This is my second day this week commuting to work and it went a lot better this time since I knew my way! I’m also starting to get use to my commuter bike. It’s slower, bulkier, and a little uncomfortable but I will learn to love it! I won’t love it as much as I love my tri bike because I think the day I have to retire that bike I might actually cry!
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It’s about 9.5 miles each way for my commute on the way to work it’s mostly downhill which is nice because then I don’t get to sweaty and I have to try and look presentable and business like. The hardest part is the walk up the stairs to the 3rd floor, Ha!
On the way home it’s all uphill, which makes is hard to get a second workout in once I’m home because my legs are shot. On the way home it was HOT which made me overheat and my lower back hurt from those hills because I’m not use to sitting that upright. I think with time this will get easier, I will drink more water before and get stronger.
Last time after I got home I attempted to meet my best running buddy Kelly for some track work which I only managed to do the 1.5 mile warmup with her and my legs just weren’t going to respond to sprints. So I’m going to move my commute to Mondays and Wednesdays with an easy run after, that should count as a brick right? I’ll do speed work on Tuesdays, then Thursday will be weights and swimming, with a long run and long bike on Saterday and Sunday. Now where am I going to fit in a second day of weights and second day of swimming? Help! J
5 comments:
awesome! i love bike commuting!
i'm super duper jealous that you can commute to work. my commute is 50 miles round trip and the only thing stopping me is that Tampa is on the top of the list of the best places to get killed while riding your bike. So basically what I'm saying is that I don't have a death wish.
Ischial tuberosity ...wtf is that!!!??? It's a pain in the a$$.
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no way i could commute and then workout in the evening. god bless u for even trying that!
I am jealous as well that you can commute to work by bike. I would love to, but after staring at google maps for hours, I can not find a route that is safe enough to do it.
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