Altitude, 'nuff said!
Oh yeah the 5280 living is taking it's toll on me now. I made my first outing on the road bike this weekend after a week of job searching and settling in. I found a great little flat spin to the quaint little town of Golden and then met up with a couple new faces at Starbucks. Oh the gathering of cyclists at java huts is inevitable.
I had my work cut out for me as we headed up to Golden Gate State Park which just so happened to be a 19 mile continuous climb. I felt fine the 1st hr, but once we were above 8,000 ft my HR kept getting lower and my eyeballs felt like they were going to sink into my skull. I definitely felt like I wanted to weave and fall off the road. I know...I sound like a pansy, but hey I am going to have to adjust slowly. Now I'm on the low intensity plan, b/c my legs feel useless and I don't feel like I'm recovering quite as well as at good ole 500 ft elevation of KY or TN.
Maybe some good news is that I interviewed for a position at a large bike shop today. I may be back into wrenching and selling before I know it. That is if the hrs and pay work out. Who knows, as I'm still unemployed. Eeeeeeek! Off for now.
Daniel
Oh yeah the 5280 living is taking it's toll on me now. I made my first outing on the road bike this weekend after a week of job searching and settling in. I found a great little flat spin to the quaint little town of Golden and then met up with a couple new faces at Starbucks. Oh the gathering of cyclists at java huts is inevitable.
I had my work cut out for me as we headed up to Golden Gate State Park which just so happened to be a 19 mile continuous climb. I felt fine the 1st hr, but once we were above 8,000 ft my HR kept getting lower and my eyeballs felt like they were going to sink into my skull. I definitely felt like I wanted to weave and fall off the road. I know...I sound like a pansy, but hey I am going to have to adjust slowly. Now I'm on the low intensity plan, b/c my legs feel useless and I don't feel like I'm recovering quite as well as at good ole 500 ft elevation of KY or TN.
Maybe some good news is that I interviewed for a position at a large bike shop today. I may be back into wrenching and selling before I know it. That is if the hrs and pay work out. Who knows, as I'm still unemployed. Eeeeeeek! Off for now.
Daniel
posted by Unknown at 11:13 PM
2 Comments:
you forgot to mention white water rafting... i know it isn't nearly as exciting as biking but... its worth it.. haha just kidding.
I was kind of thinking that I hope you didn't run into that nasty storm last night while you were on the CT trail.......
i'm still jealous and.... upset you have sunglass!!!!! grrr..haha
then i was thinking that you are gonna get pay back anyway because in two days you are stuck in a car with me for three hahahahah what fun!
you'll probably see this comment in a month so i'm not sure why i am posting it but.. i'm wasting time before class at least.
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