Saturday - Rode 51.8 miles with Rick (the guy who will be on the crew for the Race Across America starting June 20) leaving from the Michael's Cycles store in Chaska. It was a good training ride despite the wind, with some hills - 15.1 mph average and GREAT company!
Walked around Fish Lake with Linda, 3.26 miles according to MapMyRide, to get acquainted with our neighborhood.
Sunday - Walked the 4 miles around Cleary Lake. Less energetic than last week, never did feel like jogging.
Ended up shoveling sand out of our future fire pit area for a couple of hours. ti was a workout, but not the kind I had planned. I am going to need a hot bath and Ibuprofen tonight.
Monday - I felt amazingly good, despite the Sunday workout.
Rode a total of 56.8 miles with the Central Minnesota Bicycle Club starting from Albany to the Bowlus trailhead, then 20 miles, then back to Albany. Joel and I ended with a beautiful 16+ mile ride back to Albany with virtually no wind, 62 degrees, moonlight, smooth trail and easy pace to complete our 56.8 mile evening. Biking at its best!
Tuesday - Morning room exercises, moving up to 18 repetitions per rotation.
Wednesday - Morning room exercises. Rainy day.
Thursday - 37 miles on my Keiser. Room exercises.
Friday - Rest day
Saturday - Rode the 100 mile Tour de Pepin, starting in Lake City. Averaged 15.0 mph, slower than hoped and much slower than the 16.5 average I need to qualify to ride the Fast America South next spring. But considering the stage in my training program and the winds and hills, I need to feel satisfied with the ride.
The course was a lot of up and down, gently rolling, with the hills not too bad except the longer hill on the Wisconsin side. However, at mile 58, the Century route began a 32 mile loop with 2159 feet of climbing, much of it into the headwind. It was a challenge, especially at that stage of the ride. Nonetheless, I finished. Interestingly, I did not see another cyclist for over 25 miles on that 32 mile stretch. Either there were not many who rode that, or the fast ones were waaaaaay ahead of me.
Goal: 80-100 miles during the week, plus whatever on the weekend
Total week miles: 94 during week plus the previous Saturday 52 miles. Weekly goal achieved three weeks in a row.
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