montebello

on saturday i went for an easy 2-hour run across the golden gate bridge, then along the marina, and up over fort mason to pier 39. it was a prefect day for running, cool and overcast, and it felt great to be taking it easy.

sunday morning natalie and i made pancakes and did the crossword, which we hadn't done in a long time, and then i went for a ride around the city. i only did about 20 miles, but i mixed some hills into the route, and felt like i got a decent workout.

sunday afternoon i tore my old centurian ironman down to the frame in preparation for building a winter bike. i've been collecting used parts from craigslist and ebay, and now have a complete bike, albeit in a bunch of pieces. i'm sort of torn between building it myself, and having a shop build it. i'd learn a lot, and have a lot of fun, if i built it myself, but there's no guarantee i'd have a working bike at the end of the process, so for now i'm just waffling.

yesterday (monday) i went for a bike ride at work. i found a hill which i think is going to keep me occupied for a while. it's 5 miles long, and climbs about 2000 feet, it's the first real hill i've climbed since i got the bike, and i have a feeling i'm going to be spending a lot of time on it.

this is a screenshot of the data from my heart-rate monitor on yesterdays ride (click the picture for more detail). the squiggly red line at the top is my heart rate, the green line in the middle is altitude, and the squiggly black line at the bottom is speed.

if there was a line for how hard my lungs were working it would be off the chart at about 30 minutes. things got easier after that.