What a great day for a ride. Got up early today(well early for a vacation day). Hit the road and followed the concessions east to Port Hope. Once there headed south to Lakeshore Road. I must say that Lake Ontario looked inviting. Calm as glass and there were a bunch of sailboats out there. Hmmmm calm and yet lots of sailboats. Don't get that...but it looked nice. Back into Newcastle, under the 35/115 and back to base. Just under 90K and just over 3 hours.
I am trying to get a handle on how hard to push on the Muskoka bike ride. I need to have enough in the tank to run a half marathon after the bike. So I have it pegged where I red line on the bike. Anytime my heart rate goes into the 170s things start to unravel. So todays ride was about watching my heart rate and trying to keep it in my work zone. Anything in the 150s or 160s seems to work ok. It will cost me some time on the bike leg....but then again a 15 minute faster bike does me no good if I blow up and have to walk on part of the run.
Saturdays ride was all out. We were having dinner with friends in Baltimore. So I rode down and met everyone there. The distance was just short of 70K and I my average speed for the ride was 30.2Kph. I was pushing the whole way. I knew a cold Coors Light was waiting for me. Compare that to the average speed of 27.1Kph today and you can see that by not pushing it will cost me time. But the #1 goal at Muskoka is to finish....period.....end of story. Whatever the time happens to be on the day is ok.
Its getting closer and closer. I think this thing is really going to happen.
Going to swim and run tomorrow. Buc's trip to Ottawa for some White Water Rafting. Back on Thursday. Friday.....another 90Kish bike.
I am ready!!!
BW
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