I had a day off (work) yesterday, so perhaps the extra days' rest paid dividends this morning with a new PB of 23.2km/h.
I seem to be settling around that 23km/h mark in both directions.
Or it could have been that I was lucky with the traffic lights. A minute makes more than 0.6km/h difference.
I'm just happy that I'm sticking at it and not suffering any injuries (touch wood).
The challenge will come as we get into winter here. Darker mornings and evenings and colder too! I can buy cold weather gear and I have lights, but will that be enough??
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Benchmarks...
Happy New Year!
I've certainly had no problem feeling motivated to keep cycling to work after the Christmas and New Year break.
I came in by bike on Tuesday and Thursday of last week (the first week back).
I did have a small concern on the ride home on the Tuesday. I felt a twinge in my right knee. I got a bit worried about that, because I've never had that kind of problem before. That's why I missed Wednesday, but I couldn't contain my enthusiasm anymore than that, so I rode in on Thursday. The twinge re-occurred on both journeys to and from work.
But I did set a benchmark time for the homeward journey with an average speed of 20.8km/h. So quite pleased with that!
I had brief thoughts of a knee reconstruction - but more rationally I figured it was just a case of the strength of my body catching up with my enthusiasm. So I rested over the weekend.
I came in this morning and set another benchmark - 22.7km/h for the journey to work. And no twinges. So hopefully that's a good sign. Balancing the exercise with rest should enable me to improve my strength and fitness without incurring any injuries (touch wood).
I've certainly had no problem feeling motivated to keep cycling to work after the Christmas and New Year break.
I came in by bike on Tuesday and Thursday of last week (the first week back).
I did have a small concern on the ride home on the Tuesday. I felt a twinge in my right knee. I got a bit worried about that, because I've never had that kind of problem before. That's why I missed Wednesday, but I couldn't contain my enthusiasm anymore than that, so I rode in on Thursday. The twinge re-occurred on both journeys to and from work.
But I did set a benchmark time for the homeward journey with an average speed of 20.8km/h. So quite pleased with that!
I had brief thoughts of a knee reconstruction - but more rationally I figured it was just a case of the strength of my body catching up with my enthusiasm. So I rested over the weekend.
I came in this morning and set another benchmark - 22.7km/h for the journey to work. And no twinges. So hopefully that's a good sign. Balancing the exercise with rest should enable me to improve my strength and fitness without incurring any injuries (touch wood).
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