Today….Me….Boulder….my bike!
Jen and Mark joined me today in Boulder for a long ride. My longest ride since Kona actually. It was a gorgeous day out, nearly perfect and the weather was warm enough to not lose the feeling in my toes. Such a bonus.
Jen had quite a strong ride today, have to give her kudos there. It was great to have Mark, her hubby, along as well. I had a giggle when he pulled out two bagel PB&J sandwiches out of his pockets. The man was prepared!
We rode to Masonville and back, one of my top 3 rides in Boulder, and we get to ride down my favorite super secret awesome road that I love and that has a waterfall. Total highlight.
I got to ride Ironman tempo for a long long time. It’s the perfect heart rate where you can’t really think about much, you have to stay in the moment, but it doesn’t hurt so bad that every 5 minutes you are counting down until your done. It’s the sweet spot. The Zen pace of training.
Today was the best day of training I have had since Kona. Today reminded me why I love this (which is easy to loose sight of in my basement on the trainer).
Afterwards when I made a quick pit stop at Whole Paycheck for some to go food or the ride home the above picture was painted on the pavement. Smile indeed!
Whole Paycheck! Ha fantastic, so true. (can I use that bit?)
Sounds like a great ride, very jealous you have a waterfall!
We had such a great time riding on Friday! I have to confess though that the ride wiped both of us out. Even “Iron Mark” confessed he was incredibly tired that night. It is my goal to someday ride at your IM pace and not have it feel like a TT. Good work out there. You are so strong.