Just about the time I make the gym's Tues-Thurs 30-minute cycling class part of my plan, they cancel it. According to the online schedule, tomorrow's class is the last one. Grr. So now I need to decide whether I want to do an hour-long class instead, on Mon, Wed, Fri, or some combination thereof.
Speaking of cycling, I put about 65 miles on the bike this weekend, bringing last week's total to somewhere around 75. Not too shabby for the first week back after a month off. I have to say, though, finishing Saturday's ride was hard. The first 23 miles were fine, but I just did not want to get going after the break. If Rob had been home when I called him, instead of on the way to borrow a truck (we needed to buy a 6-foot ladder, and one would not fit in either of our teeny cars), I totally would have had him pick me up. As it was, I would have had to sit at the Starbucks for over an hour, so I decided to just suck it up and ride the 18 miles back home. Of course, then I decided to take a new way home, got lost, and added another 2 miles or so to the total ride. So it ended up being 43 miles, with an average speed of around 13.5 mph.
Sunday was the club ride, and it was a big group this week. There were a lot of slower and first-time riders, so I was able to hang out at the back of the pack and not feel like the lone wuss. Not that the other riders were wussy, because they weren't (there were some hybrid riders in there that could pedal, man). I just was slacking a little more than usual. It was nice doing the club ride again. A few people recognized me, and I met some new people that were about my speed. We skipped the extra 5-mile loop, so the ride ended up being about 22 miles. I think my average was around 13.5 mph on that one, too.
One of the side effects of the club ride is that someone there reminded me about the Frost Bike 50 at the end of this month, which I have now signed up to do. I teetered on the fence between the 45 and 55-mile route, but decided to do the 45. It's only 2 weeks away, and considering how much I was wishing for a SAG truck on this Saturday's ride, I think 45's the better bet.
This has also got me thinking about my charity ride plan for this year. Ideally, I'd like to do one a month, but the timing doesn't always work out. Tentatively, here's what I'm thinking I'll do:
January: Frost Bike 50 (45-mile)
February: Pedalfest 2006 (40-60 mile, probably 40 because it's hilly and I'm a candyass)
March: Continental Airlines Cycling Classic (62-mile)
April: Space Race (60 or 80-mile)
May: Shiner Bash (I wanted to do this last year, but wasn't ready for 90 miles in May. They don't even have a date set for this year's event as far as I can tell, but I'm doin' it, man. Bring on the free beer!)
June: Subaru Urban Assault Race (provided they do one in 2006 June 25th--woo! I swear they just put the 2006 info up this afternoon--it wasn't there this morning AND I can find someone to drive to Austin and ride it with me)
July: Katy Flatland Century (100-mile)
August: ?
September: Tour de Pink (if they do it again this year--62-mile)
October: TX Cycling Classic (62 or 87-mile)
November: Tour de Doughnut and/or Novemberfest (62-mile)
I think I'll take December off, unless something really cool comes up. And, of course, all of this is riding (heh) on staying unpregnant this year. Pregnancy at any point in this schedule may not eliminate rides altogether, but would scale back the distances considerably.
So, that's the cycling plan. Now, if I could just get as complete a diet and weight-loss plan together, that would be something.
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