Mixing every other day this week of riding and resting as the brief periods of red zone beats per minute. concern me.
Yesterday was a ride day and I chose Dead Horse down at Cottonwood. Actually the trails are in the Coconino NF but access is thru Dead Horse SP. Always referred to the trails here as collectively Dead Horse. I park outside the State Park in a city parking lot, prolly the same stall as last March for a ride. I retraced that same route, it is a route in Trail Forks, easy peezy, someone else did the navigation work. Costs $3.00 to pedal through the park. Climbed Bones trail that was partially built during an IMBA trail care crew visit a bunch of years ago. Morgan and Steve were the crew. Grazing cows in dead desert. Only steered around their notices. Drier, lower elevation, less elevation relief. Trails are pedaling. Full sun exposure, today I dressed too warmly.
Maybe Lime Kiln trail?
19.2 miles pedaling for 2 hrs 22 mins, climbed 1365′, burned 928 cals, average bpm was 124, that was yesterday. Previous ride was March 3 last year. Today I was 4 mins faster and 4 bpm lower and less time spent anaerobic. Amazing, same amount of cals. I am riding stronger that last year as the data reports. I just ride as data is generated then read the result. I only ride the ride to ride it, I have no thought of how to affect result, I just ride. when I ride by myself, almost exclusively, my ride is head up and pedal from start to finish. Since consuming THC during the ride I stop more than before. Last year’s ride was straight, not so this year. My saddle is lower which changes my pedal stroke for the way better as I am really muscling the pedals which means faster average mph. Races are won on the climbs.
Today was cleaning of the clothes etc. And a rest day.
Shopped at marijuana dispensary here in uptown. Tourist town. Wonder about same adding legal consumption to their visit. Would be interesting to people watch the shoppers. Bought concentrate, 1 hit packs a punch parked here behind the outlet mall. 3 bar 4g internet.
Rereading Sycamore Row his writing is still page turning and my attention holder. Reading in bed past 10 PM.
Zags play at 5 on XM. Gotta hang up now.