Post Exercise Nutrition!

My wee legs are tired this morning after attacking the Tak Ma Doon road to try and beat my PR for that segment. Did it on Saturday in 19:13 and well chuffed with hitting my target of a sub 19:00 by coming in at 18:58. So my next target will be a sub 18:45. My heart rate rocketed through the roof and I sat most of the way up at +150 BPM. Probably pushed a bit too hard on the first section and I felt a bit frazzled by the time I hit the golf course with the steepest sections still to come but fortunately I had my #bikebuddy up ahead to chase after. Pretty sure that he could have dropped me without any problem but I was thankful that he held back and gave me a target to aim for. His experience shines through when we are riding and I know that the only way to improve is to ride with people who are better than yourself. Pretty lucky really to have such awesome people with whom I can train, learn and develop as an athlete.

Managed to negotiate with the wife to get straight up to the gym from work instead of having to go home. My plan is to get into the Spin studio a wee bit early and try out a wee time trial. My normal HR when I am running a 10k is around about the 145 BPM so my plan is to have a wee warm up and then find a resistance that I can ride with a decent cadence and maintain this heart rate for say about half an hour. This should give me line in the sand to work from. If it is not too hard then I will up my heart rate next time, too hard then reduce. Think that increments of 5 BPM should be about right. I have to say that there is no science behind this. I just want to compare my running and cycling performance with a measurement that I know and that I can trust.

I think that I earned my breakfast of a sausage and egg McMuffin washed down by a chocolate milkshake which if you like this kind of thing is currently on offer in Tesco at half price.