Meh Ride

I went for a ride after work today. I'm overdue and the heat wasn't insane like it's been lately. It was still close to 80F though.
I started at Whiting, thinking I might be in shape enough to make it up the big Orange hill. Nope. Unfortunately I just didn't feel strong today and really didn't accomplish anything particularly impressive. It felt humid and I just wasn't feeling great.
 
I thought my tire was a bit low before I left but figured it was ok. Unfortunately I felt a bit out of control for about half my ride until I stopped and pumped it up more. For sure that helped a lot.

I rode the Red trail for the first time in years. Well, "rode". There are a lot of hills I walked after failing to climb. I'm continuously impressed by my past self and the hills I used to climb.
One thing that's different is the crazy workouts I used to do between riding. Can I push myself to do those again?

It's weird how certain parts of the trails have changed over the years. Some are obvious rerouting done by the trail crew and others are just erosion.

I did climb the final hill at the end of Green which used to trip up past me, so I guess that's something.

I met up with my wife at the end of the ride and she took a few pics.

I rode 4 miles.

Fourth of July Weekend Ride

This long Fourth of July weekend was a hot one and I hesitated to ride, but decided it would be best to get out before starting another work week.  It was in the lower to mid 80s, so not horrible.

I rode at Webster Park and felt I'd had enough to not continue into Whiting. I wore a Fitbit for the first time to keep track of my heart rate. It is my daughter's and she hadn't been using it for a while. I don't think the MapMyRide app integrates well with it and my phone had a hard time connecting to it anyway (not sure which device is the issue), I don't have a strong need to have that data all the time anyway. I'd take it if it was all just there and easy, but apparently it's not. For now I'm just curious what kind of heart rate I hit and calories burned in general on my rides. I'm not sure the calories can really be accurate, but whatever.

It looks most of my ride was in my peak heart rate range, which makes sense to me as that's how it feels.  I rode for just over an hour and my average heart rate was 154 bpm. The max I see in the graph was 175 bpm.

I'm not sure the Fitbit link works for anyone but me, but here it is.

As I rode I looked at the Fitbit on my wrist from time to time, though especially after climbing hills. My bpm tends to hit its peak maybe 10 to 20 seconds after finishing a hill.

I fell to the ground again a few times this ride. One time was definitely when I was trying to look at the Fitbit. I don't recall if the others were from that. No serious injuries, just a scuff on one knee.

I rode 4.4 miles.

I went deeper into the east side of Webster Park. There are some tough hills in there and I felt it.