Workout Recap from Prior Post
01.28.14 Cross Trainer: 00:26:53 290 cal Dist: 1.2mile
01.28.14 Weights: Assisted Chins & Dips 00:16:01155 cal
01.29.14 00:32:18 392c HRavg 140 HRmax 168 Sprints
01.29.14 00:31:28 433c HRavg 151 HRmax166 Stress Test
01.30.14 00:30:40 230c HRavg 109 HRmax 123
01.30.14 00:29:15 294c HRavg 127 HRmax 133
02.02.14 01:30:18 1085c HRavg 140 HRmax 160 18 miles (12mph avg)
02.11.14 01:00:00 500c ???? ???? 12 miles (12mph avg)
02.13.14 00:31:08 250c HRa 113 HRm 140
02.13.14 00:23:30 319c HRa 150 HRm 171 HeartTest (I guess I passed, I'm still here)
02.15.14 01:41:38 797c HRa 144 HRm 169 20.40mile (12.36 mph avg) PR*!
I have been getting to the gym on a fairly regular basis, except for that first week in February.
If I remember correctly, I was getting tax documents together, readying the house for my daughter's return from her year in Santiago, Chile, and oh yeah, dealing with more snow... UGH Don't get me wrong, I like it when it snows, but enough is enough...The latest estimate of total snow accumulation for this winter so far is over 60"...And late February and early March are notorious for large snow storms, so who knows, maybe will set a record. UGHX2
With the Bike MS Tour de Farms bike ride a little over four months away I am trying build up my stamina by slowly increasing the duration of my indoor long "rides." My informal training program of strength training twice a week and 3 to 4 rides seems to be working. Prior to beginning my latest ride I set a goal of riding for 01:45:00 or 20 miles which ever came first. The SciFit machine put a crimp in the plan because 99 is the maximum number of minutes a person can enter on the timer but I felt pretty confident I could reach my milage goal in 01:39:00.
I began my ride with a level 4 resistance but increased to level 5 after I warmed up. When viewing the above photo of the SciFit display screen, the yellow bars at the bottom indicate the "hills" of the course, and as you can see the 1st quarter of the ride was the most difficult. At 49.5 minutes in I had ridden 10.2 miles and decided to move up to level 6. I tried to keep my pace at 90rpms which wasn't much of a problem until the last 10 minutes of the ride. Even with my padded riding gloves on my hands were starting to tingle. To combat this I used a one-armed peddle and alternated arms so I could shake the blood back into my hands...
When all was said and done, I was happy with my distance and pace of my ride. I will see how it goes from here, but I am thinking about riding the 50 mile course instead of the 35 mile ride I'm currently registered for. I'm don't know the exact course yet so I have no idea about how hilly it will be and the temperatures of late June could be an issue. I have about 17 weeks to get ready whichever route I choose. I will continue using the same mixed conditioning approach of strength training combined with speed and long-distance rides. The only thing I need to change is my riding playlist... I think an electronic/dance mix tape would help me maintain that 90rpm pace
01.29.14 00:32:18 392c HRavg 140 HRmax 168 Sprints
01.29.14 00:31:28 433c HRavg 151 HRmax166 Stress Test
01.30.14 00:29:15 294c HRavg 127 HRmax 133
02.02.14 01:30:18 1085c HRavg 140 HRmax 160 18 miles (12mph avg)
02.11.14 01:00:00 500c ???? ???? 12 miles (12mph avg)
02.13.14 00:31:08 250c HRa 113 HRm 140
02.13.14 00:23:30 319c HRa 150 HRm 171 HeartTest (I guess I passed, I'm still here)
02.15.14 01:41:38 797c HRa 144 HRm 169 20.40mile (12.36 mph avg) PR*!
I have been getting to the gym on a fairly regular basis, except for that first week in February.
If I remember correctly, I was getting tax documents together, readying the house for my daughter's return from her year in Santiago, Chile, and oh yeah, dealing with more snow... UGH Don't get me wrong, I like it when it snows, but enough is enough...The latest estimate of total snow accumulation for this winter so far is over 60"...And late February and early March are notorious for large snow storms, so who knows, maybe will set a record. UGHX2
With the Bike MS Tour de Farms bike ride a little over four months away I am trying build up my stamina by slowly increasing the duration of my indoor long "rides." My informal training program of strength training twice a week and 3 to 4 rides seems to be working. Prior to beginning my latest ride I set a goal of riding for 01:45:00 or 20 miles which ever came first. The SciFit machine put a crimp in the plan because 99 is the maximum number of minutes a person can enter on the timer but I felt pretty confident I could reach my milage goal in 01:39:00.I began my ride with a level 4 resistance but increased to level 5 after I warmed up. When viewing the above photo of the SciFit display screen, the yellow bars at the bottom indicate the "hills" of the course, and as you can see the 1st quarter of the ride was the most difficult. At 49.5 minutes in I had ridden 10.2 miles and decided to move up to level 6. I tried to keep my pace at 90rpms which wasn't much of a problem until the last 10 minutes of the ride. Even with my padded riding gloves on my hands were starting to tingle. To combat this I used a one-armed peddle and alternated arms so I could shake the blood back into my hands...
When all was said and done, I was happy with my distance and pace of my ride. I will see how it goes from here, but I am thinking about riding the 50 mile course instead of the 35 mile ride I'm currently registered for. I'm don't know the exact course yet so I have no idea about how hilly it will be and the temperatures of late June could be an issue. I have about 17 weeks to get ready whichever route I choose. I will continue using the same mixed conditioning approach of strength training combined with speed and long-distance rides. The only thing I need to change is my riding playlist... I think an electronic/dance mix tape would help me maintain that 90rpm pace
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