Four posts ago, blinded by warm weather, the arrival of Spring, and the optimistic belief that global warming was more than a hoax, I said I was making the transition from the road to the trails. An early Spring snow has made the trails unrideable so I was back on the road. I wanted to do a long ride today so that was fine. The problem is, it was such a nice day and I was in such a good mood, I didn't ride hard. Well disciplined racers can choose a heart rate they want to ride at and ride at it. I on the other hand start off motivated then start looking around, taking in the scenery, plan dinner, try to take pictures while riding, then notice I spent the last 2 hrs at 145 BPM. I am never going to improve if I keep having fun. I am going to pre-ride Yankee Springs this weekend. Hopefully I wont have so much fun.
That is funny. Yankee should be in great condition. Try to have a little fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sean, I will try not to have too much fun at Yankee, Ft. Custer, and maybe TK Lawless or Bass River or Cannonsburg. I plan to take advantage of the West side.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm a little sick, but I have fun going fast. I have the opposite problem. I'm supposed to go easy, and I start looking around and end up at 180bpm.
ReplyDeleteOf course, as you said, when I have the camera I'm screwed. I'll stop every 15 min and trash the workout entirely!
You are sick. No seriously, there are reasons why some people move up out of Expert.
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