Fact or Fiction?
Activity: biking (wednesday night "BFC" ride)
Time: 73 minutes
Distance: 16.2 miles
I remember growing up being told 2 things: Don't eat before you swim and don't bike in the rain. I'm sure there is validity in both of these but how much? I've always wondered if the 1 hour, swimming rule applies only to swimming or to all sorts of physical activity. I seem to rememeber the not biking in the rain was due to a) rusting chain and/or gears and insufficient breaks. However, tonight my mother would have been dissapointed because I biked 15 miles, over an hour in a consistant rain.
On my way home from work I barely needed my wipers so I figured I could cut it on the bike. I've run in worse rain. Tonight I was to meet Anne of the Trailnet.org BFC (bicycle fun club). I emailed Anne this morning when the temp was already over 100 with the heat index to see if she was still planning on biking. She indicated yes but hoped it would rain to cool things off and she prefers biking in the rain anyway. At 6:05 I got to the designated meeting spot for the central coridore weekly group ride, and there were 2 cars there, neither were Anne. One was a guy (I wish I were better at names) who asked if I was Anne and when I said no I'm Sarah he said, well Anne called and she's not coming. (Why ask if I was Anne if he knew she wasn't coming??) He was to give me the message. So this guy gave me a map, explained the different routes and the pink arrows on the path and sent me on my way! I could have waited for others but decided to start on my own since I'm slow and I figured others would catch me. No such luck! Even when you circle back for the last 8 miles, not a soul in sight!
The ride was nice. However, it took me through some parts of town I would not drive by myself in day light before tonight, let alone ride on my bike, alone. Obviously I was completely safe and lived to tell about it I guess it just goes to show how things are not always what they seem! I rode the entire ride in the street which was not as bad as I assumed it to be. I stuck with the shortest loop, 15 miles but decided next time I will add on the shorter of the 3 add on loops. I also biked past a park I've been meaning to go to so now I know I can bike there next time I'm feeling adventerous. I ended back at the parking lot even though I rode past our house to get there, I wanted to see if there were any cars with bike racks in the lot. None! Not 1 car in the lot. I think that means I'm an idiot for finishing that ride but oh well, I'm glad I did it and I gave up Parties in the Park because of it. OK so I'm sure I would not have gone to P in the P with the rain but I gave it up before I knew of the rain.
I arrived home filthy dirty and wet but over all satisified with myself and my ride. I went faster than I thought I could, stayed on the road the whole time and made it home safely and not too incredibly tired! I had the worst foot cramps I've ever felt though! I have been working diligently on using the ball of my foot instead of the flat of my foot to pedal and overall I like it but I think that is the cause for the cramp. I need to stretch more and just get used to it I'm sure because I could barely walk until I had it stretched out, let alone run any type of distance.
I decided also to join the Center of Clayton and tomorrow I pay my first month's dues. I discoverd that they do in fact have a morning lap swim option which fits nicely into my schedule as the locker rooms are much MUCH nicer than at Heman so I can bring my things and get ready for work there and then only have a 2 minute commute. They have a coffee bar there too which I'm really looking forward too. There's that cart before the horse again!
I'm off to spend some quality time with my husband before he leaves us for 5 days. Haircut and laundry, here I come!
Time: 73 minutes
Distance: 16.2 miles
I remember growing up being told 2 things: Don't eat before you swim and don't bike in the rain. I'm sure there is validity in both of these but how much? I've always wondered if the 1 hour, swimming rule applies only to swimming or to all sorts of physical activity. I seem to rememeber the not biking in the rain was due to a) rusting chain and/or gears and insufficient breaks. However, tonight my mother would have been dissapointed because I biked 15 miles, over an hour in a consistant rain.
On my way home from work I barely needed my wipers so I figured I could cut it on the bike. I've run in worse rain. Tonight I was to meet Anne of the Trailnet.org BFC (bicycle fun club). I emailed Anne this morning when the temp was already over 100 with the heat index to see if she was still planning on biking. She indicated yes but hoped it would rain to cool things off and she prefers biking in the rain anyway. At 6:05 I got to the designated meeting spot for the central coridore weekly group ride, and there were 2 cars there, neither were Anne. One was a guy (I wish I were better at names) who asked if I was Anne and when I said no I'm Sarah he said, well Anne called and she's not coming. (Why ask if I was Anne if he knew she wasn't coming??) He was to give me the message. So this guy gave me a map, explained the different routes and the pink arrows on the path and sent me on my way! I could have waited for others but decided to start on my own since I'm slow and I figured others would catch me. No such luck! Even when you circle back for the last 8 miles, not a soul in sight!
The ride was nice. However, it took me through some parts of town I would not drive by myself in day light before tonight, let alone ride on my bike, alone. Obviously I was completely safe and lived to tell about it I guess it just goes to show how things are not always what they seem! I rode the entire ride in the street which was not as bad as I assumed it to be. I stuck with the shortest loop, 15 miles but decided next time I will add on the shorter of the 3 add on loops. I also biked past a park I've been meaning to go to so now I know I can bike there next time I'm feeling adventerous. I ended back at the parking lot even though I rode past our house to get there, I wanted to see if there were any cars with bike racks in the lot. None! Not 1 car in the lot. I think that means I'm an idiot for finishing that ride but oh well, I'm glad I did it and I gave up Parties in the Park because of it. OK so I'm sure I would not have gone to P in the P with the rain but I gave it up before I knew of the rain.
I arrived home filthy dirty and wet but over all satisified with myself and my ride. I went faster than I thought I could, stayed on the road the whole time and made it home safely and not too incredibly tired! I had the worst foot cramps I've ever felt though! I have been working diligently on using the ball of my foot instead of the flat of my foot to pedal and overall I like it but I think that is the cause for the cramp. I need to stretch more and just get used to it I'm sure because I could barely walk until I had it stretched out, let alone run any type of distance.
I decided also to join the Center of Clayton and tomorrow I pay my first month's dues. I discoverd that they do in fact have a morning lap swim option which fits nicely into my schedule as the locker rooms are much MUCH nicer than at Heman so I can bring my things and get ready for work there and then only have a 2 minute commute. They have a coffee bar there too which I'm really looking forward too. There's that cart before the horse again!
I'm off to spend some quality time with my husband before he leaves us for 5 days. Haircut and laundry, here I come!
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