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[winterbadger]

Back to the bike. I didn't get in the full half hour this morning, but I am restarting my daily exercise regime as I promised the medico. And even the reduced bit I did kicked my ass, since I included a lot more of the neighbourhood hills than I have in the past. He said to be sure and get my heartrate up--well it did that for sure! :-) I need to do the full "down to the parkway, under Carroll, and up past the hospital and around the college" route to get a half-hour or more, I think. Still, good to get started... I'm still several hundred miles short of my goal for the year, and less than six months left to go...

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

Do you have a heart rate monitor? I ask because my doctor is pretty adamant about me keeping mine under 165 or thereabout. You don't want to bring on a heart attack.

[winterbadger]

Nope, I've never gotten one. I've never had anyone express any concern about the old ticker. EKGs and blood pressure never seem to be anything but resolutely normal. I had a stress test a couple of years ago--one of the Treadmill of Increasing Severity type--and while there was a limit to my wind at some point, I finished the whole of the test and they didn't seem bothered about anything they saw.

[sun-in-splendor.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that you're riding again. Keep it up.

This past weekend I tried a new trail over on your side - the Matthew Henson trail. Nice diversion from riding Beach and the Rock Creek trail. There seems to be a road connection to Wheaton Park and the Sligo Creek trail that might make a nice loop to try sometime.

[winterbadger]

That does look nice! I wish Montgomery County would create trail maps that show you how to get to the locations at both ends of the trail, instead of leaving that as an exercise for the reader, but that's a different issue.