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Whimper after too long out of the saddle of my road bike?
I am sore, but I am so glad I got off my fat arse and rode with Justin and brother-in-law, David, today.
GPS track, and my heartrate & cadence data for today's ride
According to MotionBased.com, where I log all my outdoor rides, it has been two MONTHS since my last ride--how in the hell did that happen? I did some indoor training rides since then, but they don't show up on MotionBased.com to help my "motivation through publication" since their site is a little crippled in that it won't log rides that lack a GPS track, even if they have cadence (and thus speed + distance) and heart rate data.
Anyhow, the ripe whipped my overly ample arse but in a good way and I am starting a new week feeling energized and ready to try, again, to lose all this excess "baby weight".
Justin's heartrate and cadence data shows his fitness level & my lack thereof -- his heartrate zone was 2.6 avg on the same ride that kept me at 4.4 (of 5 zones!)
It's been awhile since I've been on the bike, either outdoors (see MotionBased log) or indoors (my last bike trainer ride was on Feb. 28--sigh.)
I wanted to make this at least 10 miles but it'd been too long off the bike and the kiddo had passed out in an uncomfortable position in her bouncer, so I bailed off the trainer at 8.15 miles. The only goal I did achieve was biking at least 20 minutes to get some cardio benefit.
From the tiny print:
3/12/08 ~~ Distance 8.15 mil. ~~ Elapsed Time (Min:Sec) 23:12 ~~ Avg. Speed 21.1 mph ~~ Max. Speed 27.2 mph ~~ Calories 635 calories ~~ Avg. Heart 156 bpm ~~ Max. Heart Rate 166 bpm ~~ Avg. Cadence 64 rpm
And since I haven't mentioned it, no, I've had no weight loss since starting this but I haven't stuck with it reliably and I haven't successfully cut back on my Dr Pepper intake.
The cadence sensor is installed and functioning, so I now have distance and speed data for my indoor bike trainer workouts. Sadly, that's still not enough data to make MotionBased.com happy so that I can log my indoor workouts right alongside my outdoor workouts. We are anxiously awaiting the launch of Garmin Connect's new features since they acquired MotionBased.com. Until then, I think I'll resort to screenshots from Garmin Training Center (a desktop app) for sharing my indoor bike trainer rides --
In case the Larger View is unviewable:
10.4 miles, 30:06 min, 20.7mph avg. speed, 37.3mph max, ~819 cal, 158bpm average heartrate, 169 max heartrate, 62rpm cadence
The dip in the middle is the stop I had to make to tend to Sara because she was having a meltdown. She has a love-hate relationship with me on the trainer--she loves me, hates me on the trainer. ;)
I always had physical education before lunch or midday, leaving me with a (progressively less) red face for the rest of the day. A shower helps, but I'm always the beet after exertion, especially during outdoor activities in the summer.
Stats for Indoor Bike Trainer session #2:
20 min. 30 seconds sustained
(Dropped my chain 2 minutes in and reset my monitor to start fresh; also "coasted" for two roughly 15 second intervals, hence the extra 30 seconds)
Heartrate monitor:
Avg around 160 bpm (will know exact once I upload the data.)
How I feel: great, but ready for a shower. Justin advised me to take today as a rest day from the trainer if I was sore (legs, etc. Sore rump is to be expected!) Since I wasn't I saw no reason not to put some more time on the trainer. My quads burn very quickly -- need to get back in shape. Hammys have always been weak, and having a hamstring autograft ACL recon 3 years ago didn't do my left hamstring any favors
Yes, I need to buy a clip, case or sleeve for my iPod so I don't have to secure it by tying it around my NECK.
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...It's a start (judging by my red face, a long overdue start!) Full disclosure: it was 10 minutes, followed by a 5 minute break to hydrate and eat an energy bar (skipped breakfast and hadn't grabbed lunch yet--my usual bad habit), then back on the bike for 15 minutes with no breaks. I was shooting for 20 minutes that session, but Sara was fussing in her bouncer.
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Sadly, all my heartrate data is locked in limbo thanks to MotionBased.com and some kind of glitch affecting Garmin Training Center which might have been user error. So much for logging my indoor training rides the way I log the outdoor ones.
I had planned to use the kiddo's blue mats underneath the entire bike footprint, in case of grease from the chain ring or from the bike trainer itself, but that didn't leave me much clearance below my rear tire when I'm on the bike, so out that plan went. No wonder they charge $50 for ultra-thin rubber mats to go under bike trainers. Oh well. I figure a towel or two will serve the same purpose, and maybe once I lose some weight the bike+trainer won't sink so far on the mat? (Hey, a chick can dream!)
So, I plan on logging my first bike trainer ride tomorrow, although my Garmin cadence & speed sensor for my Forerunner 305 won't be in for a couple more days--so I won't have distance data; thanks to the 305, however, I will have heart rate data so I can focus on achieving/maintaining target heart rate zones during my indoor training rides.
I haven't planned my workouts yet, but I hope to log at least three rides during the week and either an indoor trainer ride or a real-life road ride with Justin on the weekends. That'd be four sessions of solid cardio that I just plain am not getting right now.
Hopefully, the kiddo will think watching me spinning away on the bike is high entertainment, and I will be able to get in 30-, 45-, 60-minute workouts. We'll see if popping her in her exersaucer or bouncer works, or if I have to devise an elaborate Toddler Containment Unit with our existing self-supporting baby gates (still need to buy a hardware-mounted one for the top of the stairs.)
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