In preparation for the triathlon in late April I'm trying to get in some endurance time. The last time I did 50K it was quite a stretch. Yesterday I went for 50 miles which is about 14 additional miles. It was tough. And I was stiff and sore for a good 5 hours afterwards, plus being completely exhausted. It took me about 2:50, which is a good hour longer than any other continuous exercise that I have ever done. Normally I do an hour, or an hour and a half here and there. This was so long I had to eat stuff as I went to keep my energy levels up.
I don't know why I thought long distance biking would be easy. It's certainly not. I think it's the deceptive nature of the fact that you are using this piece of hardware, this bicycle, and that it should somehow do a lot of the work for you. I can assure you, it doesn't.
I remember hearing about this two woman band who was touring across the country. But instead of a bus they were using bikes and clocking in 100 miles a day going from gig to gig. I remember thinking it was neat at the time. Now I'm blown away. At least at this point I can see doing a century ride, but it would be tough. Perhaps by the end of the summer I'll have trained up to that point and give it a go.
As for the triathlon prep, my foot is finally healing up from a bad blister, so I should be back on track with the running soon. I also got some orthotics to help out and I'm slowly breaking those in. I definitely feel a lot more balanced on my feet, and my knees are now aligned properly with my thighs and calves. I've prety much resigned myself to the fact that the triathlon is going to hurt, especially the run, but I think I will make it over the finish line, hopefully running but maybe walking.
Posted by jherr at March 26, 2007 08:49 AMThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)