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Monday 9 April 2007

Easter Monday long bike

Took the Plasma out for a spin today. Nice ride, took in Blandford, Dorchester, Weymouth and Wareham in a big Loop. Stopped off in Weymouth and caught some sunshine on the sea front. Very nice day, although still a cold wind. Legs tired a bit after 2 hours in the saddle. In fact, they were really tired and for about 10 minutes I really felt like giving up! However, I got to Weymouth and recharged my batteries. It was 18 miles home from there, with a long climb out of Weymouth for 2-3 miles. Enjoyed the ride back more and managed to do the last 12 miles in 32 minutes. And that's on tired legs. So it's looking good for Sprint tri on 22nd, which has a 14 miles bike leg, over similar terrain.
Today wasn't so much about stats, more about time in the saddle. Was roughly 65 miles in all. Approx 3 hours of riding. No bike tomorrow, just a swim session at lunchtime and a run in the evening. Won't ride to work much this week, maybe only thursday and friday.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good ride again - you've put some miles in over the last 2 rides does swimming help ease the leg muscles at all - or is that a silly question? (I suppose it all depends on the swim)

Steve Birtwistle said...

No, not a silly question. It is probably the best 'active' recovery session to do. Gets the blood flowing through the muscles again, flushes out any lactates still there and waste products from the muscle tissues. Really does help the body recover quicker as well as strengthening upper body and core muscles. Plus a chance to work on swim technique more, slowing down the stroke and thinking about my body position in the water.
Feels good to have put in some mileage. Will really notice the benefit of that after a couple of days rest and then some easy riding until the next long ride on Saturday.
Focus now will be on the run for the next 2 weeks and putting in a couple of longer sessions, with a couple of shorter runs for speed work.

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