First I would like to apologize for the last post. It appears that the picture I posted only showed up using certain web browsers. If you were not able to see it, it was a picture of Annie, Jordan, and Buddy.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Annie was going to a baby shower so I had to get my ride in early. Well early is relative, I was on my bike at the Ayer/Nashua Rail Trail at 8:30. That was after a trip to the dump and a trip around my lawn to fertilize and put down grubb treatment. I decided that I would do the rail trail like Wednesday but add on the ride home. I guessed it to be about 35 miles. Pretty good guess as it was exactly 36. It nicely broke up into three 12 mile segments. On the first 12 I concentrated on keeping my heart rate under 120bpm. This was pretty easy and I was still going at an OK pace. I am very concerned about going too fast too early at the PMC. I then picked it up a bit during the 2nd 12 miles, but still kept under 130bpm. The last 12 was on the hills of Harvard so the heart rate was all over the place. I felt great though. I haven't ridden that far since high school and was only a little tired after the ride. That may have been more due to not eating enough before I went out. Now I know why people wear those goofy bike shirts. If you are out for 2.5 or 3 hours you need to pack a lunch. Sunday was a day off the bike. Just a nice walk with the family, but hopefully the weather will break so I can try a ride home from work this week.
Thanks for reading.
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