STARTING THE DAY OFF RIGHT!
NO SKIING TODAY, SNOWSHOES BABY!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
A Good Winter Day.....
....For some snowshoeing. I got up this morning and had some oatmeal and espresso and headed out the door to Valley View Park for two loops of the trails. It was not a bad morning, temps were in the mid 20s, it was cloudy but not breezy, and I was bundled up so I was feeling good. I'm fairly out of shape so 90 minutes on the snowshoes was more than enough for me, I was already better than the last time I went though and could have completed another quarter of a loop more in the same time if I wanted. No bike ride today, feet are sore from being on them more then I'm used to so tomorrow will be a two-session bike day and I will take the day off from snowshoeing. I'll do a roller ride in the morning and then a trainer ride in the afternoon or evening tomorrow while watching the 2006 Giro, a dominating performance by Basso, hopefully pre EPO/CERA/Blood doping. I have to also say I feel bad for my parents down in Burlington, only about 35 minutes away but in the last two days they got about a foot of snow and I only got about 3 inches, it's amazing how only a 25-30 mile difference can have such a disparity in the snowfall. Good for me though, too bad for them.
STARTING THE DAY OFF RIGHT!
NO SKIING TODAY, SNOWSHOES BABY!
STARTING THE DAY OFF RIGHT!
NO SKIING TODAY, SNOWSHOES BABY!
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Do you wear you HRM while snowshoeing? I wore mine last winter during my winter hikes through Ridge Run County Park and found that my effort was pretty close to a 4 mph treadmill walk: 100-110 bpm ... reasonably good training at the low end of aerobic, but better still as a head-clearing change-of-pace opportunity to get outside.
I got my new DVD player for the home gym today and celebrated with a 2-hour trainer ride. I watched the "Race Day" DVD that came with the trainer, then finished up with the 3rd quarter of the Cardinals-Panthers game. Now it's off the bed for a little reading before "lights out." I'm starting "Blazing Saddles: The Cruel and Unusual History of the Tour De France," which I got from the library this afternoon.
ABC: Always Be Cycling.
I did wear a HRM last year and it was a better workout than a typical endurance ride on the bike. The Valley View trails have rolling hills so my average HR for a typical loop was about 163. I do try to push the pace a bit. I can hit about 185 on the steepest hills.
Nice pickup on the book, I saw that on some random bike site e-mail that I got and thought about getting it, I suppose I should check my local library as well. It's about time on the DVD player, now maybe I can lend you some of my race DVDs for some extra training motivation.
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