Due to the AFL Grand Final, the state of Victoria decided it
would be a great idea to have Friday as a public holiday...I wasn’t
complaining.
Around the Bay is this Sunday (11th Oct) and I
wanted to spend time on the saddle. I
needed a long ride before the event so I decided to take advantage of the
public holiday on Friday and do my long ride then rather than leaving it for
Sunday.
There is a bakery in Sorrento called Baked In Sorrento –
they make really delicious cakes and pastries and not to forget – cyclist friendly!
The aim for the day was to ride from my house (Cheltenham) down to that bakery
for a donut or a slice with coffee and then ride home. I was originally going
to ride down to Port Melbourne first (which makes the ride closer to 180km) but
decided against it considering my longest ride is 110km over 6 hours.
The ride down to Sorrento was enjoyable. I didn’t ride fast
and I was riding solo. I didn’t want to ride in a group, I just wanted some
alone time on the bike and mentally discipline myself to get through the day.
The wind wasn’t too strong which made the ride really awesome. I took some form
of nutrition every 30min but had my Garmin alarm set at every 15min. I bought
an iced donut and a coffee at Sorrento and rested for about 20min before I made
the journey back home. The ride home was equally amazing. Cars were banked all
the way into Sorrento all the way from Mornington due to the long weekend. I
stopped off at Frankston for a top up of my hydration and consumed a third of a
can of coke. I had a quick stop at Mordialloc before the 6km journey back home.
150km within 6.5 hours was a pretty good effort and I didn’t
feel too smashed or exhausted and glad I did this ride before next weekend. The
exhaustion hit me about 3 hours after I reached home as my mind and body just
didn’t want to do anything but lie horizontal. No decisions were made that day.
Saturday was the Grand Final – I decided against doing
anything that day and instead, hung out with friends pre-game for brunch before
we walked to the MCG. Hawks won – back to back to back Premiers!
My friends were racing crits on Sunday at 7:15am and as I
enrolled in the crits skills session on the 18th, I really I wanted
to see how the event goes before I decided if I am going to race or not. We
rode down to South Melbourne and watched crits until 11am. Then we had brunch
in Port Melbourne before we headed home into the headwind. I did a few efforts
on the bike along the way to exert myself and to improve on my fitness. 50km for Sunday.
I had ridden 200km over 2 days and pretty happy about that.
Leading up to ATB on Sunday, I will try to make it to altitude on Tuesday night
all the way from Chadstone after my presentation, a spin class at GESAC on the
Thursday morning and a road ride on Friday morning. I am not doing any strength
work other than some core movements before this weekend. Resting my legs on
Saturday by heading over to a friend’s house to watch (and pick up) my new
thermomix! Custards errrrrryday!
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