore, but I didn't care. I was intent on doing 10 miles, and by god that was what I was going to do. I was able to start my bike ride at 3 PM in the afternoon. Yet another sojourn under the bright glare of the sun. I followed the route of my previous 9.4 mile run, and instead of turning back, I followed a side street into a neighborhood for an additional two miles. My poor legs were complaining! I couldn't stand up and peddle for one single hill. I was either relegated to walking (seldom) or sitting and gritting it out (more often). When I finally made it home, the Garmin told me I had gone 11.48 miles, and I was feeling every foot of it. What a work out.
Tonight, I'm playing with the software that comes with the Garmin, and a free application I found on the internet called SportTracks. Both applications have their pluses and minues. I have decided to keep both! Downloading information into either application only takes a second. Training Center (Garmin Software) keeps all the lap information as well as GPS data. The maps in SportTracks is just plain cool, and it will do a much better job of tracking my triathlon training.
This Sunday's run calls for an easy 3 mile endurance run. LOL. I'm all over that!! I suspect next Sunday won't be so kind. Y'all have a good one.
Finish strong!
Wes
Thursday: 3.45 miles, 36:43, normal pace, 10:39 miles, R5/W1
Friday: Cycling - 11.48 miles, 58:56, 12 MPH Avg
14 comments:
Wes,
Thanks for all the garmin info. I downloaded or uploaded or something the firmware you emailed me. I'll try it out tomorrow on the marathon!
Good for you for biking and running. You're starting to train like a duathlete! :) Keep it up!
Wes, I may be hitting you up for biking info...I'm wondering if I don't need to hop on a bike for a few months to get my ITB healed up...I dunno.
sounds like you had a good holiday...good for you!
Hi Wes
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Good on you with all that training - now you just have to add some swimming to the mix ;)
Way to finish your last week in 2006! How much did your Garmin cost?
Walmart had the Garmin 205 on sale for 179.00. I ordered mine from Amazon.com. Either way, I think it is a good deal. I'm enjoying it alot.
Keep it up man! Before long you'll look back at the 10 mile ride and laugh. Have a great New Year's holiday!
Geo
I am so jealous that you have nice enough weather to be biking! Oh, how I miss just picking up my bike and going! Nice job!
Absolutely love SportTracks so far. It seems to work well and the maps are pretty cool! I've been perusing message boards and running forums for advice on the Garmin - there is some great info out there!
My poor bike has been neglected since the spring. We had been in a great routine of long run on Saturday, then a 15-20 mile ride on Sunday mornings.
Good job on the long ride. Becareful with all this daylight training, you just may end up with a suntan! ;-)
Happy New Year
Great job on your ride!! Your progress always amazes me! You are banging out the miles both running and on your bike!!
Hi Wes, it's neese (blogger is being weird) -- we've been in your neck of the woods a couple times over this holiday season.. passing thru over christmas and today we were in Atlanta with 4 other friends shopping at computer and woodworking stores, it is a traditional boys trip that i was able to join this year :o)
Check into www.motionbased.com as well....
Nice job on the biking and running. Awesome pace!
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