Sensor Climbing

Got out on the trails for a ride today.  Training for Canmore is hard!  Add in that I was pretty forgetful today, and you get a weird ride.

Two blocks from home I remembered that I forgot the HRM strap, which is the sensor.  I had move the receiver over to my mountain bike, but without the sensor things are just useless.  I decided not to return home for it.

Once at the trailhead, I noticed that I was the only vehicle in the parking lot.  Weird.  It was 8:30 or so, but still, I expected to see at least another car out there.

I geared up and headed out.  It was a little chilly, but I knew I would warm up soon enough.  about 2 minutes from the truck I remembered that I left my camera in the truck.  Damn.

I took a route that had lots of climbing which was what I had planned.  If I had a working HRM this would have been fine.  Instead I pushed too hard, and got my heart rate too high.  The forced me to stop more than once to recuperate before I threw up.  Not a good feeling to stop riding, and feel nauseous, and dizzy from lack of O2.

I quite enjoyed the fresh cool air, and had a fun ride.  It was just over an hour long too.

Deck Screwed

Another deck update. Slowly but surely we are seeing some progress. Finally after several months of nothing. This weekend more decking was added, and the stuff that was already there, got properly screwed down (there was only a couple screws per piece of wood).

I just hope that the guy working on it remembers that we need access to the back yard. I hope he will build to one door or the other, and not in long strips like he is doing now. If he has to stop and we can’t let Yoshi in the back yard, I will be very unhappy.

Trainer Movies

Rode the trainer again today. The past week Victoria has had some strange weather which included hail, rain, cold temps, and snow. I opted to do the trainer, and not the road for that reason. Today was looking better than the rest of the week, but not good enough.

I rode to a different DVD today. NSX 8 Cease and Desist. Nice change. I am going to try and cycle through a bunch of movies I have. It is pretty cool to see some of the older movies.

I did a 3 minute warm up, then a 38 minute ride with a 3 minute cool down at the end. I think that is a little less than last week, but that is OK.

I’m thinking more about getting a new bike computer for my road bike. I think I want to get one with a cadence meter. This will allow me to, in conjunction with the HRM, to ensure I keep up the effort. I quite often slowly slack off, little by little until I finally do notice it.

Workout HRM

longing for blue sky

I was on the trainer again today. I was originally going to go for a mountain bike ride, but I really wasn’t feeling into it today. It is a little chilly outside, and the weather was looking a little spotty. Not sure why I am such a woos these days, but there I am.

I popped in the latest Kranked DVD, turned up the sound, and started pedalling. I bumped up my pedalling time a few minutes over last workout which meant I went the length of the DVD. Next time I might need to find a longer show.

I also replaced the battery in my HRM before starting, which meant I was better able to watch my heart rate, and was able to prevent myself from slacking too much. When I get into a rythm, it is very ease to slowly back off the effort without realizing it. When I notice my heart rate has dropped 10 bpm, then I know to pick up the pace a bit.

I worked up a great sweat today, and now I am replenishing my lost fluids.