Had a good yoga class today. Gotta keep flexible and injury free and these classes are a great way to do it. The older I get the more I need these. One hour and fifteen minutes of beginning yoga. Found ways to make it tougher.

Outside bike ride today. Very wet and muddy with the melting snow making quite a mess of my bike and myself. One hour and forty two minutes (1:41:59) including lots of waiting for pedestrians on the Canal Path to get out of the way – some were very clueless in spite of ringing my bell and saying “On your left!” several times. I wonder what they were thinking to not be aware of traffic. Went from Edgewood at the canal to east of Fairport.

An hour and thirty minutes of yoga! This one included using weights. If I’m not careful I might get some upper body strength.

A regular workout at 60 minutes. Peak BPM is recorded as 178 which means that 183 is probably not my max, something higher is. Don’t remember what the settings were for this workout, but it looks like some hills were climbed given the dip in BPM.

Wow! I am more of a slacker than I had thought. It’s been a while since I logged my workouts.

Just a quick workout on this day of 33 minutes. With 26.4 MPH I believe that I was trying to fit something in and so went all out (for a little bit at any rate).

Broke 700 kCal tonight again. Being sick appears to have done wonders 😛 . I just made it over the 700 mark at 60 minutes so it wasn’t as clean as Sunday, but I’m taking it. My brother says I should be happy it’s not 1000 kCal to which I responded that there wouldn’t be anything left of me after that. I think I’ll stick with being happy for 700+ for now. At any rate, mostly at setting 15 and higher for 63.75 minutes (ok, I confess to a few minutes at 14). Lots of climbing at settings 20 and 21 – teacher was in the mood for power and speed. I don’t see how people can spin at more than 65 RPM when standing. Too light a gear is not for me, I’ll hurt myself. Even at setting 19 I can get up to 70 RPM out of the saddle and could probably do more except that it feels unnatural and uncomfortable. <sigh> I expect I’ll figure it out someday. Maybe running has ruined me?

Today is 75 minutes of yoga which is good since I am feeling pretty stiff, comparatively. Looking over the RAW web site it turns out there are some qualifiers throughout the season. I’m thinking Wisconsin on August: 400 miles if I can get someone to follow in a car/van. I could do solo if I get permission, but it would suck if I had a mechanical problem and no one to call. If I can’t get someone, then I’m thinking 200 miles.

First day back from my cold! Still somewhat congested but nothing out of control. Full of energy after my 1.5 days of immobility. Workout was 60 minutes of spinning at setting 15 and 90 RPM interspaced with some standing, about 5 minutes at settings 20 and 21. Broke 700 calories according to the bike – so there’s another goal reached (was about 750 for the hour). I will see if I can move tomorrow.

Just a quick note that no training is happening today due to cold. left work early and taking it easy.

Getting a cold  😐 . Boo, hiss. It’s been creeping up on me very slowly and has decided it’s going to stay. Put in a one hour workout on the spinning bike. Given all the leg rest I was in setting 15 and 16 for most of the hour with about 8 minutes at settings 20 and 21. yes, that’s right: setting 21 for that slow, uphill climb experience. Felt better afterwards than I had thought I would. Definitely needing more H2O with the cold.