a week of biking and other goodness
- sunday - 6.4 miles
- monday - 3.1 miles + physical therapy
- tuesday - 4.9 miles
- wednesday - 5.5 miles + chest/abs at the gym
- thursday - 9.0 miles
- friday - 5.1 miles + physical therapy, cut my ride short because of the rain
- saturday - 10 miles
(not counting random errands — a mile here and there)
ok, so i’m pretty sure i’ll be ready to roll for the sprint distance version of the pgh triathlon in 2011 — the only thing i *haven’t* done of the triathlon is the 20km bike ride (ironically, i think i’ve run longer distances than i’ve ever biked, unless my ride from 5dk to my apartment in chaoyang that one time in 2008 was like 13 miles) but considering i was just two miles short today, i think i’ll be able to swing it. maybe i’ll bump up to the international distance tri?(!?!?)
i test-rode a fairly easy/straight-forward route home from boston (as in easy to navigate; the road conditions were only so-so), but i don’t think i’ll be using it that often. the pavement really sucked, and there was one killer hill that i had to walk a few feet up because i couldn’t shift gears fast enough. my left quad and cardiovascular fitness weren’t really there either. i definitely plan to do more hill training, though; just maybe not on a fairly busy arterial road.
yay! my leg can do things again! (also ever since i made the blog-announcement that i was swearing off restaurants i got fatter cuz i still went to restaurants anyway but i noticed that my pants fit me a little better today vs. right before i bought the bike.)
this is not really turning into a full-blown bike/fitness blog but i really do need to be less pudgy before interview season.
