A Question Posed
Let me ask a few questions, your answers are not right or wrong, but personal opinion. What is the first answer that pops into your head, before you go to the next question.
1. You finished a bike workout. You are gone for 2 hours but spent 30 minutes changing two flat tires. Do you log the workout as 90 minutes or 2 hours?
2. You finished a bike workout. You rode out to a Starbuck, had coffee for 30 minutes, and came home. It took you 90 minutes to get to and from Starbucks. Do you log this as a 90 minute workout or 2 hours?
3. You go on a 30 minute run. 10 minutes into the run you develop a shin splint that is too painful to run so you walk home. Getting home takes 20 minutes. Is this a DNF run, a 10 minute run or do you log it as a 30 minute run as it was the same amount of time you planned on being out anyway?
Did you find any difference between the bike questions? What about the run?
posted by Comm's @ 5:37 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
these are good questions...
i would probably call #1 a 2hr. ride since you were doing something bike related. heck i need all the time i can get!
#2 i would call 90 minutes. i don't think you can justify starbucks as anything other than self indulgence.
#3, i would call a dnf, especially since 2/3 of it was walking. now, if you had only walked the last 5 minutes, i'd call it complete.
1. I wouldn't count tire changing as riding. I would be in better shape than anyone!
2. Definately not coffee time as riding...
3. I count walking as exercise, so I might count the time spent walking...depends on how leisurely it was.
It's all about the mileage for me.
Fun stuff...now what are you doing stopping at Starbucks on a ride???
Simple answer: log mileage, whether cycling or running or walking, not time. That really shows how much work you did. If you want to log intensity, average heart rates isn't a bad way to go. Or average pace.
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