Wipe Out!
The plan: A Two Hour “Gentle” workout that would keep my heart rate between 120 -147 BPM.
The solution: a long bike ride with little or no hills from my house. Along the “belt line trail” though Mt Pleasant cemetery, to Serena Gundy Park and back.
It was a great plan and the ride out was fine and uneventful though I had a hard time keeping my heart rate up. –The beltline trail slopes very slightly downhill from the Allen Expressway to Mount Pleasant Cemetery. I found my self going VERY fast in order to keep the heart rate in my chosen training zone. When I got to the opposite side of Mt Pleasant Cemetery I realised that Serena Gundy Park might be a bit of a stretch so I rode around that neighbourhood for a bit and headed back.
Where the beltline Trail ends (or starts depending on how you look at it) at Mt Pleasant cemetery there are a few bike racks. When I got back there I was “ahead” of schedule so I locked up the bike and ran for about a mile. –And there that whole heart rate training plan went right out the window, as when I run my heart rate tends to skyrocket unless I really shuffle along at a snails pace. –And today apparently was not for the snails. I got back to my bike after my 1 mile jaunt and continued up the beltline. Ahead of me on the trail was a teenaged girl walking down the middle of the path. I rang my bell and for some reason decided that she was going to move left and committed myself to passing her on the right. She moved right. I jammed on my brakes, the bike dug its front tire in to the loose gravel and I flew spectacularly ass-over-tea-kettle over the bike to land facing the direction that I had come from. The poor teenager apologised profusely and I feel badly, as I don’t think I made it sufficiently clear that the whole ass-over-tea-kettle thing was not her fault.
The Result:
1 Bruised Ego
1 Left Elbow and Left shoulder that look like I have been exfoliating with a cheese grater (Holy crap did the shower sting when I got home!)
1 Slightly wrenched left wrist
1 Soon to be spectacular palm sized bruise on my right leg.
I think today I will stick to the nice safe treadmill…..
The solution: a long bike ride with little or no hills from my house. Along the “belt line trail” though Mt Pleasant cemetery, to Serena Gundy Park and back.
It was a great plan and the ride out was fine and uneventful though I had a hard time keeping my heart rate up. –The beltline trail slopes very slightly downhill from the Allen Expressway to Mount Pleasant Cemetery. I found my self going VERY fast in order to keep the heart rate in my chosen training zone. When I got to the opposite side of Mt Pleasant Cemetery I realised that Serena Gundy Park might be a bit of a stretch so I rode around that neighbourhood for a bit and headed back.
Where the beltline Trail ends (or starts depending on how you look at it) at Mt Pleasant cemetery there are a few bike racks. When I got back there I was “ahead” of schedule so I locked up the bike and ran for about a mile. –And there that whole heart rate training plan went right out the window, as when I run my heart rate tends to skyrocket unless I really shuffle along at a snails pace. –And today apparently was not for the snails. I got back to my bike after my 1 mile jaunt and continued up the beltline. Ahead of me on the trail was a teenaged girl walking down the middle of the path. I rang my bell and for some reason decided that she was going to move left and committed myself to passing her on the right. She moved right. I jammed on my brakes, the bike dug its front tire in to the loose gravel and I flew spectacularly ass-over-tea-kettle over the bike to land facing the direction that I had come from. The poor teenager apologised profusely and I feel badly, as I don’t think I made it sufficiently clear that the whole ass-over-tea-kettle thing was not her fault.
The Result:
1 Bruised Ego
1 Left Elbow and Left shoulder that look like I have been exfoliating with a cheese grater (Holy crap did the shower sting when I got home!)
1 Slightly wrenched left wrist
1 Soon to be spectacular palm sized bruise on my right leg.
I think today I will stick to the nice safe treadmill…..
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