Weekday Rides?

[Jiffer]

Rode 10 miles today, my longest "week day" ride in about a year. My week day "short" rides, used to average around 20-25. It's nice to at least be in the double digits again! As long as I ride slow, keeping my heart rate down, I can go longer these days. My "long" ride this weekend will be 18. I've been bumping up 2 miles each week lately.

Getting my poisonous mercury fillings replaced soon and hoping that will be the key to improved health and swift century riding again. Mercury poisoning could be the reason I have candida, adrenal fatigue, hypothyroidism and low hormones (along with like 10 other things).

[Catrin]

100 degrees at 5:00, so did I go to the great group training class at the air conditioned gym I normally attend on Tuesday evenings? Nope, legs needed some gentle recovery instead so at 5:15 I rolled out into the heat for a little ride. Nice ride, much shorter and easier than normal. As I rolled home at the end of my ride thunder started rolling - and we even had a brief heavy storm!

Oddly enough it didn't FEEL all that hot - even the thermometer on my bike computer told me it was 100 as I started. I was drenched by the time I got home though - and I was only out for 45 minutes. Much better than my last hot ride!

[murielalex]

100 degrees at 5:00

Dang. I'm going to be in Indianapolis in two weeks. Hope it cools down a bit before then or I'll be wishing I was back in Florida where it's cool by comparison.

I'm trying to get in weekday rides as I build up to a couple long organized rides over multiple days in the Fall. I do interval training twice a week on a computrainer, but it's not the same as getting out on the road. I tried commuting, but due to the terrifying traffic and no safe routes during rush hours, I can only do that once a week. Today, I tried something new. I got up and was on the road at 5:30 for a nice, slow hour-long ride. It was really beautiful outside: cool, quiet, and it was pretty much just me on the road. I sure hated the getting out the door part, but I was in such a good mood by the time I got home, it was worth it. I'm going to try and do that at least once, hopefully twice, a week.

[Crankin]

I routinely ride at 5-7 AM at least once a week for a good part of the year. It's my favorite time to ride.