Sep 3 2016
Friday: A little longer commute
I was looking forward to this. The plan was to leave work early and take a long cycling route around the city. I tried to plan it as flat as possible, but in Brno this is difficult. The climb up to Líšeň was much longer than I expected. The climb to Vranov was as expected.
To make this a recovery workout, I slowed down really a lot on the climbs. I also rode in a light gear and tried to have my cadence high during the entire ride.
It was a beautiful ride. I tried to take a few pictures but they didn’t really capture how beautiful it was. 
https://www.strava.com/activities/698073243
Nov 10 2016
Snow!
First snow of this winter. Just a little and all dry and powdery. Nothing big.
Two sessions today. The first one was a gentle 15km bike ride from work to home, which was after the snow had turned into rain, and also after the rain had stopped.
https://www.strava.com/activities/771683402
The second session was a strength training. Also 45 minutes. Just to get into it again. I mainly focused on the upper body.
To add some illustrations, a few random pictures from my local friends on Strava. Everybody seemed to be excited about the snow and eager to go out and do some sports.
For fun, I overlaid parts of my ride over 19th century maps that are available on-line. It is interesting how many of today’s roads are exactly where the roads used to be 150 years ago. I wonder how my bike ride would have looked, cycling through the 19th century.
By sanderroosendaal • Uncategorized • 0 • Tags: bike, crosstraining, ride, rowing, strength, training