Training Log Archive: veinbuster

My brother and sister planned to walk 5km on the beach so I said I would see if I could do the length of the beach strip faster than they did their walk. I thought if I could turn out sub 12 intervals it should be close. Wind was light today so the headwind and tailwind speeds only differed by a bit over 1km/hr. I got in just as they were coming up from the beach.

My heart monitor didn't register a single beat today.

C • Happy Birthday! 2

Ride your age session 3

7C and calm to start. I expected light highway traffic so went south to Murrels Inlet. A couple of laps around the road best suited to a time trial - about 13km with no cross traffic. I was surprised just how flat this area was. I also had to check for a brunch location so ended up doing a tour of Surfside, Garden City and the Inlet. There was more traffic than I had expected, but none of it really impacted my ride.

The sun came out briefly at 20km. The wind started to pick up at 35km, and made it to about 20km/hr for the last 10km riding into it up the beach. I did the whole ride at a fairly steady endurance effort. Great morning.

Now for a protein biased breakfast.

No clothes to ride in 2C with me so today's ride to Murrels Inlet is deferred.

It warmed up to 7C and was sunny so I took a quick ride the length of Surfside and Garden City while my siblings tried a walk on the beach. It warmed up to 9C in the hour I was out but felt warmer than the thermometer in the sun. Wind was a steady 25km/hr again. 6km/hr difference in speed with the wind versus against it.

Ride your age session 2

This was a cool ride at 7C in damp air. The wind was the calmest it has been since we arrived at the beach - a steady 20-25km/hr. No real gusts for the whole ride. I waited until the rain was gone today, but the roads didn't start to dry until 45 km and the first I saw of the sun was at 59.5 km.

I was a bit under dressed with the warmest kit I brought south. The tights I thought I had were nowhere to be found so my legs never really warmed up. My calves could use the roller, which I intentionally left behind to make room for other stuff in my relatively small car.

For this ride I just settled into my endurance pace right from the beginning. That stretched the duration of the ride to about my limit for a traditional bike. Nice ride though and just enough of a workout to justify a big breakfast.

It is interesting to see how fast the moon travels across the sky while you are lying on the floor doing mostly nothing.
Bike ride delayed due to a dead phone battery, perhaps related to it smashing itself on the floor. At least it had rather decency to pick what should be the coldest morning of the week for that stunt.

After spending $300 on groceries in 24 hours, Mrs. felt the need to turn some of it into food and thought maybe I would go for a bike ride. I'm willing to take a hint so set out to see where she might be comfortable riding without needing to go out to the highway. It turns out there are plenty of choices that have minimal interaction with traffic and not too many stop signs. I found a couple of places that looked like good candidates for coffee or lunch.

The wind is pretty strong again today so the effort was either very relaxed or slightly punishing. The wind made it feel much colder than the nominal 15C. I was just warm enough having dressed for 10C.

Ride your age session 1.

I was up about an hour early today. The clock wasn't readable so I wasn't sure if I was finished sleeping or not. By the time I sorted out what the real time was from the next 3 clocks telling different times I figured I might as well stay up and wait out the rain storm. Radar show the bulk of it passing at about 6:30 with one more arm that didn't look any more significant than a band of lake effect snow so I got ready to go out. Very short of beverages but that should be ok given it was only 15C and not expected to get much warmer.

The last of the rain wasn't bad and my pace started out pretty good. Turning west to get to the highway that would take me to the northern beach route showed how strong what had felt like a minor cross wind really was, but 1 km of that got me to nice clean road with no lights and no cross traffic. Legs were turning well so I let my heart run up to the low 160s to get a nice interval. It was well under 10 so I knew there would be a wind penalty coming home. The next intervals were through poorly marked construction detours and hotel deliveries galore so it was easy to back off to a 150s heart rate which should be sustainable.

Sun started to poke out at 20km. turn around at 25km was going to make the ride a bit short. Full sun at 30km and it was clear the now nasty headwind was going to make the ride a good bit of work after all. Construction pushed me to the business highway and I stayed there because it gave an occasion break from the wind and some psychological breaks at traffic lights.

Back to open road at 45km but traffic was picking up so I cut back to the beach road we are on. Riding by the house my clock showed the current pass would have me finish up after the 10:00 Mrs. alarm, but I was pretty sure continuing to the next town south and returning with the wind would work out fine. I made it back with 3 minutes to spare.

This was a nice loop, though I hope it doesn't have 30+km/hr winds every day.

C • Storm 4

Hotel sort of day 2
A bit of an odd selection of weights and no bench so I just did what I could.