{"id":2491,"date":"2010-06-05T11:01:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2010-06-05T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T18:01:35","slug":"back-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=2491","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

My parents are visiting this weekend from Seattle. They are supposed to arrive today (Saturday) around 11am. I wasn’t sure how much time I’d have to get stuff done before they arrived, but Michael and I strangely awoke at 6:30am. We decided to go for\u00a0 a short bike ride! I hadn’t been on the bike since Reach the Beach. I wasn’t sure what to expect…it’s just like riding a bike, right?<\/p>\n

I tried my new Sugoi<\/a> bike shorts that a rep sent me last month. First, they fit much better than my Pearl Izumi shorts. However they are a size larger than what I have.<\/p>\n

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Sugoi Bike Shorts<\/p><\/div>\n

Second, I like that they are a tad longer than my other shorts too. They also have a special “sticky” like tab along the seem to keep the bike shorts comfortably in place. The only con that I see is that the padding is NOT quite as thick as my Pearl Izumi shorts.<\/p>\n

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Sugoi Shorts<\/p><\/div>\n

More padding is desired for longer bike rides but they were fine for the short ride we did this morning.\u00a0 It was that weird in-between temperature but the sun was out. I chose to put my Sugoi tights on over the shorts and I wore a jacket. We did about 10 miles on the bike. We ended up riding Michael’s commute to work and back, plus a bunch of MONSTER hills mixed in. It was quite the experience being back on the bike.<\/p>\n

When I hit the first monster hill, I struggled. I thought, “So taking a month off from riding means I lost everything”. I was pretty bummed out. I also noticed that my recovery time after the big hills was not great. Not like it used to be. \ud83d\ude41 I was more hesitant on the bike than I used to be, and I was also back to being fearful of going super fast down big hills.<\/p>\n

The good news is that my bike did great. After the Reach the Beach debacle, I’d gotten the bike serviced and the guy put on a $10 plastic widget that will prevent me from throwing my chain. I tried out my left gears (the culprit of bike woes) and they did great! I was really happy that I could now successfully use the left gears without my chain falling off or locking up. That’s great news.<\/p>\n

We got back to the house in about an hour and I chained into running shorts and my Brooks shoes and headed to the track next to our house. I wanted to attempt a Brick Workout.<\/p>\n

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My First Brick Workout<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Brick<\/a> workout is essentially training for a triathlon where you do two activities one right after another. I got off the bike, changed in about 7 minutes (need to get better at that transition) and ran the 1\/4 mile to the track. I decided since it was my first time attempting this, I’d just run 1 mile. I ran down the stairs and started running the track.<\/p>\n

It was a weird sensation immediately. I felt like I was running soooo slowly! My legs felt okay but it was the sensation of running in quicksand. I also felt like the world around me was moving in slow motion. How weird is that? At around the 1\/2 mile mark my legs seemed to wake up and I was beginning to feel more like a runner.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the running really improved when I was almost done with the mile!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I ran up the stairs:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Today’s Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 1:33
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Biking: 10 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Running: 1.5 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories Burned: 745<\/strong><\/p>\n

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