Highlight of the Week: A long RAGBRAI prep ride with Dad & Will / getting to run three times!
Monday | July 5, 2021: 17.7 m ride
Run location: To Wilmot Rd and back, Temp: 88°/84°, Time: 1:14:24, Pace: 14.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy/medium (harder into the wind), Felt: HOT
Tuesday | July 6, 2021: 1 m run (inside 3.4 m walk)
Run location: VPW, Temp: 76°/76°, Time: 58:12, Pace: 17:08 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, just hot!
Wednesday | July 7, 2021: strength
Thursday | July 8, 2021: 12.3 m ride
Run location: Pine Dunes & VPW, Temp: 64°/63°, Time: 1:04:25, Pace: 11.5 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | July 9, 2021: 1.5 m run (inside 2.5 m walk)
Run location: Van Patten Woods, Temp: 65°/66°, Time: 39:57, Pace: 16:00 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Saturday | July 10, 2021: 51 m ride (part i and ii, accidentally stopped watch) (w/Dad & Will)
Run location: Heritage Trail, Iowa, Temp: 63°/70°, Time: 2:41:14 + 1:52:04, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | July 11, 2021: 2 m run (inside 3 m walk)
Run location: Esmann Island, Temp: 56°/55°, Time: 49:28, Pace: 16:25 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- I’m sure I say this every time I get on my road bike after mostly riding a mountain bike but I’m SO MUCH FASTER on it. Ha. Even with the wind in my face. I like to think doing so much training on the crushed trails will make our day of RABRAI feel a lot easier! (It turns out the route we are riding this year is almost the exact same as Day 4 of 2015, which we also rode.)
- I rode a new-to-me route Monday and was pleasantly surprised to discover bike lanes on part of it! I’ll be doing that route again.
- I was able to run three times this week with no knee pain. Yay!
- Friday’s run was completely gorgeous and cool for July. I got sprinkled on then saw a beautiful double rainbow.
- Dad, Will, and I rode the Heritage Trail in Iowa on Saturday as part of our RAGBRAI training. It was quite an adventure that I will write about in my weekend recap. I am glad I got a chance to ride with them before RABRAI and see how their training is going.
