Me! That's who!
That first big climb is more or less right in front of our door step so I'll be doing that about twice a week. It's a fairly busy road but it's straight and well lit so it's fairly safe to hall myself up it. I ended up with a stitch and thought I was going to throw up (hence the four minute flat section after it, if you switch from distance to time), and there was one point near the end I coughed so hard I actually gagged but I've been feeling better in stages this week so we'll be getting out for a couple of hours every weekend from now until the Etape.
In further sportive news they've cancelled the Scottish Bike Show Sportive which is a bit of a poopoo as I really enjoyed it last year...'Due to methods outwith their control' apparently. I only noticed when I saw they'd refunded my money via an e-mail reciept and phoned them up in a panic. An e-mail had gone out with the official explination (not a proper explination, an official explination) but that ended up in my junk folder so I - and according to the forums a few others - missed that. One of the organisers phoned me up (which was rather good of him) and gave their explination. We're half tempted to go round anyway so we'll see.
Spoke to one of my mates last night and she was saying she's not done any training for it. She's a swimmer so she's fairly sure she's got the aerobic ability - it's just the sitting on the bike for that length of time's going to be a struggle for her, she thinks. I'll have to start calling people out for rides now. Deeside Diva's start this week so I'll need to start making my way for that - I want to get better riding in a group.
Mx
Showing posts with label Deeside Divas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deeside Divas. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Playing nice with others...
...is something I'm not known for. At best I'm shy at my worst I come across as superior and any attempt at banter comes out down right hurtful, and the frustrating thing is I'm lovely. So knowing this I took me and myself down to Deeside Divas last Wednesday, which is run for free by these lovely people here.
On arrival I was 'inspected' then 'dismissed' as non-threatening, and then was I spoken too. Which I kind of expected, the first thing I do when I see someone on a bike, is check the bike - I've not got the 'leave your competitors in the dust' gene so seeing how fit they are isn't a consideration for me per se, but I understand others have that.
I was then spoken to by a man called Tim who was soo tall and lanky he looked like he'd been wrung through a Victorian wringer. He of course was OUR LEADER or COACH. Kind of. I wonder what he gets out of running a group of about 20 women in Lycra? He wasn't very shouty and didn't have any weird demands as OUR LEADER slash COACH and I was most disapointed when he didn't make me do endless sit ups whilst shouting 'NO PAIIINN!!!!!'.
We then headed up Causey Mounth, I intentionally hung back as I didn't want to awe everyone with my mountain climbing prowess, given that Causey Mounth isn't really a mountain and prowess is a term I'm using loosely to mean 'get out of breath a bit sweaty'. We had a little pootle for about a mile to put us in a group as we were doing an AMT (Australian Man Tango - I may have heard that wrong) Session, which is when the 'handicapped' get a two minute start beforethey unleash the dogs let the other cyclists try to catch up with them.
I of course was in the handicapped group, however I much prefer the term cyclistickly challenged. And I'm very cyclistickly challenged. I managed to keep up on the first lap, was dropped round on the second and ended up going round by myself on the last. With a lot of folk going 'Well done!' for managing a 4 mile route. And me wanting to go 'No!!! Honestly!!! Fuck Off!!! I'm just slow!!! I can do this all day!!! I've done this for 80 miles!!! Six weeks ago!!! According to Garry Garmin I have at least another 60 odd miles in me!!! ' But we weren't doing it all day. We'd only been up there for an hour, and were only going to be there for another 5 minutes at most. Or at least until I caught up with everyone who passed me on my last lap. So I kept my trap shut, and instead consoled myself with 'Well, it would have been disappointing to find myself the fastest. Where's the challenge in that really?'
At least I have somewhere to go. I think I'll go next week as well. I did enjoy myself and I haven't been out much though a bit more prep before hand might be an idea. Defo a snack or something before I leave, I only had a gel snot at the top of CM when he was explaining Alien Mouth Tent.
The metrics are quite interesting. My heart rate seems (in my opinion) to be a bit all over the place, moving time was just under two hours but my zones were just under an hour? Does that mean I wasn't working that hard consistently or that my hr monitor is not working - and as we know I do have misgivings about my heart rate monitor.
I do have other activities to post about but I'm running a bit behind due to other constraints. Myself and the Giddy Blonde have just come back from a weekend in Inverness (where there was some cycling) and where Not So Giddy Blonde may have to have his name changed to 'Mibbies not as Giddy but sure as hell cut from the same cloth Blonde'. Here's a 'Choice' excerpt from my Weekend -
Giddy: Do you know what a Gilet is?
Mibbies: Yes, no, is that a thing you carry babies in?
Giddy: No! That's a BAIN MARIE
Please don't put your baby in a bain marie.
Mx
On arrival I was 'inspected' then 'dismissed' as non-threatening, and then was I spoken too. Which I kind of expected, the first thing I do when I see someone on a bike, is check the bike - I've not got the 'leave your competitors in the dust' gene so seeing how fit they are isn't a consideration for me per se, but I understand others have that.
I was then spoken to by a man called Tim who was soo tall and lanky he looked like he'd been wrung through a Victorian wringer. He of course was OUR LEADER or COACH. Kind of. I wonder what he gets out of running a group of about 20 women in Lycra? He wasn't very shouty and didn't have any weird demands as OUR LEADER slash COACH and I was most disapointed when he didn't make me do endless sit ups whilst shouting 'NO PAIIINN!!!!!'.
We then headed up Causey Mounth, I intentionally hung back as I didn't want to awe everyone with my mountain climbing prowess, given that Causey Mounth isn't really a mountain and prowess is a term I'm using loosely to mean 'get out of breath a bit sweaty'. We had a little pootle for about a mile to put us in a group as we were doing an AMT (Australian Man Tango - I may have heard that wrong) Session, which is when the 'handicapped' get a two minute start before
I of course was in the handicapped group, however I much prefer the term cyclistickly challenged. And I'm very cyclistickly challenged. I managed to keep up on the first lap, was dropped round on the second and ended up going round by myself on the last. With a lot of folk going 'Well done!' for managing a 4 mile route. And me wanting to go 'No!!! Honestly!!! Fuck Off!!! I'm just slow!!! I can do this all day!!! I've done this for 80 miles!!! Six weeks ago!!! According to Garry Garmin I have at least another 60 odd miles in me!!! ' But we weren't doing it all day. We'd only been up there for an hour, and were only going to be there for another 5 minutes at most. Or at least until I caught up with everyone who passed me on my last lap. So I kept my trap shut, and instead consoled myself with 'Well, it would have been disappointing to find myself the fastest. Where's the challenge in that really?'
| Starts in: | Aberdeen, Scotland, GB |
| Distance: | 23.9 mi |
| Elevation: | + 1355 / - 1450 ft |
| Max Grade |
8.5 %
|
| Avg. Grade |
0.9 %
|
| Ascent time | 01:07:33 |
| Descent time | 00:44:40 |
| Total Duration: | 02:19:28 |
| Moving Time: | 01:52:13 |
| Stopped Time: | 00:27:15 |
| Calories: | 609 |
| Avg. Watts: | 90 ( with 0s) |
| Avg. Speed: | 12.8 mph |
| Pace: | 00:05:50 |
| Moving Pace: | 00:04:42 |
| Max Cadence: | 117 rpm |
| Min Cadence: | 17 rpm |
| Avg. Cadence: | 63.6 rpm |
| Max Heartrate: | 179 bpm |
| Min Heartrate: | 44 bpm |
| Avg. Heartrate: | 109.2 bpm |
| Heartrate zones: | |
| Zone 1: | 18 min |
| Zone 2: | 10 min |
| Zone 3: | 10 min |
| Zone 4: | 5 min |
At least I have somewhere to go. I think I'll go next week as well. I did enjoy myself and I haven't been out much though a bit more prep before hand might be an idea. Defo a snack or something before I leave, I only had a gel snot at the top of CM when he was explaining Alien Mouth Tent.
The metrics are quite interesting. My heart rate seems (in my opinion) to be a bit all over the place, moving time was just under two hours but my zones were just under an hour? Does that mean I wasn't working that hard consistently or that my hr monitor is not working - and as we know I do have misgivings about my heart rate monitor.
I do have other activities to post about but I'm running a bit behind due to other constraints. Myself and the Giddy Blonde have just come back from a weekend in Inverness (where there was some cycling) and where Not So Giddy Blonde may have to have his name changed to 'Mibbies not as Giddy but sure as hell cut from the same cloth Blonde'. Here's a 'Choice' excerpt from my Weekend -
Giddy: Do you know what a Gilet is?
Mibbies: Yes, no, is that a thing you carry babies in?
Giddy: No! That's a BAIN MARIE
Please don't put your baby in a bain marie.
Mx
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