And actually I'm feeling pretty good.
I had 2 pretty good days in the water on Monday and Tuesday, and Cycled to work Tuesday and today (Wednesday).
I bought a behind the seat rack and garment bag from Performance Bike and can pack my biz casz clothes, Laptop etc. and get to work in about 20 minutes. 6 miles. I get in way before anyone else and traipse around the office in spandex and get ready for work. Luckily I'm a director and have a closed office, and thanks to chapter 11 protection, there's plenty of empty cubicles (aka bike parking). I go into the washroom and scrub down, deodorize, fill my hair with product, grab a starbucks and I'm good to go. Tonight I decided to take the long way home and sent my bag with a colleague to drop off at the house.
I did a decent 8 mile warm up (mostly down hill) at a 19.7 mph pace and then did a 5 X 5 minute interval session with 4 minutes rest between.
Like this...
2 minutes moderate effort zone 2
2 minutes moderate hard zone 3
1 minute hard zone 5a
I thought I did pretty well and pace averages came in at.
#1 21.8 mph
#2 22.9 mph
#3 22.1 mph
#4 19.3 mph
#5 22.0 mph
My overall session pace was at 19.3 mph average including the 20 minutes of recovery spinning. This was on a pretty hilly course of about 28 miles, and on my old steel 1994 bike!
So I think my fitness is improving despite the shinsplint.
~dave
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