21km Night Rider Momentum 1 (NRM1)

Wednesday 28th November 2007; AM; Did 200 Ab Crunches.
Trying to hold onto/re-establish the training momentum that I started with the 25km recon run a few weeks back, but was interrupted by cold and work, my wifes car being stolen, didn't get it insured in time, so $9000-$10000 down the drain at this stage, which makes one really angry/hurt. Hoping to turn some of the angst into some positive training sessions....We shall see if that intention can be transferred into something worthwhile.

PM; Cycled 21km (approximately) in 1hour 26min 09 (approximate splits 49min/37min) Heart rate of 141 at the end.

Night ride on my tired old Mamba mountainbike, with my trusty cateye light and cycle computer. started at 2115 hours (9.15pm), course was an out-and-back route from Beechboro to MIrrabooka and back. The Red Baron unvailable due to flat back tyre, plus I'd rather not risk the Red Baron on a dodgy course like this one. Turned around at corner of Sattleberg and Witchcliffe streets, and forgot to check map beforehand, so in the darkness couldn't figure out where the secret park with a glorious view of the Darling Scarp hills was, which I saw while meter reading there for work a few months back, and promised myself I'd ride back and visit someday.
Well I kept that promise tonight, and enjoyed the ride immensely.

Took the opportunity after some encouragement from my wife Kathryn to get out there while young Jacob was doing his usual sleep from 9pm onwards...Took no drinks and thought about turning around at Noranda, but decided to try and get to Mirrabooka.
So very much a make it up as I go sort of ride on the way out although I had a vague idea of the main roads I would use in my mind. I know most of the significant roads in Perth now due to the copious amounts of driving around the suburbs I have done in the last 15 years or so, especially in the last year or so with my meter reading work. Southerly wind, some nice flat roads, and some nice downhills on return, which allowed me to get to a maximum velocity of 35.7 km/h. Had one of the trip hop/trip house tunes called "momentum" from my recently bought Paradigm Shift CD in my
head, been playing that one a lot in the last week or so. Odometer on my new cycle computer has now reached 850km. Which added to the old cycle computer means I have done almost 15,000km on this Mamba mountainbike, since I bought it I think in 2002, so in 5 years, I have averaged almost 3,000km of cycling per year although I have done a lot less in recent years...some training trivia....

Have to go again in the daytime so I can ride the extra 200m to the secret park, and enjoy the glorious panorama of views, hopefully one day I can take my wife Kathryn and young baby Jacob up there for a picnic.

All in all nice to get a solid ride in, something that will assist my Six Inch plans to come to fruition somewhat, and if I do want to do any Triathlons in 2008, its time I started factoring in some rides. Right knee aching a little in the last 5 minutes. A good ride, although due to my mountainbike being in very poor condition, I took awhile to work out which way to go, and how to handle the low gears available on the bike and still ride at good speeds, hence why my return split was 12 minutes! faster. So a good relaxed cruisy session I am happy to put on the board. Feel a whole lot less Pauline Hansonish emotionally (the whole world stinks and I don't like it...please explain...everything sucks), and more like a line in a Yothu Yindi song; "its like the world is turning right"......(Track 7 from Freedom album.)