Training Log Archive: Kat

This morning I went for a ride with some Yale cycling team members. We did the orchard loop, which has a few hills in it. There were five of them in total, and they were all really nice and welcoming. And much faster than me. I had to work hard to try and keep up (even though I'm sure they were going at an easy pace), and a few times they slowed down for me. About half-way through the ride, I was already dying, but the last three miles were a crawl. I completely bonked, and I could feel this weakness in my shoulders and arms, as if it was hard just to hold onto the bike. I also was having difficulty focusing, and I felt completely empty. When I got to Canner hill (a steep, longish hill close to home), I walked the bike up. I would walk a few steps, then stop and wait for the dizziness to pass, then walk a few more. Painful, especially since road bike shoes aren't meant for walking (they have a part jutting out from the bottom). When I got home, I felt totally out of it, and I weighed 99.6 lbs!! Recently, my weight has been around 103 or 104, so this was a big drop. I ate a lot of food, then went to bed for an hour. Then I showered and went to tutoring. Life goes on.

The issues here were:
- I wasn't expecting to wait 20 minutes for the ride to start
- we stopped a few times, especially when I got lost and we had to regroup
- I hadn't really eaten much for dinner yesterday or breakfast today, so I was really energy deficient
- I didn't have any food or gels with me
- the ride was longer than expected
- the pace was quick
- it was hot
- I am stubborn, so I kept pushing myself the entire time

I'm definitely going to do more cycling in the future, and maybe do some races next spring. I'll just have to be more careful!

C • weight 5

white + black (unrated, probably 5.6 and 5.7)
red 5.6+ purple 5.8
pink unrated (probably 5.8+)
pink 5.7 incline
blue 5.8 incline (not too bad, actually!)
orange 5.10 incline, got 2/3rd up, then forearms burned
yellow unrated backroom (5.9?)

I joined Marie at New Haven Fitness gym to try a zumba class. This was actually a decent aerobic workout - the moves weren't difficult physically, but they were quick and we kept it up for an hour! There was also a lot of coordination involved - I usually got it right the second time around, but it's definitely tough to learn on the move.

A short climbing session with Maja 9-10PM on a Friday evening. The gym was almost exclusively ours. :)
yellow 5.6 + black 5.8
orange 5.7 + pink ?? (probably 5.8+)
white ?? + red 5.8+
pink 5.7 + black 5.8
pink 5.8+
My technique is still quite good (that's always been my strong point, anyway), but physically I've lost some of my forearm and finger strength. I plan on going climbing regularly from now on, so in another month or two, I should be attacking the 5.10s again.

C • You're back on AP! Yay! 3

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