Bicycling in Bloomington

 Memorial Day 2007 

I didn’t ride today. It was raining this morning and I expected the “48 hour bonk,” so I decided to stay off the bike. I’ve been running/riding for more than 30 years so I know that 48 hours after a hard effort, I bonk. I’m rarely wrong.

I ran about 4 miles at an easy pace. Kept my HR at 130 or lower except for a small hill where it went to 135. However, if someone asked me to estimate my HR during the run, I would have been way off. My legs were stiff and tired today, so a short run was just the right thing to do.

During the run, I noticed how little traffic there was. In general, my rides have relatively little traffic. It might be because of the time and routes I chose to ride. For example, on the big ride on Saturday, my daughter and I rode side by side for most of the ride because few cars passed us.

When I talk to friends and colleagues from other parts of the country about riding, they often comment on how traffic conditions affect their riding. I realize how nice it is in the Bloomington area to ride without having many concerns about traffic.

Unfortunately, the drivers are not as nice as the traffic conditions. That’s another post.