Cycling

Considering the great weather we've been having, I had to get out in the saddle a few times this week again.
Monday I commuted to/from work by bike - it was quite enjoyable, and definitely a much more pleasant way to get to work than sitting in traffic on the highway.
Thursday, with the pending rain forecast for Friday, I went on my standard loop around the Greifensee - anticlockwise (I seem to alternate directions each successive ride).

Here's the output from my Polar heart rate monitor:

As you can see, I'm not the fittest cat around (my heartrate is an indication of the exertion, and I'm in my top zones a little too often), but my speed is reasonable and I'll improve as time goes by.


One thing I do notice, quite markedly, is how much more comfortable I feel going up our local (roughly 7% gradient) hill. It's 3km of man-vs-machine, and after a very long time off the bike I certainly feel its effects.. but ride a few times within a couple of weeks, and it's no longer such a meanie. Yay progress! Yay me!

Now I just need to force motivate myself to get out there more often and spend time in the saddle, where it counts.