Finally got on a bike trail!!
Mother nature has finally seen fit to let the rain stop long enough for the trails to dry out and allow the heat index to be under 110 so that I was able to get my mountain bike out on an actual single track!! My husband, Martin and I set off early Saturday morning to do a 10 mile fun trail. It has some slightly technical areas but it’s mostly about speed and fun!! The scariest moment for me was seeing a snake laying on the trail. I HATE snakes, they are such sneaky, vile little creatures! I pulled my feet out of my pedals out of instinct only to realize I really can’t go anywhere with my feet out. (: It was, by far, the best I have ever felt on a trail. My conditioning has improved dramatically along with my core and hip strength. I felt like I could have ridden all day! The only thing I can contribute the improvement to is Crossfit. It has done so many great things for me. It has improved my strength, my endurance, my speed and the exercises have made my body; especially my core/hip flexor area, function as a unit. The WOD yesterday was run 400m rest 2 minutes for 4 rounds. I didn’t do it, of course, even though it sounds like a fun one and I will throw it in at some point. BUT, my friend Froggy did do it and her times were comprable to the times on the CF message board even AFTER she did her leg work out!! WTG IFP!! Todays WOD is weighted pull ups. Ha ha! my 125# is plenty of weight for me, but I do plan on doing some pull ups this evening and working on my kip. I can do 1 kip at time now but haven’t been able to get into a rhythm yet to do them continuously. I did run 2 miles this morning in 23 minutes which is an ok time but…I was supposed to be running at a 13:04 mile pace so it may not be good because I was going to fast. It did cause my to realize that running on a TM may not be all that much easier per se…it could be that the TM keeps me at a certain pace and I run faster when I don’t have that set pace. DUH!!
HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND TO ALL!!!!!
September 1, 2008 at 8:14 am
Great work, CG! Rule #1 of cycling: Keep Peddling!
I was within half an inch of running over a squrrel today. Those little rodents just can’t make up their minds which way to go!
September 1, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Glad to hear your enjoying the crossfit workouts. I have tried a few so far. I am starting to like that type of workout over the traditional bodybuilding style, so I’ll be a full out convert before long.