With my calf muscle still in recovery, I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some cross training. Trent has been gearing up for the Bow 80 mountain bike race, so he thought it would be a good confidence booster to bring me out for a ride and punish me.
One would think biking and jogging are similar, both using leg muscles with a dependency on cardiovascular fitness. But biking muscles and jogging muscles are two very different things (at least in my non-expert experience).
After punishing me on Moose Mountain last week, leaving me with broken self esteem and a broken crank, I thought I would try to keep up this week. Having Stampede far enough in the rear view mirror means I should at least start getting back to an acceptable level of fitness.
The results from last weeks ride
Trent, Doug, Rob and I decided to run the long loop, I was by far the slowest of the group, but I felt my fitness level coming back compared to last week. I’m not sure what skill level is required to start wearing spandex, I hope I never get that good.
I thought I was taking video down the long declines, but it turns out the camera was just taking stills. By the time I figured it out, most of the steep downhills were done. As always I came back with a few bruises, going over the handle bars once, I’m thinking I need to trade the hardtail in for something with a better suited suspension.
Opps, not set to video mode
At the end of the ride Doug broke his BBQ and we had a few beers and burgers, good way to end the 22km ride.