This weekend was filled with some good riding, and some quality time spent at home.
First, we had off of work on Friday. It was a nice treat to have a 3 day weekend. Kelly had off on the same day, so we took advantage of it, walked a dog a bunch, did some shopping and just hung out with each other. We don’t get to do that all that often, so it is nice when it gets to happen.
Saturday, it was time to get down to business. One of the first races I will be looking at this year, is Crank the Kanc. I am very familiar with the ride, as I have done it many times, but I wanted to get a baseline of what to expect. I set a pretty lofty goal for myself from looking at past years times, so I wanted to know what exactly needed to be done.
I was expecting about a 4 hour ride from my house, and it ended up being 4 hours 1 minute. Sometimes I impress myself with how close I can come to guessing this stuff. Guess that is some experience talking there. However, I knew from the very first pedal stroke that it was going to be a long tiring day in the saddle. I don’t know why I had heavy legs, but I did.
Elevation profile from my house to the top of the Kanc and back.
View from the top of the Kanc
You can see the road that was just ridden up.
On Sunday, I was lucky enough to have the day off with Kelly again, so more walking the dog and just spending time together. Sure, I didn’t get to ride, but sometimes its not always about the bike….especially in the 2nd week of February. I have plenty of time in the year to blow her off for a ride. And as we get closer to those times, she will understand it is what needs to be done.
Kelly playing photographer..
On tap tonight, some lactic threshold testing. 30 minutes of all out effort. Nothing like some pain and huge amounts of suffering on a Monday night….
