Highlight of the Week: Two enjoyable bike rides!

Monday | July 8, 2019: 10 m run + teaching strength class
Run location: DPRT/Kilbourne loop, Temp: 58°/62°, Time: 1:49:38, Pace: 10:57 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Strength: BOSU and med balls, Felt: good

Tuesday | July 9, 2019: 5 m run
Run location: to Bobbi’s, Temp: 77°/79°, Time: 53:25, Pace: 10:40 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | July 10, 2019: rest
Thursday | July 11, 2019: 7 m run
Run location: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 68°/71°, Time: 1:15:15, Pace: 10:45 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Friday | July 12, 2019: teaching strength class + 3 m run + 32.1 m ride
Strength: BOSU and med balls, Felt: good, but so tired! zzzzzzzz
Run location: hood, Temp: 71°/71°, Time: 31:36, Pace: 10:31, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good
Ride location: DPRT, Temp: 73°/75°, Time: 2:20:55, Pace: 13.7 mph, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good

Saturday | July 13, 2019: 5 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes, Temp: 74°/81°, Time: 55:29, Pace: 11:05 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: fine, just sluggish & hot
Sunday | July 14, 2019: 10 m run + 22 m ride
Run location: Kilbourne/DPRT, Temp: 64°/69°, Time: 1:51:02, Pace: 11:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Ride location: Kilbourne/Hunt Club, Temp: 69°/73°, Time: 1:21:42, Pace: 16.2 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great

Notes:

  • I ran to Bobbi’s on Tuesday, swam in her pool with her and her kids, then she drove me home. Kind of the perfect set-up, right? Hopefully I do that a few more times this summer!
  • I know it’s officially summer when I spend my hot runs fantasizing about riding my bike, as I was this week!
  • My RAGBRAI packet arrived! I was confused when I opened it and it had a women’s sleeveless tank because I swore I ordered a sleeved jersey! Then I saw a note inside that they ran out of sleeved jerseys in my size and gave me that instead. Ahh. Okay, then. I’ve never had this style before – I have jerseys with sleeves or racerback tanks, so maybe I’ll like it!

  • I picked up my road bike from the shop this week. I had it all the way in the car when I realized they hadn’t fixed the valve on the back tire. Oops! I took it back in and it took under a minute to fix. Also, the bike shop owner complimented me on how well I take care of my bike. Ha, that would be because I RARELY ride outside, but he doesn’t need to know that, right?!
  • I did my rides with my portable speaker strapped to my bike this week. Riding by myself is kind of boring, and having tunes makes it much more fun!

Link to Training Week 507