Life Improvement

Ouch

The pain is starting to really set in on these rides. I felt tired and sore the whole way in this morning. That just means now's the time to start pushing. 

As long as I keep riding daily I'll make the breakthroughs that I need.

My New Route

I'm moving to a new house, up the road a bit from where we are now. My new route, http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2123466, is 5.5 miles long each way. That's an extra mile total per day.

Tuesday Morning Ride Part 2

After I left the coffeeshop the sky did indeed open up. The good news, my backpack is actually waterproof, as advertised. The bad news, I was a dripping mess coming into the office.

All in all not so bad.

Monday Commute and Tuesday Morning Ride

Yesterday's morning ride was fantastic. I felt really strong and made it to the coffeeshop, which is my pit-stop before work. I got into the office at about 7:10am and then proceeded to shower and put on clean clothes ^[1].

The ride home was another story. I was extremely hot and winded the whole ride back. It was one of those rides where you start to think you have a flat or brake problems because all you want to do is stop riding.

I finally got back home and was incredibly weakened and winded. I struggled to get my bike up the stairs.

This morning I'm feeling stronger, but it's drizzling and I used my rain jacket for the first time. Even though it's composed of the latest in breathable materials it's still very hot. I think I'll ditch it on the short ride between the coffeeshop, where I'm writing this, and the office.

The important thing in all of this is that I'm riding again and I'm loving every minute of it!

^{[1] I started a habit this week where I will bring my clothes for the week to the office on Sunday, along with the other usual supplies that I buy. That way I can shower up and be fresh for the day, rather than a stinking mess. It's very necessary in the Louisiana summer.}

Day 1 Commute

Not counting my first ride home last week, today was the first full roundtrip commute. It was great, I felt winded on the way there and the way home but I kept it steady and can still feel some of my fitness from previous cycling training.

miles: 10

calories burned: 666

Mid-year Switch-up

I'm changing the focus of this log. I obviously haven't held up my fitness & nutrition regiment BUT I just purchased a bicycle for commuting, so I am going to focus on my daily commutes, longer rides and some nutrition.

My new goals are:

• Ride every day of the week, 10 miles each day
• 4-5 good small meals per day
• drink only coffee (no more than 1 large per day), water, skim milk, diet sodas (no more than 1 per day)
• only 1 cheat day per week
• Ride the MS150 in October

We'll see how well I can keep it up!