Anybody run?

The bike work will be a nice change of pace and I’m sure my knees will be okay with it. A few months ago I purchased a cold plunge, so when I’m home I’ve been sitting in that for five minutes. That refreshes the legs too.

As for the HR, it’s zone one, with a little zone two depending on the hill. But it’s pretty much just cruising around.

The road bike is a game changer. I rode with a work buddy Thursday and he’s got a ten speed mountain bike. He’s in pretty good shape, but that road bike is easy to just get up and go with little effort. But man they are pricey.

 

Today I met up with one of our Engineers and a guy I work with. The Engineer was a serious cyclist back in the day. He did some pretty long rides, most notably a 505 mile ride out west.

He took us on an almost 18 mile ride with some flat land and some good climbs. It was rather enjoyable. Flat land is fun, but boring so the stress up the hills was nice actually.

I understand what you’re saying about the zones. It’s way different than running and will take some time to get used to. I don’t know where I want to be with HR zone and the Power Zone. I need to do some research on that.

I picked up my bike off Craigslist for $1,300. 2022 Trek Elmondo SL6.

 

I don’t know if I could do mountain biking. It’s probably a mental thing of not if, but more of when you go head over handlebars. Unfortunately you and I still have to wake up the next morning and go to work. Maybe I have the wrong mindset towards mountain biking. We also just don’t have the trails here.

Still the same training plan, just starting over or are you going to change a few things up? When is your ultramarathon again?

Have a good ride out to South Carolina. Hopefully the traffic isn’t too bad for you. I fly back out to Denver tomorrow for the rest of the week. I kind of miss making that drive. Used to stop at the TA in Limon and walk to Oscars for a steak, always the highlight of that haul.