Went Biking Today

Today was officially the first time I went biking in place of a run. I found that in order to even start breathing moderately I have to stand up on the bike and pedal pretty hard. Overall though it was a pretty enjoyable process. I even got to experience some wicked speed as I got up to 30mph on a downhill according to my Garmin 301. I did not know my cheep $40 bike could go that fast without falling apart!

Once I got back I did my strength exercises, focusing mainly on my upper body. Most runners neglect this, and later in races, their arms dangle on their sides, reducing their running economy. I am going to make sure this does not happen to me. So I did 2 sets of 20 bicept curls with 15lb weights, 2 sets of 20 "bench presses" with my 15lb dumbells, 2 sets of 12 behind the head tricept things with one dumbell, and 2 sets of 12 lunges with my dumbells. I also did 2 sets of 30 slow slow slow situps. I think that the slow situps are much more effective than the crunches, although much tougher, since it takes a lot of strength to controll yourself as you go up and down.

As usuall I will be taking care of my shins same as the last couple days, and hopefully I get get back into running tommorow! (BTW not a single twinge of pain whatsoever in my shins today!)