So my training this last weekend with Playtri in Dallas really helped tonight's ride. Coach Aaron's explanation of cadence really helped out. Even with the up and down of hill country, I was able to keep a more even spin with my legs tonight. I did a lot less mashing.
Really, the best part is that I wasn't totally exhausted when I was done, which will be helpful in actually getting to 25 miles, as well as subsequent 6k run.
When I need somewhere to just ride, I really enjoy going to Leffler Commercial Park. There's this huge circle of road all the way around it where you can get in a 1.7-ish miles every time you complete the circuit.
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And it's off of the main road so there's very little traffic, and it's also just a road around buildings and parking lots so it's even less traffic later in the evening after everyone's gone home. It has some places where you can get a lot of speed up without losing your cadence, and it has some spots of steadily increasing slope to work your anaerobic spinning.
I wish it were a little bigger around, because after a 3 or 4 times around it starts to get dull like a bike treadmill. But not like a trainer.
I did see some deer snacking on some deliciously dry grass on my second and third times around though, so that was cool. A doe and a fawn. Yay!
I need to get back out to the veloway one of these saturdays.
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