Morning Workouts To Beat The Heat – BionicOldGuy

We’re going by way of a little bit of a heat snap proper now, not too excessive however it’s reaching highs within the 90s F (33 C or so). This happens within the afternoon, and it stays quite a bit cooler within the morning. So I’ve been doing all my energy coaching and driving earlier. I’ve had a number of good rides together with up within the hills East of Gilroy and out and again on Coyote Lake Rd with my Tuesday group. I’m happy to have the ability to do longer rides on my upright with no SI joint or sciatica points, together with standing as much as pedal for longer. I’ve additionally been taking my recumbent on some longer cruises.

As I discussed a few weeks in the past I’m concentrating on “base training” throughout my driving and had been bumping up the quantity a bit. I did some rides of three 1/2 to 4 hours and determined I don’t take pleasure in exceeding 3 hours (which I now do as soon as every week) so I’ve in the reduction of a bit. But I nonetheless get lots sufficient driving in to “build a base”. I’ll hold this up for a few extra weeks after which repeat the MAF check to see if my cardio operate is enhancing.