Aug 27-28 Weekend Rides

[Aggie_Ama]

Yesterday I did 15 miles of technical mountain biking at Barton Creek Greenbelt. The first half was awesome, I cleaning rock gardens, riding strong, then as Paul Sherwen says "boom boom out go the lights". I couldn't even ride back to where we parked, I stopped at a different trailhead that has lots of shade and rested until DH came for me. I stopped early enough to not get in the danger zone (did that once this summer not pretty) but still had a pretty intense headache all afternoon/evening from dehydration and overheating. Still it was a great ride, I just don't have more than two hours in me until we get freed from this oppressive heat.

This morning I did a solo rode ride on some quiet rolling roads. My goal was active recovery, staying out of an anaerobic zone. I started at 8:00 and it was a very enjoyable ride. Lots of road riders take this popular route, everyone was friendly. Saw two roadrunners (my favorite birds), two cardinals, many goats, three horses, a heard of longhorn cattle and two squirrels. It was 28.8 miles at 15 mph, I really tanked on the last 3-4 miles as the humidity started to wear me out. I hope to do a century to train for the mountain bike marathon season (starts 11/19) but it is going to be hard to get those base miles!

Mileage for the week (for Catrin): Monday mountain biking with Ride Like a Girl Women's Ride (9), Saturday (14.9), Today (28.8). Mountain biking is a great workout but the mileage is not high!