Which basically means that I did two 4hohur bricks in 2
days.
Saturday: Did 40min easy run followed by a 3h20min bike
ride. I took a new route on a bike. Getting to know the region.
Weather was gorgeous! Sun and warm, just how I like it. I even
got tan lines! Since I am neither a striper nor a swim suit model I do not care
about how my skin and body looks like.
Ride was great. I was little thirsty by the end (I had one
1l bottle) and also quite hungry (I ate one sport bar), but other than that I
felt great.
I walked quite a bit afterwards (went to check out running
tracks in the neighborhoods) and was not
even sore.
Sunday: I did not want to overdo it and the plan was ~2h30min
ride + 20min run. Since the ride was not supposed to be too long I did not take
anything to eat (I did not have any bars left but I wanted to take apple) but
thankfully I took a drink (tea with honey and lemon, yes…) because otherwise it
would have been horrible.
I met one rider who asked me whether I want to ride with him.
And I did and he showed me a new route (which, I do not really remember since I
have no idea where we were going) and I got back home after 3h40min.
I was thinking about bagging the run because I was hungry
and thirsty and I mean, there is really no need for me to do 4hour bricks, is
there? But because it is me I drank some more tea with multivitamin juice, ate
a slice of cheese and an apple (what a combination!) and off I went. I was not
too bad. Sure I was tired but not as tired as I thought I would be.
I know that my training is totally without any structure. It
reminds me of my running in France before I met PPC. I would run 20miles one
week and 60 the next. I did whatever. But it is understandable. Most people train
like this when they have no idea how they should train. And really, I have no
idea. So I just do whatever, do not ride my bike for 2 weeks and then do two
4-hour bricks one weekend.
Btw, this guy was really nice. He is an older guy, maybe 40
or so and he said that if I want he can show me some other biking routes. Either
close to Hannover or he can take a car and we can go further. He took my email
and told me he will send me an email. His kids does not bike and he usually
trains alone but it is nice to have someone to ride with sometimes.
Although it was quite embarrassing. You know my bike (rear
wheel going right and left, squeaking chain, can’t shift properly, and my
bottom bracket makes horrible noises and so on and so on). He told me that I
either invest something into that bike or I will have to pay 150Eur for a taxi
when one day I get stranded 30miles from home. I know, but I am not going to
invest anything into that bike.
I do not know what I will do tomorrow, but I will probably
not bike. Maybe run and surely a swim. And I want to finally visit Herrenhauser
Garten.
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