I have been taking an extended route, increasing my daily commuting mileage to approximately 36 to 40 miles per day. This has been great to improve my conditioning; however, I am still trying to ride every day as when my daily commuting distance was 25 miles.
I have taken this new route because it is through mostly residential neighborhoods with few stoplights. My old route is through an industrial/commercial area. I feel much more safe along my new route. The only problem is that the new route has much more elevation change along the route resutling in many more hills. Those hills are great for conditioning. (Note: Great for Conditioning = Suffering on the Bike)
My cycling pain that I am suffering now come from two things:
1) I am trying to save gas by cycling to work everyday; and,
2) I really enjoy riding with my cycling group on the weekend.
My wants are not measuring up with my needs. My need is to take some recovery days, that conflicts with my want to ride. I really need to be careful of overtraining and burnout.
At the end of today I will have surpassed 2,600 miles for the year. I have less than 900 to go to reach my goal of 3,500 miles.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
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