Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wind, what wind?
This last weekend was so awesome out. Why can't these nice weekends line up with a long bike weekend for me so I can get outside to do it. I had a 2 hour bike Saturday, which I extended by 15 min just because it was nice out. Sunday, I was going to go to the gym to swim, but ended up cleaning my house, tiling my kitchen, cleaning my car and switching out the winter clothes for the summer ones. So no workout. It was a recovery week anyway. This week, I hit it hard on Monday. Had a great swim and then came home for an hour bike. It was almost 70 degrees out, so I ventured outside. Yes, in the 32 mph sustained wind with 45 mph gusts. It really wasn't bad until I turned around to head back home. I had a short 4 mile out to my 6 mile loop of hills that I do. I did that loop twice since it is kind of out of the wind a little bit and then headed home. Well, I had it in the small gear up front and the large gear in back and was still struggling to keep moving. It was like riding up a steep hill for 4 miles straight. I figured this will give me an idea of how that humungous hill in Louisville will be. I even had to peddle hard going downhill when the gusts came. All in all it was a good workout. I would much rather be outside than inside biking. Last night I was inside on the trainer for 2 hours. I did my last Saturday inside bike workout since I was outside last weekend. It was intense! Tonight I am back in the pool and I am going to attempt to get on the elliptical after. I tried it out on Monday for 1 min and it didn't seem to bother my foot at all. If it does bother my foot, I will head back to the downtown Y and try some water running. It will be good to get some "running" in. I miss it.
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