Training Log Archive: Mrs. Tiny

After our aborted ride yesterday, Sherpa and I hit the road again this morning. :) It's a beautiful day and it was a fun ride. :)

C • Tuesday 4

You know it's going to be a 'good ride' when your alarm doesn't go off and you have 15 minutes to get ready and out the door! The power went out at my house sometime overnight, and then again as I was getting ready - perhaps this should have been a sign of things to come! :)

Sherpa did a loop before meeting up with me, and as we started it was starting to look a little gloomy. Not too bad and we were holding out hope that it would be nice(ish). Not long after we started, we saw some lightening off on the horizon, but where we were was still relatively nice, then it got a little wet. Still not too bad. About 30 k into the ride, I was looking at the clounds and thinking... nope... this does not look good. So we turned around and headed back to the car. There was starting to be more lightening and the clouds were starting to look pretty nasty. Wind started to pick up a bit.

Excellent timing on our part. Just as we were putting our bikes away, it really started to get nasty, wind picked up a lot, downpour, big thunder and lightening getting close. We were safe and sound and stopped at Starbucks to grab a little something to warm us up.

Good adventure, and still a good training ride. :) Thanks Sherpa!

Long trail run at the Hydrocut. Trails are in pretty good condition on the Glasgow side except the back of Frankenstein - where there's a very flooded out small connection. Not passable.

Ran the full Glasgow side once (the back side of Frankenstein as an out and back to catch the back side) plus a second loop of Stinky Girl and The Bride.

Had one nice wipe out towards the end of the run :)

There weren't as many people in class (probably because it was so nice outside...) so there was more focus on each of us to work just that *little* bit harder. Tiny asked why I wouldn't just bike outside... part of it is because I just wouldn't push myself as hard for that hour outside on my own. Spin makes me hurt - and that's good. :)

TNT - holy bejeezus was it hot and humid tonight!!! Funderstorm - it was a good night to miss! I suppose the heat and humidity make it good training for what's coming the rest of the summer, but man oh man... my body isn't quite ready for real summer! :)

Still stuck with the 'long run' group. Was falling behind a bit for pace for the first half, but stuck it out a little better on the back half. muggy lung-robbing air... mutter mutter :)

Run to work with a full pack - lunch stuff and work clothes and shoes... oh my!

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