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One of my favorite things about summer biking is going out on beautiful trails and country roads. I love all the beautiful wild flowers on the sides of the road, and I love the sunshine as it goes across the fields. Summer biking feels immensely peaceful and life-giving to me, and that’s what made my lack of biking in June feel so difficult.
Last week I headed out for a 30 mile ride after work, eager to get off the trail and head to some country roads. My legs felt incredibly heavy the first 9 or 10 miles of my ride- annoying! The first part of my ride is slightly uphill, and often against the wind a bit, so aching legs certainly don’t help.
There was also a heat advisory out that day, and the feels like was in the upper 90s as I was biking. With running, I couldn’t exercise in that temperature, but with the natural wind that biking creates, it definitely helps with my comfort level. That being said, I drank 50 ounces of Nuun in the 30 miles I biked, and definitely would’ve enjoyed another 10ish ounces.
Around mile 11 I stopped briefly to change what I was listening to on my phone, and realized that there were several teenagers in the area playing Pokemon. I snapped a picture quick of the flowers nearby as I watched them run around yelling about catching a bull. So funny!
I’m back to listening to audiobooks as I ride, but the book I was listening to during the ride wasn’t completely holding my attention- I kept zoning in and out.
I’m sticking to my same fueling and hydrating plan as previous summers, and did this during the ride:
- Mile 8: 3 shot bloks
- Mile 17: 1 honey stinger waffle
- Mile 26: 3 shot bloks
- Hydration: 50 ounces of nuun. 30 of those ounces also had a nuun plus tablet in it.
My pace was slower than I would’ve liked, and my legs felt heavier than I would have preferred, but I’m so thankful to get some summer biking in, and rode with a smile on my face!
I’ve been biking a ton this summer. Mostly due to knee injury so I can’t run, but I still love to bike. It’s usually my cross-training, but right now it IS my training. Love it!
Sorry to hear about your injury! I’m glad that you’ve found a way to still get outside and exercise!
Black-eyed SusansI used to see those all the time in Indy, but don’t really see them much hear in SC.
I was just looking at black eyed susans today at Lowe’s! They’re so pretty!