Base - Tempo - 2006-10-13

Masochistic Psycho Ride

So I'd been reading in most of my books that, though it's October and I'm building my base, I should still throw down about once a week to keep the skillz sharp and the legs strong.

Well, I can't do my group ride tomorrow due to other commitments, so I figured I'd do a hard tempo ride today.

Oy.

Route: Interstate to Marine Drive, around Kelley Point, and back via the Bluffs. 26.38 miles.

Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes!

Average speed: 17.8 mph (which, I should point out, included hitting damn near every light on Interstate)

HR: High. 165-174 for the really hard parts where I could open it up. And at all the little overpasses, I sprinted HARD. I mean, if it were a race, and I were breaking away and the other fugitives wanted to throw me to the wolves, that's where they'd do it. So, you know, when you're suffering, probably everyone else is, too. Just gotta learn to suffer more.

I'm a little zonked now. Dippy. Tomorrow, with Lawrence, we'll discover how well I recover. I'm sure I'll be fine. But it's gonna be early in the morning, so...