IntervalsSo, a little bit later, I headed out for a what turned out to be a 61 minute ride. It was warm up to the dam and then 30/60 intervals across (30 seconds hard - 60 seconds recovery); the return trip was steady state trying to keep my HR between 145 - 155; then on the trip back home I went up the hills in my second gear (I used to use 3 and 4 last year when I was in better bike shape).
Repeats
On the last hill (Mountain Creek ~ .5 mi) I did it in 2nd gear. At the top, I decided to do it again, but in the next gear. (Kind of like the ladder I've done in the past up a steeper but shorter hill - Prayer Mountain.) Second and third gears were all managed in the saddle, but 4th required me to get out of the saddle part way up and stay out for the remainder. Fifth gear required me to get up even sooner - and with that one I decided it was late enough and just kept heading home.
With today being the last day of school for the kids - tomorrows routine is at 'risk'. Saturday I expect to participate again in a group CrossFit type workout. Last Sat I got 10 honest pull ups in on the first rotation. And on Tuesday's work out I got 10 again. That's probably only the 2nd or 3rd time I've got 10. I sure would like to see that increase.
That's all for now. What are you doing, as much as it depends on you, to stay healthy and fit: physically able to enjoy life?!
[photo: "Enjoy the smells of life - especially if they are being warn by your wife!"]
I suppose the photo is not 'exercise in a bottle' but that we have to take the quote at the end for how to stay healthy?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wasn't sure what to put as the comment for the photo. These 'samples' of different purfumes has been in this spot for weeks (as noted by the dust), but they kind of look cool all together.
ReplyDeleteI guess the theme there is: "Enjoy the smells of life, especially if they are worn by your wife!"
:-)