Northern Tier Training - Week 4
Training - Week 4 - March 23 to March 29
Plan
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| 7 miles | 2 x 1 | 20 miles |
Notes
The month of March has slipped past me. Fortunately I still have two months to pull the training together. I’m going for a ride tomorrow (Monday 3/30). Next week I begin weekly workouts with a personal strength coach. My toe is still healing and feels pretty awful but I’m going to have to ignore that since it could be several weeks more before the dang thing is fully healed.
My asthma has been giving me fits for the last two weeks. Spring has erupted early here in Central Oregon — with a vengeance. I’m going to make an appointment tomorrow to see an Asthma/Allergy specialist — hopefully I won’t need to wait long to get in. All of this sounds a bit grim but I am optimistic as hell, and excited. To boost my moral, I designed a logo for the tour (see below) and my daughters want their own t-shirts with the logo on them. Who would have thought.
I’ve been looking at the COROS watch/app combo. I’m planning to use both on the tour. I have a lot of work to do to get familiar with them. (They are new acquisitions for this tour.) I’ve discovered three features I definitely want to use.
- Pause Navigation / Resume Later
This will allow stats and route info for the day to be saved without extended food/rest breaks mucking up the works. - Extender
This will display the watch screen onto my cell phone (which I have mounded on the handle bars). - Safety Alerts
This will notify my special someones when I begin each day’s travel and also allow me to send an emergency alert to them — should that become necessary.
