Wheels on the road today

Today was the first day this year that the road bike's tires touched pavement. I left here at 8:05 to try and get to Reston by 9:oo for the shop ride. I did not count on the furious headwind that plagued me the entire ride out there. I got to Reston Town center a little after nine. just missing the ride, I was so cold, that I hung out in a coffee shop until 10:00 when the bike shop opened. I bought toe warmers and windproof shoe covers. That did the trick. The rest of the ride was enjoyable, I did part of the shop loop and then went back to Arlington. 42 miles.

Tomorrow I'll be doing a ride from the Swedish embassy in DC to Potomac Maryland and back. That's an early ride. They are giving out blueberry soup when when you arrive back at the embassy. I've never had blueberry soup, but I'm game. It should be 59 degrees tomorrow! But the ride starts at 8:30 so wwe'll be freezing for a little while at least. I bought an extra pair of toe warmers for this.

BS

It's been some time:

After a four month hiatus from cycling due to travel for pleasure, travel for fun, the holidays, the snow, laziness I am back on the bike... well the trainer. I've been on the trainer doing tempo work for the past two weeks. Today marks the beginning of my 12 week training plan. This is a plan from Lynda Wallenfels which I did last year. I'm signed up for 9 hours of Cranky Monkey in the Solo category on May 15, 2009, about 12 weeks away.

Workout:
1.5 hours on the trainer

20 minute Lactate Threshold test today on the trainer.
Test Ave Heart Rate 175
Test Max Heart Rate 185
Distance Traveled 5.9 miles (trainer)
Environment- 40 degrees, started workout at 7:00, food today light on carbs, did Roctane 10 minutes in and drank heed- no major stomach problems


Zones:

1: Recovery- 114 - 141
2: Aerobic- 142 - 152
3: Tempo- 154 - 162
4: Threshold- 163 - 175
5: Super Threshold- 176 - 184