Thursday Jun 21 |
 | Bike - 'bent 15:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Slipstream |
| Took the eggbeaters off and rode around with the platforms while waiting for Anna's bus. Much more relaxed riding with the platforms, especially on tight radius turns. Don't notice that I'm any slower than with the clipless. Also checked the derailleurs and it looks like I can easily drop a 24 tooth granny ring in place of the 30 now on there. That way I can continue to spin up steeper hills where my cadence now drops off. My non-climbing cadence is naturally around 85 rpm or so and my feet don't have any trouble staying on the pedals - so I may just opt to be an old curmudgeon and ride with platforms instead of joining the masses that insist clipless are the only way to go. But I will admit the platforms on the bike right now are kind of crappy, so I'll look around for a nicer pair.
Need to rig a decent way of mounting my zefal pump to the frame. all the normal frame angles that it might wedge into are occupied by cables. But riding with it sticking out of a pannier is a pain too... |
Wednesday Jun 20 |
| Bike - MTN (Trail-a-bike) 15:00 [2]3 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Trail-a-bike |
| Quick ride with Hayden on the Trail-a-bike. Rear tire a bit soft plus had to be home for Anna's bus..... |
Monday Jun 18 |
| Terrain (no map) (Crandalls) 41:07 [3]6.3 km (6:32 / km) +205m 5:37 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Early AM run at Crandalls on the way into work. About 50% trails, 50% off trail - headed out to the western part of the park. Gonna be some fun stuff when I actually get out to map that area later this fall.... AOWN - coupla deer, or perhaps the same on a coupla times over.... No fawns (or fauns either).
Pace felt pretty brisk even though the measured pace seems a bit average - but I did walk a couple uphills. It is what it is I guess... |
| Mixed Run (campus lunch run) 21:51 [4]4.75 km (4:36 / km) +70m 4:17 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Felt like running some more, so put the running clothes back on and headed out for a lunch time run - low 80's and dry. Pretty much fartlek across campus, trying to stay on grass and off concrete - easy on hard surfaces, moderate on grass and pushing up little hills. Wound up behind the apartments on Hunting Lodge Rd so wound up doing a little on roads as the road went by the bar where I get my sandwiches for lunch. If only they made milkshakes...
My glasses kept sliding off due to the sweat pouring down my temples (but not in my eyes) so I need to remember to put the eyeglass retainer on when I run in warm weather - usually only use it when I'm running in terrain... |
Saturday Jun 16 |
| Hiking (Geocache) 1:00:00 [1]5 km (12:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Ellen and Anna camping this weekend so I've got the boys - no time to sneak out for a ride or run. So we went geocaching over in Nye Holman and Heron Cove parks. Got them to jog occasionally on trail, but mostly just hiking about. |
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| Showers threatening this evening, so stayed in and watched the Jukola on the internet. Very nicely done video feeds, and really neat to see the results updating almost instantly as people were punching on the video. But probably won't stay up too late - I'll see how Greg does, then head off to bed - it would be very easy to get sucked into watching all night - and I need to get my rest as I had a couple late nights last week. |