After spending most of yesterday at the US Space and Rocket museum, I did some resistance work last night and this morning. Today in between bouts of rain, I went for it hard on the bike. Another PR in my local hilly mtn bike sprint on gravel of 2.5 mi. Seemed harder than last time.
2.5 mile mountain bike sprint - Laurel Branch Trl
Time - 9:48
Max HR - 174
This time, HR stayed remarkable stable, after 2 min it was 168 and it stayed there for the duration, never wavering more than 6 points. No weird spike after completion, just a nominal raise to 174 after 20 sec the followed by 15 pt drop in the next 20 sec. Quite a pump.
I'm thinking I should avoid all attempts to sprint on the flat for quite some time, as I'm now feeling a bit of progress. Need to wait until I feel really significant healing. No schedule. I'm staying in decent shape as it is. I do think some of my medial knee issues are exacerbated by my running form, supination, bowleggedness. When running stairs, I feel less strain on that area when I concentrate on keeping aligned.
143.2 lbs after workout. Pretty much the same for the past 2-3 days.
Pic from yesterday...
Good work...
ReplyDeleteWhy such a short ride? Trail is short?
ReplyDeleteFrom house to main road and back.
DeleteThere is something to be said for convenience. I’ve switched back to road cycling, I’m enjoying just riding south from my house and getting to country quickly. I counted 7 cars in a 18 mile ride the other day. Extending to 29 miles starting Thursday. The last consistent road rides on these routes were during Covid and there is a performance gap I’m going to work to close before resuming mountain biking. Aside from a power meter road riding time over distance is the best gauge for performance, assuming you have enough repeats to average out conditions (mainly wind). Also amazingly difficult, and developmental, to keep the pressure on for an entire 30 mile ride. I believe it will significantly improve my mountain biking when i resume it.
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