Yesterday’s
ride had taken a toll…a good toll, but a toll none the less. My legs were fatigued when I arrived at the
park to a cold, whistling wind and thought about what I wouldn’t be able to do
that day. As I changed, I wimped. I decided I really didn’t want to put myself
through a workout with a chill factor around zero and only able to do upper
body work. That was a formula for
freezing my tookus off…something I really don’t like to do. I climbed back in the car and drove home to
the trainer.
Which
wasn’t much better. I pedaled for 75
minutes and could feel spasms shooting through my right thigh as I rode. It was just tired and so was I, but I sweated
and pushed to complete that hour and a quarter that tended to make me feel good
about my efforts. When the stopwatch
reached 75 minutes, I thankfully stopped pedaling and slowly swung my leg from
the bike.
At
least I had something to look forward to in leftover chili and a huge
smoothie. I downed it all while slumped
in front of the TV and then scooped myself a bowl of Breyer’s Vanilla Ice Cream
with Bean Specks. I added some maple
syrup to it because it is one of the four basic food groups…and it makes it
taste even better...before returning to my perch in front of the TV. I’d like to say that I was rejuvenated after
all that slothing and eating…but I wasn’t.
Tomorrow, maybe I’d go a little easier.
Maybe.
Bike duration: 75 minutes.
Training Heart
Rate: 120 bpm.Calories burned during workout: 1020.
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