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Tuesday Feb 2, 2016 #
2 PM
biking 30:08 7.64 mi (3:57 / mi) +67ft 3:55 / mi
ahr:115 max:140 weight:141lbs
After a reminder from Phil that it was possible to get a little exercise by biking outside without freezing to death, I thought about it a bit and it seemed a reasonable suggestion (Phil is actually quite good at making reasonable suggestions for training for other people).
Mid to upper 40s, light NW breeze. Short loop on the flats. Could tell from my butt that I hadn't been biking for a few months. Could tell from my quads that I had been storing up the glycogen. And could tell from the hamstring that this was still a possible form of exercise. At least as long as the weather is benign, or at the gym I suppose.
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And as to the question of what the hell was I doing speedwork for, I'd answer:
- From time to time it's fun to run faster than the usual plodding along.
- I'd had zero indications of any ailments in not just my hamstrings but the legs in general. And that includes no stiffness the day after the other times I've been to the track or run down at Forest Park in the last couple of months. And that also includes during the workout in question. Nothing. And then boom, out of the blue, no warning.
- And in general, I'd been paying very close attention to any signs the body was giving off and making adjustments according.
But sometimes things just happen. It seems to come with the territory of being out there. Still better than doing nothing.
Mid to upper 40s, light NW breeze. Short loop on the flats. Could tell from my butt that I hadn't been biking for a few months. Could tell from my quads that I had been storing up the glycogen. And could tell from the hamstring that this was still a possible form of exercise. At least as long as the weather is benign, or at the gym I suppose.
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And as to the question of what the hell was I doing speedwork for, I'd answer:
- From time to time it's fun to run faster than the usual plodding along.
- I'd had zero indications of any ailments in not just my hamstrings but the legs in general. And that includes no stiffness the day after the other times I've been to the track or run down at Forest Park in the last couple of months. And that also includes during the workout in question. Nothing. And then boom, out of the blue, no warning.
- And in general, I'd been paying very close attention to any signs the body was giving off and making adjustments according.
But sometimes things just happen. It seems to come with the territory of being out there. Still better than doing nothing.