Training Log Archive: veinbuster

Day 3 soloflex

Still no dips or pull ups

Testing a 3 hour route for Flight

I thought she might like a longer route when she got here so tried out road to lake simcoe. Warden gets there (with a slight jog left and a name change) with pretty light traffic.

From the lake I rode west hoping to go back south on McGowan, but it doesn’t make it to the lake. I did have a nice ride along the shore though and spent more time on Hwy 48 than I really wanted to. Mrs was stressed a bit watching that on live track. With the map uploaded, I can see Black River, Dalton, Baseline would get me to McGowan and probably make for a nice ride.

My legs started feeling tired at about 70km and my stockings started trying to shred my inner thigh at about 85km - just in time for heavy traffic on the path.

Nutrition: 1 tailwind, 1 Lara Bar

Only two spots left feeling the pain from Saturday’s crash, and only with the wrong motion.

Mrs around Rogers Reservoir. She was amazed how tall all the marsh flowers were - well over my head.

Now to see how my shoulder likes building for the day. I had cancelled Monday.

I didn’t really notice my shoulder at all at Habitat building door and window frames. Walked almost 10 km between the two crews I was overseeing. I let them do most of the hammering.

Day 2 soloflex and free weights

About 70% of normal weight for flies with somewhat reduced range of motion with the resistance.

New Garmin full test.

The forecast indicated 3 hours before the rain, so I thought I could explore the extent of what I consider safe Greenspeed roads. The air felt like rain heading out, but I trusted the forecast. I did get 10 of light rain starting at about 11km.

As the rain ended a little group of 6 guys passed me on the first longer climb. As we chatted I suggested my heavy trike might catch them on the descent. It didn’t, but my moment let me catch them on the flat heading to Lake Simcoe. I couldn’t stay with them with my low gearing, but it was fun while it lasted.

10km later another little group passed me on a hill. I caught them about 10km later and didn’t see them again.

I mapped out a decent 60km ride for the trike, though in future I am likely to bias my east-west to Holborn and Doane which have nicer road surface.

Technical notes: the live track to Mrs used about 1/3 of my phone battery over 3 hours, so viable for most of my rides.
I was able to upload the GPS to here without my computer, so I guess I don’t have any excuses for not showing where I go any more.
The slightly bigger GPS barely clears my thigh on the trike, so I might have to watch hard lefts.

Nutrition: 1/2 tailwind

Walkabout to test the new Garmin (520 plus). It has some very cool features, some of which I may not use. I did set it to send Mrs an activity track, which it did admirably - not sure what that does for battery life.

I will use the elevation chart and may use the map when travelling. The included compass is kind of fun - looks like about 5 degrees of resolution. Much more readable than my last one.

Oh...it supports an app with trails versus roads.

Day 1 soloflex and free weights

Light weights and slow motion. Bench press abandoned because of where the edge of the bench lined up on my shoulder.