2010-10-09 Workout

Heart Rate vs. Time
Duration: 80 minutes

Well, since I got a flat on the trail bike and haven’t fixed it yet, today I took out the road bike. Other than 45 minutes about a month ago, I have not ridden on the roads in about 15 years. So I just rode around Natrona Heights and Tarentum on the residential streets. I had to get re-used to the height, the feel of the skinnier, smoother tires… and especially the toe clips. I don’t use anything when cycling on the rails-to-trails, so it took a bit of time to get the hang of getting in and out of those things when starting or stopping. I practiced it several times.

But rode up and down every residential street from Birdville in Natrona Heights to Corbet Street in Tarentum going north to south… and from the Brackenridge Heights Country Club and Burtner Road in the west to 8th Avenue in the east. 8th Avenue is all the farther I went down the hill towards the river. I had no desire to have to ride up Mile Lock Lane or Spring Hill Road… not yet, anyway. When last I rode the roads, I pedaled up Spring Hill all the time… and Mile Lock once or twice, then I wised up. So eventually I will get down to river and add the rest of Tarentum, Brackenridge and Natrona to my rides.

It was a beautiful day for a ride!