Finally a Full Week of Cycling
May 31, 2009 5:53 amIt seems like a long time since I was able to get in a week of exercise that I consider very good. It seems to have been a long lull, with the cycling accident on April 8th (week 15 on the chart below). Then the travel to Washington State, Utah, Atlanta and Florida. Although I was trying to get in some exercise while traveling and while recovering, it was not at the level I usually can do and much of it was on a bike trainer.
After returning from Atlanta (week 20), we started our crash recovery course on cycling, quickly getting ready to a Century ride that Saturday. It was the first time for quite awhile for both Anne and I to reach 200 miles of cycling in a week. The next week should have been much better than it was, but the long ride we were planning on that Saturday turned out to be short due to very cold condition. But for this week (week 22), I biked nearly 400 miles. Yesterday was my first time to cycle without any splint on, and it worked okay. I went on the long distance training ride with the club (Anne could not join due to a conflict). The 115 miles seemed not too difficult, but I did have a hard time to keep up with the guys I usually can hang right with. My climbing is slowing coming back but I still have a ways to recover.
If I look at the accumulated cycling miles over this year, compared with prior years, the fall off is quite apparent. From being ahead of any prior years, I have fallen back, well below last year.
Due to issues with my knees, my running has been very moderate for several months now. While traveling, I did run more than I had been, but it is still at a relatively low level, never getting more than about 16 miles in a week.
My weight had climbed as my cycling at declined, but it is now finally coming back down, which is good news.
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