Ride from Sidecut Park to Grand Rapids

Jimmie and I rode to the Stitts/Jerome hills, unto Sidecut Park following with Waterville, then 64 south to 65 west to Grand Rapids, then north to the Wabash Cannonball South Fork and home.

What began as a cloudy very cool afternoon turned into sunny comfortable ride to Grand Rapids. The hills along the way on 65 were fun but at times very challenging for this weak cyclist. Jimmie was kind in not to dropping me to far back. Found myself belly breathing often but riding to Grand Rapids was too cool.
Hitting a small town with good eats can be very rewarding. Hitting these kinds of towns during a ride across a state would make the ride more enjoyable.

Finally, two other issues. The HRM was squirrely again at the beginning of our ride. Also, I forgot to start the lap on the Garmin when leaving Grand Rapids; should add about 2 more miles.

MXS: 28.0 mph.

Weather Conditions: Cool and cloudy, later, sunny. Wind mostly out of the north at 10.4 to 11.5 mph with gusts of 18.4 mph.  Min: 61 Avg: 61 Max: 63 ºF.

Wabash Cannon Ball Long Loop

Garmin battery krapped out; the info may be in question although the numbers seem fine. Also, the max HR was reported incorrectly at 203 bph. Weak Garmin battery?

MXS: 22.1 mph.

Weather Conditions: 1616 hours. Partly cloudy with winds mostly out of the NW 8.1 to 13.8 mph.   Min: 700 Avg: 70 Max: 70 ºF.

Wabash Cannon Ball Long Loop

From the get-go, the HR was way off @ 229 bpm. Could this be the result of low power from the battery?

Weather Conditions: 1537 hours. Mostly cloudy; low humidity. Wind out of the west from 19.7 to 21.9 mph; gusts from 27.6 to 31.1 mph.  Min: 65 Max: 67 ºF.

60-90 min EnduraceMiles 4x6 min SteadyStates

Again, still wrestling with the HR zones suggested by CTS.

Also, had trouble making HR zone goal of 150 which was not an issue during prior intervals. Perhaps this is due to having made several fewer rides over the past month.

Or has my max changed that much that I am a more efficient rider, a monster bike geek? Ehhhh... I doubt it.

More like a fat ladden slob due to fewer rides for the month!!
Weather Conditions: 0856 hours. Wind SSW 8 to 11 with gusts up to 18 mph.  Avg: 74 ºF.

60-90min EM 4x6min SS

 These intervals are Grrreat!!!!

Got my heart rate up to 231. Finally, a payback for all this effort!

Thanks to CTS and Jimmie!

Seriously. Still wrestling with the HR zones suggested by CTS. Also, the max HR was a hardware/software glitch. I pulled over re-wet and re-positioned the HRM and when I was certain it was monitoring properly, I continued with my training intervals.

MXS: 22.7 mph.
Weather Conditions: 0845 hours. Warm and clear. Mostly calm; little wind out of the south.
Min: 62 Avg: 69 Max: 75 ºF

Resting HR: Take 2

Wore HRM while asleep; also, took 3 mg Melatonin. Resting HR: 42.

Web from a Coked-up Spider: Actually, it conveys my resting HR

Wore HRM while asleep. Resting HR: 47. And no, I was not sleep walking around the house and through my neighbors' homes!

Wabash Cannonball Trail - Long Loop

25 mile clockwise route of both the South and the North Fork.

Maiden voyage with the Garmin "705".

It was great to have the feedback of a HR monitor again. I had really missed the Ironman Timex borrow from Jimmie.

This was my first time monitoring my pedal cadence. While I had been working on a light cadence all along, I was not very aware of just how light I may have been. Turns out that I had not been quite as light as I thought. An avg cadence of 83 rpm is not to bad, though.

MXS: 20.9 mph.



Weather Conditions: 1930 hours. Warm and clear. Winds started out easternly at 11.5 mph falling throughout the ride to 5.8.
Min: 78 Avg: 81 Max: 83 ºF

Toledo Hospital to University Park to King Road: 20:57 Miles

Road from Toledo Hospital through Ottawa Park and connected to the University/Park Trail to King Rd in Sylvania. Then followed King north for a spell to accum 10 miles. Averaged 11.8 mph. 100.5 calF. Attemped to achieve a heart rate in the mid to high 150s throughout the ride. This was easier to achieve given a tail wind and slight descent.

Weather Conditions: Warm, cloudy and short moments of sun; no rain. Light head wind and incline. 1230 hours
Avg: 75 ºF

See Goggle map: University/Park Trail