It's time for me to be honest -- due to a million factors ranging from the Princess' preschool schedule to the Pea's ear infection, to wanting to catch my beloved Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Big Ten tournament, week five has been a spotty one. As it turns out, all three of those reasons reared their ugly head on Thursday, which meant I was heading into Friday still not having ridden a good workout in about a week.
On Friday, with the Princess at preschool for a three hour block, I hit the bike...
75 min Hill Interval Ride
The specific guidance from the training guide told me to do eight hill intervals of one minute in length. The specific ability of the bike I rode on (admittedly, the one that was in front of the college hoops) was slightly different, but, after choosing the "Alpine Pass" program and inputting 75 minutes, I was challenged nonetheless.
The crazy thing about the workout today was how sore I had woken up. Not having worked out yesterday, having had a very nice massage and a non-impact swim in the days prior, why was I sore from my hamstrings to my ribs to my shoulders. It really made no sense whatsoever -- let's just say that nothing I did outside of the gym on Thursday would have done that. It's one of life's great mysteries, but one you come to expect when training for a distance race. So, I hurt, it hurt to ride the bike, but when all was said and done I had kept my wattage up and, at least according to the bike I was on, had covered a good 22 miles in my 75-80 minutes. To be honest, I remain skeptical of that figure, but I was well pleased with how I pushed myself on the hills and kept up the pace ahead of a long (2:45) bike ride on Sunday and a long swim (2000ish) tomorrow. The Gophers on the other hand? They laid an egg and left everything in the hands of the NCAA Selection Committee -- NEVER a good idea.
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