Saturday Jul 5 |
 | Cycling (Grandview) 1:17:39 [3] | |
| ahr:132 max:159 |
| The Raleigh is a hardy machine...even with some frayed spots on the tires (which I found AFTER my ride), four years of neglect, and gravelly roads to start out, it carried me out to my usual turn-around and back just fine.
My usual turn-around is now an espresso stand. It had better be there next time I'm out here...new Grandview ride tradition will be formed!
Amazing how the hills here seem much smaller than in memory. Proof that it's not so much that I'm out of shape (which I am), but that the hills at West Point are that much bigger. I wasn't initially sure I'd go all the way, but when I hit North Star Rd and was thinking "This is it?" I knew I'd be able to handle the full ride. I'll probably be a bit sore, but I'm glad I did. I had moments of a sore rear (probably the yoga) and pure psoas bliss after coming up out of a long section in aero.
I hope I can set it up so I can bike back and forth to Buckner. That would be perfect. |
Friday Jul 4 |
| strength (yoga and abs) 20:00 [3] | |
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| Did some yoga with Clare, who is very strong and very flexible - she knows some awesome difficult variants of the usual poses. Inspired me to knock out some abs. |
Tuesday Jul 1 |
| Kayaking 2:40:00 [3] | |
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| Took Anna out for 1:20 around the Bay - she loved it, I practically had to pry her out of the boat. Jon now has a companion for his insane trips...at least when she gets older!
Went with Jon to enjoy some dinner and adult conversation...date night, Campbell style. Except that Jon had that gleam in his eye when looking at the 'yak that meant instead of a short jaunt around the Point, we went across the Bay (40 mins - 2 mi?), stopped for dinner, then continued to cross to the far end of the State Park and follow the shoreline in (1:40). Saw a seal that came over to check us out, an eagle watching from the other beach, a couple of loons.
Tandems are nice - had to slow down my frantic pace (probably from trying to keep up with Jon in the single boats), but we were in synch and really flying by the end of the trip, drawing compliments from a couple of guys on the beach drinking beer and watching the sunset. Nice rhythm, indeed! |