Holy Cow That was FUN!!!!

The B-town Rejects (as Ira likes to call us) met for the first (of many to come) Tuesday Night Worlds at SBU (Crit Style). I headed out around 5:30 and after a couple loops of the 1.25 mile course I found my way a short jog to Nate's casa to pick up the pimp cycle (anything bearing flames is refereed here on out as a 'pimp cycle'). Scooter'ed back to SBU and got in a couple laps to get the feel in the corners. I pulled up to the parking area and there was Jim J., Dale, Frank, and Ira all ready to go.

Here is a brief description of the course: 1.25 miles with twelve 90* turns, three sweeping turn (can pedal through easily), and one rise that burns the legs for 50 meters. Great course to work cornering (pretty obvious) and jumping up out of every turn. Low-to-no traffic since it is all on campus and the students gone for the summer. The Security was even getting a kick out of watching us. The efforts were for 6:20-7:00 depending on who you were with a solid 7-8 minutes easy recovery between. I turned an average of 3:10-3:15 per lap (we did five 2-lap efforts at race pace) and kept the HR in the high 170's and low 180's.

We all took turns driving an effort and Ira doubled up at the end as his strength was there, but his endurance lacked (what gives... just because you recently finished another high GPA of full-time college courses, have a job, raise three kids, and are a great hubby doesn't give you a hall pass! LOL). The efforts were tough, but the whole thing was freaking FUN!!!!! I started way off the back for the last two intervals and clawed my way to the front on the first one, but couldn't cover the gap on the last as the gas tank was nearing empty.

We all talked and looks like this is a staple Tuesday night thing. We have a couple different courses from which to chose, but for now SBU rocks. As the temps get higher we will start later as the course is well lit.

At the end of the evening I took a easy cool down cruise around town and I doubt the smile came close to leaving my face.



This morning (Wednesday) I met Dale and Nate and we spun around the outskirts of Bolivar, which was covered in a thick fog. We dropped off Nate and Dale and I got in some additional time. Felt good to loosen up the legs after last night.

Fitness: See above (2:15hrs total for Tuesday). Wednesday AM - 2:10hrs light spin