This morning Ann and I went for a 4 mile run. That was as far as she wanted to go and I didn’t want to run further either since I was going to go climb some hills today. After returning home and getting ready to ride I headed up Provo Canyon, then left up to Sundance. Instead of stopping there, as Ann and I did last week, I continued up the Alpine Loop road to the summit, then down American Fork Canyon, past the ranger station for Timpanogos Cave.

Normally to do this loop one goes all the way to American Fork then back on mostly flat roads, but as I said I wanted to climb some hills so I decided to double back and climb up American Fork canyon, then decend back down to Provo Canyon. That way I was able to get in 6,000 feet of climbing and close to 60 miles.

On the way back up American Fork a young guy on a tri bike came by me so I jumped on his wheel, then passed him. I had been taking it rather easy when he passed me so it was easy to pass him. He stayed with me for awhile and asked if I was from Boulder. I realized I had on the jersey I had bought at the Sea Otter Classic that was Boulder Triathlon Coaching. He wanted to know what triathlons I was racing in. I said I mostly did cycling and running. After a while he said he couldn’t keep up the pace and told me to go ahead.

As you can see from the following heart rate graph, I wasn’t really pushing things much today. I rarely went into the Red Zone, as I did for most of the Ulcer Century on the tandem. My average heart rate for the entire ride was only 131 with a maximum of only 157. Some days you just need to keep it easier and this was one of those days. Click the graph to enlarge.

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