Training Week 9 is complete.
We did more mileage than last week, but still haven’t gotten back up to
our 311 miles we did in Week 12. But
Dennis Morris did tell us not to over train. Maybe Ivan has the right idea – he says he’s
just going to get in shape on the ride, and we’re going through all this pain
for what? Maybe we just like pain. (No, we just like the pain killers, i.e.
BEER). Totals for this week:
Miles: 270.48
Riding time: 16.25
hours
Average Speed: 16.65
mph
Overall a 20% increase in mileage over Week 10 and did this
taking 2 days off After our initial “baptism” in the Arizona
Monsoons, we managed to escape another encounter with Mother Nature. We were prepared for it though – started
carrying a towel and tarp, and of course, our rain jackets. But these last three days we’ve been
lucky. Yesterday we had just finished up a
70 miler and were actually toying with the idea about putting in another 10 to
make it 80 but decided to call it quits.
Good thing – about 30 minutes after we got back to the trailer all hell
broke loose in the skies. As I wrote this post, the rain was pummeling down and thunder and lightning was crackling all
about us. It was SO wonderful to be inside
looking out at it!
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