As to the main topic here, well, I'm finally starting to feel a little better. I've been slowly lowering the intensity on the bike, as well as riding a little less, and I am beginning to see some results. While my hip flexor is still tender, its not as painful as it was and I feel like I'm moving around better than I was. I'm going to maintain that for a month or so and see how it feels. What it looks like right now is a resistance cap of 25 and no out of saddle riding except for cooling down/stretching.
So, with the two weeks off in May and then the reduced workload, how am I doing? I'd be lying if I didn't say I was struggling a bit, but lets see how it went:
Weight Results:
- Starting Weight: 230.50
- Ending Weight: 239.30
Exercise Info:
- Number of rides: 45
- Time on exercise: 11:55:14
- Distance on rides: 165.08
- Number of rows: 5
- Time rowing: 2:03:22
- Distance Rowing: 24560
- Weight Workouts: 15
And here were my May goals:
- Ride 450 miles (I adjusted to 400 but didnt account for being in VA)
- May Apple Fitness challenge
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Gold in my May challenge
- Continue weekly weight workouts. Try for 2 dedicated weight routines and at least one I&A
- Continue weekly row.
- Break 17k meters in the 60 min row and warmup
- Depending on my knee/hip try to walk
- Get my weight below 230 and stay there
Yep, there it is. I'm beyond frustrated with my weight. I didn't think I ate poorly when we were away, and no I didn't, nor have I been eating poorly at home but for some reason my weight is holding solid and refuses to go down. I'll spend all week chipping it down and then balloon back up on Saturday/Sunday. I am building muscle, and my clothes still fit, so I don't necessarily think it's fat, but I still have a good amount of that to lose.
And that kind of set the tone for the month. Going to VA and not riding for 2 weeks definitely hurt my mileage goal. I am going to try and do some LI riding up in VA next week because I don't think I need a week off, but I'm only going to ride two or three times. . On top of that my challenge team wasn't full, so I missed the Gold.
So what went well? I've been rowing a little more and I started taking a live row class on Sunday mornings. I'm going to miss a week of that, but I'll pick it back up when I get home, and if I feel up to it, I will probably add in a longer row afterwards. No, I didn't get 17k, but I was away from the rower for most of the month. I'm going to try to get that this month, but I think next month is more likely.
So what's my rebound plan? Well here are my goals for June:
- Ride 350 miles
- June Apple Fitness challenge
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Gold in my June challenge
- Continue weekly weight workouts. Monday and Thursday or Friday
- Fill in cycle rest days with rowing
- Break 17k meters in the 60 min row and warmup
- Get my weight below 230 and stay there.
This should look familiar. I've cut my mileage down a bit and will probably end up closer to 300 miles by the end of the month. It's not that I want to make it easy, but I do want my goals to be obtainable, and with travel and my hip, setting a goal and missing it because of circumstances is frustrating. If we're away, we're away and I just need to accept that. I won't stop pushing myself to get my weight down, because that is something I can control. Since Sam left and Friday's schedule sucks, I made that a rest day.
That's about it. Hopefully this will be a better month. Talk soon!
