pete and I did another ride yesterday. it was a beautiful day. the ride was good.
it seems, though, there is a little contention in what we want out of these rides. we're coming from different places. in my mind I have a set idea of what they should be--I'm in training; I need to go far, etc., etc. pete wants a good ride, but he doesn't necessarily feel like he needs to go super far and for an over-extended length of time.
but I like having him along for the ride with me. I love doing stuff like this with him. so hopefully in the future I can stop being such a workout snob and just enjoy the moment and the effort I put into it. we left the ride yesterday with some frustrations, hopefully we have been able to work through them.
I tacked on a couple extra miles yesterday by going to the park to ride some laps. pete just headed home. I mean, we had already had a really good ride. we rode up past the zoo, over on wasatch, across the bridge, etc. there's a lot of climbing involved. it was a good ride. but I just felt I needed more. I needed at least twenty miles. I have my olympic distance triathlon in two weeks, afterall! {which, btw, I finally signed up for. too bad the price had gone up. oh well. I'm in!}
and then after my ride I threw in a very short run to test the jello legs. it wasn't as bad as I was expecting! though I was pretty low energy, since I didn't take any gatorade or gu's with me. note to self: take in energy during the race. so yeah. a brick workout. good times.
21 miles bike; 1 mile run
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4 comments:
Nice to have a partner for those bike rides! Congrats on signing up for the tri. I can't wait to hear how it goes! Loved the flat tire story in the previous post. I am always amazed and my faith is renewed in people in general when I see how nice people can be. For some reason you really see it come out in running folks and I guess in biking folks too!
I have a good time when my husband and I do runs and rides together, too. It is such a great time to connect and serve as support for one another.
Congrats on giving a brick workout a go and learning that you're going to need more energy - a mile run is the perfect distance for a trial!
My wife and I used to ride together when we were both training for triathlons. It used to drive us crazy, I'd ride too fast and have to slow down and wait, but she liked going because she would go as hard as she could and said she felt like it made her a stronger rider. But in the end I couldn't do it, I couldn't slow down enough and not sit there and stew about it and get all torked off.
Now we have the great equalizer...the kids in a bike trailer! I can pedal my heart out and be huffing and puffing and she'll be coasting along right next to me pointing out all of wonderful scenery which I am missing due to all of the sweat burning my eyes. It is great!
i love working out with the husband. many of my friends complain that their husbands complain about all their training and races. my easy solution: do them together. tom is much faster than me, especially running. we usually don't run together. we may start together. we are little more equal on rides. he doesn't mind waitng at the tops of the climbs and i can usually keep up on the flats. but it is the best to be all psyched up for a race together and prep together and stand at the starting line together and celebrate after together.
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