So last night I had to get home and push out two hours on the bike and a 20min brick. Turns out doing your BIG bike workout on a week night kinda stinks.
I also decided that I could be at least half as tough as Susi and dig in without too much distraction. While I was prepared to forgo the tv I couldn't part with my ipod. I did notice that I was a lot more 'in the moment' and felt like I was working harder. The two hours flew by and it was time for me to get out to the paths for a 20min run. It was Flippin' cold! I do not enjoy. I've been having nothing but problems with bike shoes. I'm on my second pair and I know that these ones won't work either. Jenna I feel you pain with the runners! One's too big, one is too small they both hurt my big toes. ugh By the time I finished stretching it was 10pm and I had enough time to eat and hop in the shower and crawl into bed.
This morning I was a sleepy girl. I was still feeling the effects of the bike when I headed out on my run this morning. My knee was twinging on the bike last night so I was a little curious about how it would work. The good news is that I made it farther then any other time. The bad news is I hit one serious wall of pain. At the 11km mark it was like running into a brick wall. All I could do to push through the last 35 minutes. So in the future I will avoid the Big bike and Big run combo!
This post is rambling so I'm signing off. Enjoy the sunshine!
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is it sunny out?? i'm trapped in cubicle hell with nary a sun ray crossing my path. sigh...
i am sooo not tough!! seriously. i cry during long distance commercials. don't even get me started on movies where animals die. sniff, sniff.
i just happen to be a glutten for punishment and have a crazy gerbil in my brain that can keep me amused for hours (only child syndrome), which is why i can sit on a bike for 2.5 hours with no outside entertainment.
oh, and i do turn on the tv for the last 10 minutes (cool down). i use that as a reward. needless to say nothing good is ever on. LOL.
glad you learned the lesson about big runs and big bikes back to back. silly girl!! ;)
ug!! how did you do it.... however, i too, am trapped like a cage animal in my office - no windows, no indication of day light ....no fresh air - I HATE IT. Maybe riding to work will help, or noon hour runs, or noon hour dashes to the outdoor pools - when the ice thaws and the windchill goes of course!!
As for sitting on a bike for 2.5 hours with no distractions ...am i pretty sure I would rather pull my eyelids over my head - I couldn't do it. No way! On the road though - there are plenty of things to distract me so its fine. I have noticed on IM movies and videos that on the run people look like they are rambling to thmselves, the wandering mad, seriously. I often think to myself I wonder at which point I will be talking to myself and not noticing that I am answering and that people all over are looking at me like I am a nutbar! Likely mile 2 ..baaahaa .only if I eat the paste!!!!!
I'm glad that you have determined just what your body can handle -- take care of that bod, girl!! :) :)
I need visual stimulation on the bike. I have a bloody visual orgy compared to you tough nuts!!! I have my Computrainer beside the boob-tube. I only get one channel (CTV,surprise! not CBC -- though I am not complaining! hahaha!) Usually, I get to watch Dr. Phil and then it's just 2 hours of news. Then I might flip to watching a movie.
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