High winds

My sport roots come from gym class, riding my bike around the park, and skiing. Probably skiing could be considered my only real sport roots. It wasn't until I reached the double digits that I started adding other sports.

People with their fundamentals beginning in a speed sport (like skiing), quite likely, associate adreline and risk with pleasure.

In contrast, with a sport like volleyball the main risks are overuse, twisting injuries, or getting hit by the ball. In skiing, well you could wrap yourself around a tree going speeds that a person would get ticketed for in a car (in a residential area). Or you could slide down a mountain. Or maybe tople over a cliff. Or (ahem ... as I did) tear your ACL clearing the landing of a jump. If you continue to ski double black diamonds with 'no-fall' zones, it only makes sense that you enjoy the risk. I do.

That said, road biking has felt more like a zen like activity. Maybe like swimming and running. Until yesterday.

It was a very very hot day, so of course everyone is in shorts and a short sleeve shirt. I finally upgraded from my steel frame bike so I'm getting used to a fast bike. The downhills are intense, I've heard that a rider can get up to 30-45 mph. Then, there was the wind, it was definitely moving me. There would be a gust and then I would almost feel like the bike was going to be knocked out from under me. At one point I was biking slightly sideways. All of which I'm comfortable with (again we come back to a skewed perception of risk) but let's return to what this activity is being done on and what the rider has for protection.

Asphalt with cars passing.
With a helmet and a thin short outfit.

So basically it's skin vs asphalt.

I played that game in Boulder when I was 20 years old. In contrast I was going maybe 10 mph with no wind (just rain). The asphalt won, my ankle (bones and tissue) did not. I was -not- going 10 mph and there -was- strong gusts of wind.

So, here's to good kick of adreline and a new appreciation for road biking :) 

...although...  I still prefer mountain biking  shh... don't tell anyone ;)

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Thursday
60 min run (6 miles)

Wednesday
climbing

Tuesday
90 min bike ride

Monday
45 min core
2100 swim (not masters, schedule conflicts, hoping for Thurs)
90 min bike ride