Supposedly we were out for 180km. Somehow our ride turned into 230km plus or minus a few by the time I reached my little apartment in north tel aviv. It was a stunning ride through my favourite areas to ride with lots of climbing and kibitzing between us.
Not bad for a day of non-training and considering my level of fitness. I might head out for a run later tonight to shake my legs clear of lactic acid but it was not too shabby of an effort overall. I went Jelly Belly free today and but I drank litre upon litre of water with several replenishing stops and many vanilla crisp powerbars, which I should soon eliminate, but they got me through the distance. Maybe I'll try to qualify for Hawaii next year. Will 2010 bring me from olympic distance to ironman distance? Have I caught the bug? My 2008 training in Australia saw me do daily training sessions which included rides of 130km with a wednesday ride of 180km, but this type of mileage is closer to what we rode when I took the bike challenge of Israel "tip to tip" around passover. It's much different to ride long than to ride hard and I could never maintain my 40km pace over 180km but it could be fun to do at least one.
About Me
- Shawna
- No longer late twenties (dirty thirties have arrived)Canadian in Israel loving the diversity of the middle east and determined to spite it all and make that small differance while hoping and working feverishly for change and peace all at once.
2 comments:
Feel the burn and train hard.
hmmm...it's been a while without racing. we'll see whether i can pull it together and get on track. my performance totally tanked when I moved here a few years ago and this year I was completely out of the mix. we'll see if my body and mind are ready to go again for real.
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