2025 cycling week 26

June 23-29

The mornings were good, though warm. I rode in Zone 2 except for Tuesday & Thursday which was Zone 3.

I have not been sleeping well so my heart rate tended to run a little high which meant I had to ride slower to keep in the zone.

I had several errands to run on Saturday and hoped to get in over 20 miles. I rode to Sprouts early then to Target. I got done with Target and loaded up my bike and found that the back tire was flat. What! It was just changed 10 days ago!

I called a friend who picked me up and the bike. After lunch, I tackled the flat tire. I took out the tube but couldn’t find the flat. I put in a new tube and then couldn’t get the tire back on the rim. I tried until my hands were too sore and drove to Oliver’s. It was a different mechanic and he also had trouble.

I had an appointment to pick up my eye glasses at 2. The skies were getting darker and I decided to just drive there after Oliver’s. Once I got home, I mounted the wheel back on the bike. At least I am getting a bit faster at this though I still need to lay down the bike. I rode around the block to match sure everything felt OK and remembered to put the brakes once to replace the pressure.

I thought about riding 20 miles on Sunday to make up for the lost miles. But knew that would threw off the rest of my morning. I did 16 miles instead. There were too many clouds for a colorful sunrise.

This week 105 miles Strava (110 Flow App)

This year 2,724 miles Strava

Streak 1,947 days