Despite the fact that Northeast Ohio was hit by a major blizzard on Wednesday, the regular Sunday morning ride group enjoyed the balmy 34 degree day on Sunday and got in a 40 mile ride. We were either on cross or road bikes and for the most part the roads were clear with only a couple of dicey sections that were snow covered and icy. Some observations from the ride:
1. Indoor miles are no substitute for outdoor miles
2. Getting only 25 outdoor miles in the month of January is not a good thing
3. Even though it is cold you should not ride 2.5 hours without drinking
4. 34 degrees in Feb. is somehow warmer than 34 degrees in Sept. or Oct.
4a. 40 miles in Feb. is somehow longer than 40 miles in September or October
5. During downtime some people maintain their fitness level better than others
6. Those people punish the less fit...without mercy
7. The trip up Ira Rd to home is really hard in February
8. My tip over speed is somewhere below 3 mph as I did not tip over on Ira
9. I need more miles...outdoors
Summary...was a difficult week at work. Lots of stress related to economic downturn including layoffs and cash flow problems but all issues were kept in check with the help of a great team at work, a supportive family and some pretty good training.
Bike - 40 outdoors
3 X 1 hr indoor
Run - 28.25
Swim - 0 this will change time to get back in the pool
Xcountry ski - 0 - canceled due to blizzard
That's all for now
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Weekend Recap
This weekend was one of those unbelievable Northeast, Ohio weekends. If you don't know what I mean, it was one of those weekends made up of days when everyone always proclaims that if "I could just have weather like this all the time I would give up the seasons". It was beautiful!! Sunny - lots of blue sky, not to hot, not to humid with nights where you open the windows and even the toughest insomniacs sleep like babies.
Anyways, I had a great weekend starting with dinner with family and friends at a new restaurant on Friday night called The Blue Fig. It was really nice and it had Great Lakes beer on tap so you couldn't go wrong.
Saturday, started out with a great ride with Tim, John and my son Jerry. Hard to have a bad ride with great weather like this. Next up was a photo shoot for a magazine article that is being done on the company I work for. I am not very comfortable with that type of thing but my friend and marketing guru CB, who billed it as the fun stuff, made it happen anyways. The rest of the day Sat. was spent running errands and grilling out. Perfect day
Sunday and Monday (labor day) were nearly identical days which started with really hard rides in the morning and finished with relaxing, picnicking, grilling out, playing cornhole and enjoying a few cold beers with family and friends. Could not ask for better times.
On a sad note a friend, who I ride with sometimes, died on Saturday of a heart attack. He was just finishing up a ride and he went down and was never revived. Darryl you will be missed and I will never forget how you could pound that big gear up Everett Road.
Up next, I will be participating in Ironman Wisconsin next weekend. I feel like I am really ready for this and it should be a great time. I wish I would have started this earlier so I could have a record of my progress. Oh well, spilled milk!!!
Anyways, I had a great weekend starting with dinner with family and friends at a new restaurant on Friday night called The Blue Fig. It was really nice and it had Great Lakes beer on tap so you couldn't go wrong.
Saturday, started out with a great ride with Tim, John and my son Jerry. Hard to have a bad ride with great weather like this. Next up was a photo shoot for a magazine article that is being done on the company I work for. I am not very comfortable with that type of thing but my friend and marketing guru CB, who billed it as the fun stuff, made it happen anyways. The rest of the day Sat. was spent running errands and grilling out. Perfect day
Sunday and Monday (labor day) were nearly identical days which started with really hard rides in the morning and finished with relaxing, picnicking, grilling out, playing cornhole and enjoying a few cold beers with family and friends. Could not ask for better times.
On a sad note a friend, who I ride with sometimes, died on Saturday of a heart attack. He was just finishing up a ride and he went down and was never revived. Darryl you will be missed and I will never forget how you could pound that big gear up Everett Road.
Up next, I will be participating in Ironman Wisconsin next weekend. I feel like I am really ready for this and it should be a great time. I wish I would have started this earlier so I could have a record of my progress. Oh well, spilled milk!!!
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