Highlight of the Week: Slowing increasing my cycling mileage and feeling good!
Monday | June 7, 2021: 2 m run (+20 min walk)
Run location: VPW, Temp: 79°/79°, Time: 25:44, Pace: 12:50 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: fine, so annoyed with flies
Tuesday | June 8, 2021: 11.2 m ride
Run location: to Lake Andrea and back, Temp: 83°/84°, Time: 46:26, Pace: 14.5 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: decent, but got a weird headache
Wednesday | June 9, 2021: strength + 2.45 m walk (w/Steven)
Thursday | June 10, 2021: rest
Friday | June 11, 2021: 2.35 m walk (w/Tricia)
Saturday | June 12, 2021: 23 m ride
Run location: DPRT, Temp: 66°/74°, Time: 1:48:32, Pace: 12.7 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | June 13, 2021: strength
Notes:
- I was in a mood after work Monday and decided to try to run. My knee felt mostly decent, yay! But I was so, so, so annoyed with the flies flying in circles around my head. OMFG. That just made my mood a bit worse, even though I got to run. And my calves were sore, which they never are – maybe from cycling?
- I was brave and got my road bike outside on Tuesday, and it feels so much easier and faster to ride than the mountain bike. I got a strange headache while I was riding though. At first I thought it was due to the heat, but it happened again on my Saturday ride, so maybe it’s due to the helmet?
- My knee decided to really ache Thursday through Saturday so that’s fun. I have an appointment with a sports medicine doctor tomorrow. I really miss running, but also, it’s been super hot (highs in the high 80s/low 90s) and it’s nice to ride my bike in that heat instead of running. I’m glad cycling is not bothering my knee like I thought it would! It is making my calves sore though – I keep increasing the height on the mountain bike seat when I use it, but I think it’s sliding down. Ha. I have a massage on Thursday and that will help.
- I wanted to do another ride Sunday but I lifted then helped Steven build shelves at his new warehouse for 3 hours and was a bit spent. And it was 89°F. Oops.
