Easter Sunday Ride... outside!

Ahh springtime in Calgary


Hmmm what is all this white stuff?

The thaw begins!

Melt baby melt!!

Calgarians woke up to a balmy -5C Easter Sunday morning. Paul Dunphy (Local uber weatherman for Global) assured residents that this day would see sunny skies and a high of 12C.

Today is a good day to ride!

First I popped over to the Y for an easy swim. I am still nursing a shoulder injury... strained Ant Deltoid and inflamed Biceps Tendon (Long Head) thus haven't been in the pool much the past 2 months. I took things pretty easy.

1500m workout consisting of lots of drills and a few easy 50m sets.

Duration: 45 min

Raced home and waited for the weather to warm up to at least 0C before heading out. I was pretty stoked! Today I was going long.

Getting dressed for the elements I ended up putting on 4 layers + my winter cycling jacket + my ski gloves.

I ended up looked like a cheap knock off of Venom.

rock on!

See I'm so excited about riding outside today I can't even hold the camera steady!

In the end it turned out to be an amazing day! The weatherman was FINALLY right for once and it did warm up to +12C and light winds.

Thank you Paul.

My winter cycling base training is paying dividends as I hit a new PB for my 90km split!

3 hrs 9 min

....and I wasn't even in "racing mode", so I definitely have the potential for a sub 3 hr Bike split in me for Stony.

It was an amazing Easter Sunday spent outdoors in the beautiful foothills west of Calgary.

Stats from my Long Ride (yay!)

Duration: 4 hrs 12 min
Distance: 118 km
AvHR: 144 ( 73% MHR, zone 2)

~la