I
began Saturday morning as I usually do; in Mimi’s kitchen with a good cup of
coffee and some world-changing conversation before heading out into the yard to
try and make a dent in the endless work out there. I spent the next six hours putting an edge
around her trees and gardens, hauling debris, scraping and painting the back
porch floor and an outdoor table with a rusty, metal base. I was planning on going home to do more of
the same, but instead collapsed on the bench in front of our fire pit and
talked to Holly for an hour. It was a
perfect afternoon for a bike ride, but I think I was trying to kill time so
that I wouldn’t be able to go. Then the
guilt kicked in and I went in the house and suited up.
My
previous ride had been a cramping disaster though that had been more about the
distance than anything else. I left the
driveway thinking ‘two hours’ and stuck to that plan. Only towards the end of the ride when I knew
I wouldn’t be experiencing cramps did I try to push harder. I finished the ride in a little over two
hours, but feeling like I was getting stronger for long, hot summer rides.
And
then I actually did do some of my own yard work before heading inside.
Yard work
duration: 6 hours. Bike duration: 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Training Heart Rate:
120 bpm on the bike.Calories burned during workout: 1500 for yard work and 1750 on the bike.
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