Ryan and I were at Lebbanon Hills this past Thursday, when I decided to hit the log pile harder and faster than I have before. This would have been like the 2nd or third time I have hit the log pile, but I decided to do the jump before it.
It was sweet. My back tire got air as I was coming up which almost led me to go over the handle bars. This is why at the end I was laughing.
Today Amy and I hit Lebanon Hills for our first trail off the year. The weather was a perfect 65* out and a beautiful sunny day. Being as this was our first time out for the season we hit the easiest of the trails, but it was still a great ride. It was great to finally get out there and use our new bikes what they are made for, not the boring street riding. I was having some difficulties getting the timing for my shifting correct but all in all my Hardrock was solid. I could definitely see wanting a full suspension bike in the future, but I like the workout of the hardtail.
Amy riding Lebanon Hills
Nate riding Lebanon Hills
This morning I headed out for a morning ride. I decided to go the last section of the Ironman 30 course that Amy and I had not done previously. This would be from about our house on Pilot Knob to the Lakeville North High school. Once I made it to the high school, still feeling good, I decided to go ahead and follow Ipava to 160th street home. Definitely not the fastest but seemed like it would be a good ride, which it was. By the time I go home I looked at the Garmin eTrex and realized I had went 19.8 miles, I couldn’t believe it. Not to mention about three quarters of the way I had a 11mph head wind coming. Not to shabby following Amy and I’s 17.1 miles yesturday. Below is a map of our training so far as reported by the Garmin eTrex. This map does not include our Monday through Friday biking around our neighborhood.
Ironman Training Map
Overall, coming to the close of day 9 of owning my Hardrock Sport I have put 98.3 miles on it. That is about 10.9 miles per day so far. I am going to try to stick to a fixed distance of 5 miles per day Monday through Friday as to not burn myself out. Last thursday I biked almost 10 miles between the morning and evening, then Friday morning I bike 10.3 before work. I am getting a bit to crazy I think training for the Ironman. Though I must admit street riding is getting boring, I am ready for some trails.
Yesterday, while coping with a rather stressful day of work, I was graced with the call from Amy letting me know that Erik’s Bike shop had called and my new Specialized Hardrock Sport was in. Last Friday I bought Amy her bike (Specialized Myka Sport), which was in stock, and ordered my bike. Only downside was Amy was taking off for the evening for her Britney Spears concert. Determined to enjoy my new piece of excersize equipment and weekend toy I headed out of my own. I ended up biking ten miles last night before calling it a day.
Lovin' the new bike!
This morning Amy and I headed out to run part of the 30 mile Ironman route. We were planing to go about 6-7 miles of the course from our house. We wanted to become familiar with some of the more unknown parts of the course so we could be properly prepared for the day of the ride. We ended up riding 10 miles of the course and then another 8.5 miles home for a total of 18.5 miles of biking today. We are both wiped out and planning for a nice relaxing evening.
Despite my legs feeling like they are going to fall off, I am still planning to wake up in the a.m. tomorrow and run our normal 5 mile route around the neighborhood.
~Nathan
~Amy
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