Another bike session this afternoon. Was going to go swimming this morning but youngest had a dentist appointment, time was tight, and I didn't want to turn up with frizzy hair smelling of eau de chlorine.
I baked cakes instead. Some for the after School Christian Club I'm a leader at and some for my Nana's birthday which is tomorrow. Nana is no longer with us, but loved birthdays and a good old knees up, so in her honour, we have a tea party. Just me, Bobby, and our 2 girls...oh, and the dog. We've been doing it for the last 7 years since she died. She was fun loving and very wise, and wouldn't want us to be sad. Our 2 girls were very young when she died, but still remember her and the memories of their time with her. I think that's testament to what sort of person she was.
So, this afternoon I had a bit of spare time. I decided to do a bike session to 'test the water' so to speak. I set myself a session of warming up with about 20 mins of medium effort, with a higher cadence than I'm used to (I'm a gear grinder) of around 95. Then I was planning on doing a really hard 20 mins effort - sustainable but uncomfortable - finishing off with an easy 20 mins cool down.
The first part went ok although I got to the end of the 'warm up' blowing a lot more than I should have. I launched into the hard effort and immediately my quads started burning. They got no worse, but it was very uncomfortable and by the end of the 20 mins, I'd had it. Not cardiovascular wise, but legs wise - they were toast. My planned 20 min cool down consisted of lying across my tri bars for 5 mins before attempting to get off the bike- as soon as I did my legs buckled. Yep, I'm out of shape.
Although I didn't finish the session, I wasn't disappointed. Yes, I was tired, but it was a good tired, the tired you feel when you've worked hard, and I did. It wasn't the tired where you want to sleep for 2 weeks afterwards - that sort of tired isn't good and is exactly what I went through after most sessions last year.
The stats are pretty unimpressive. For the main 20 min set, I managed 7.52 miles at 22.5mph. I have to point out that this session was on rollers, well the back rollers at least as I put the front fork on a stand. There was no resistance other than my gears which I kept in the big ring. So, compared with a turbo session, this is probably far easier although it didn't feel like it at the time.
Enjoyable but I am suffering with very sore lady bits now -sorry TMI, I know.
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