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2009 Ride #5

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Not feeling so hot today; whereas yesterday I spent most of the day above 160bpm, today, I could barely push it over 160, and felt like I was working a lot harder than I did yesterday, even though the ride was shorter and flatter.

Still, it’s the second day in a row [...]

2009 Ride #4

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Second longest ride of the season, and first ride with more than 1000′ of climbing; hit 1400′ in about 22.5 miles. Heart rate was high from the get go; topped out a 179 (higher than my theoretical maxHR, and according to MotionBased, that is zone 7.1), and except for the first couple [...]

2009 Ride #2

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Overslept due to an insomnia attack last, so decided to get out on my bike today, instead of skiing. Holladay into Murray, then up 13th East to Sugarhouse, through the park, then back through Millcreek. Short 17 miles; easy pace, but high heart rate.

Dr. Cross says that I should go see [...]

Craziness!

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This is turning out to be an absolutely crazy avalanche season …

First there was the inbounds avalanche at Snowbird a couple weeks ago; then an inbounds avalanche at Jackson Hole kills a skier this past Saturday. Another inbounds avalanche today at Jackson Hole didn’t hurt anyone, but damaged one [...]

A rough ride

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I know as well as anyone that most MaxHR calculators are guides, and that the only true way to determine your max is to have a VO2Max test done … but the calculators should be relatively decent estimates for everyone but elite athletes.

According to the most common forumula (220 – age), [...]

A few more miles in my legs

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As soon as I got out on the road today, my tooth (the one under the temporary crown) started hurting … higher blood pressure, perhaps, causing it to throb? In any case, since the air actually seemed fairly clear of particulate matter today, I decided to push on.

Definitely didn’t have the [...]

Shattered

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I don’t know if it’s the heat or my (lack of) fitness level, but after only 20 fairly flat miles today, I am completely shattered. At this point, I’m even too tired to get up and walk into the kitchen to try to find something to eat.

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End of Tour ride

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Now that the Tour is over, it’s time to get off the couch and back on the bike … of course, 3 weeks off, when you’re already not fit, can be painful when you do get back on.

The Garmin didn’t record yesterday’s ride properly, but here’s today’s …

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A little further …

Another day, another heart attack …

A little more every day I ride … slowly but surely I’ll get it back.

Passed the shrimp and beau on their way down Big Cottonwood Canyon road into the Old Mill area, while I was gasping for breath climbing up towards the Porcupine Pub & Grill. Wish I had remembered my [...]