Week 6: My last mountain bike workout!

As Week 6 closes, it was another beautiful but extremely cold day in Prospect Park. I've mapped it out, and it is a 3 mile bike to the park from my apartment, and I'm including this in my overall mileage for the day.

I'm borrowing a mountain bike made for a 6'4" man, and I really need to take it in for a cleaning. I was having difficulties shifting gears, which made me realize exactly how gunky the chain was. Maybe as a "thank you", I'll get one of those chain cleaners and clean off the chain.

The picture is from 8am on Saturday -- we always have about 10 minutes of bike safety, talking about fundraising, and discussing strategies we should be working to increase our endurance and reduce our recovery time. (Here's a great article I found, which pretty much covers what Coach Jon was telling us to try out.) The overall bike ride was pretty good, but being on a mountain bike, you realize exactly how much it can slow you down with the heavier frame, wide-set fork, and massive tires. I felt like I was chugging along next to the pretty little road bikes. I'd describe the mountain bike as an old man next to those skinny youngsters. Regardless, I think this weekend was my last ride on the mountain bike!

I'm definitely building up the endurance, and the core workout we did after our run (planks, side planks, abs, advanced bridges, etc) was significantly easier this time around. I'm feeling the flexibility and energy really begin to kick in as well!

Total mileage for the day: 18.5 miles