6/1/07 bike

We're definitely getting better at cycling. This past Wednesday was an 'easy day' according to the training schedule. We were only required to cycle 20 miles. So we decided to ride around Lake Sammamish instead of riding up to Bothell. Total miles ~23.

But what was amazing was we were able to continue smashing our previous bests. Not to mention we saw several herons and eagles on the ride. We have this handy-dandy little cycle computer that tells us our heart rate, calories burned, tracks elevation, rate of speed, will record via gps the route you just rode, as well as downloading nto it premade routes on the pc. It might do other stuff, but that's all I remember. Anyway, when I looked at my watch I knew we had done something great.

The 1st time we did that loop we stopped at the IHOP about 3/4 of the way around and filled up on waffles and bacon. I remember thinking "I'm dying!" my legs hurt so bad! It took us over 3 hours that first trip. Our norm now for that ride is between 2.5-3 hours. It has also become our 'we only have a short time to ride today' ride. Last Wed. we were home in 1 hour 50 minutes. Actual bike time was 1.5 hrs. our top speed was 23 mph. And we averaged 16.something mph when you factor in headwind and hills.

When we got home we were both hungry and tired, but we also felt very refreshed, envigorated maybe. It was a good day.