Sunday was action packed as far as Ironman training goes!
I woke up at 6:15am to get to Train with my bike for my two hour, 7:30am ride. I wanted to make sure I had enough time to find parking, carry my (27lb) bike up to the third floor and calibrate. I wanted to see how it felt with the new fit.
I was the first one there and totally ready for the ride to start on time and get in my full two hours. I rode about 31-32 miles. It was a cadence ride, so I would ride several minutes in a low cadence (60-65 rotations) and then recover for a shorter period of time in a high cadence (closer to 90-95). I was SO HAPPY to not worry about heart rate!!!!! Even so, I wore my HR monitor and I wasn't even close to the heart rates she wanted during the cadence required. I was killing it on power... YEAHHHHHH!!! In low heart rate zones, which is awesome! But also a big reason I want to do another VO2 assessment and a power assessment to see where I'm at after all this long, slow, low intensity crap!
After my ride, I scooted over to FFC Gold Coast to meet my friend Melissa, who is also training for Muncie this year. She had a long ride and I met her there at the end of her ride, so I could do my 30 minutes of strength training. Afterwards, we got cleaned up there in the fancy locker room and went to O'Donovan's on Irving and Damen for a delicious Bloody Mary and St. Patty's brunch. It was a great time and so fun to see a friend at the gym! I loved having a friend gym date! I honestly wish Michael was into that and was up for making that a priority in his life. C'est la vie! At least I have gal pals who are into it! :)
I woke up at 6:15am to get to Train with my bike for my two hour, 7:30am ride. I wanted to make sure I had enough time to find parking, carry my (27lb) bike up to the third floor and calibrate. I wanted to see how it felt with the new fit.
I was the first one there and totally ready for the ride to start on time and get in my full two hours. I rode about 31-32 miles. It was a cadence ride, so I would ride several minutes in a low cadence (60-65 rotations) and then recover for a shorter period of time in a high cadence (closer to 90-95). I was SO HAPPY to not worry about heart rate!!!!! Even so, I wore my HR monitor and I wasn't even close to the heart rates she wanted during the cadence required. I was killing it on power... YEAHHHHHH!!! In low heart rate zones, which is awesome! But also a big reason I want to do another VO2 assessment and a power assessment to see where I'm at after all this long, slow, low intensity crap!
After my ride, I scooted over to FFC Gold Coast to meet my friend Melissa, who is also training for Muncie this year. She had a long ride and I met her there at the end of her ride, so I could do my 30 minutes of strength training. Afterwards, we got cleaned up there in the fancy locker room and went to O'Donovan's on Irving and Damen for a delicious Bloody Mary and St. Patty's brunch. It was a great time and so fun to see a friend at the gym! I loved having a friend gym date! I honestly wish Michael was into that and was up for making that a priority in his life. C'est la vie! At least I have gal pals who are into it! :)
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