Yesterday was the day of the bike for me. I woke up in the morning and did close to four miles on my mountain bike around the neighborhoods where I live in the burbs of Philly. I could totally feel the resistance of the wider tires and could tell that they were slowing me down on some of the downhill sections of the road. I am not complaining about this as it requires me to put in some extra work with the wider tires giving a better work-out. I know if I went from a 2.0 inch tire to something like a 32c tire that it would be a totally different ride. Look like I might start saving for a road/cyclocross/hybrid bike that would work better for the road.
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| Starting my morning off right! |
The ride was decent. I could really tell a difference in this bike vs my old hybrid. My average speed is slightly slower now, but I really feel like my legs got a decent work out for what it was. Here are the stats of the ride. Again, this isn't a super long ride. It was just enough to get me going and wake me up. I feel that if I really want to start losing some weight that I am going to need to up the time spent on the bike.
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| Morning Ride |
After the ride I went about my day. I decided to hit the trail with a friend later that evening. This is apart of the trail that I have done before, and I actually did more than what is listed. I stopped Cyclemeter while we were back at the cars on a water break and never turned it back on when we hit the other section of the trail. I did a little better this time. I walked way less than I have before. I think it helped that I had someone there pushing me to go faster. It also built some confidence because I didn't want to seem like a loser who walks more than I ride. It was good though. I can only get stronger.....because I am all the at the bottom.
Today I resumed my Couch to 5K program. This week I upped the run time to 1:30min run and 1:30min walk. I could tell that I upped the run time because towards the end of it I could tell that my legs were more tired this go around than last week. I am proud that I never walked when I was supposed to run. I was also trying out a new pair of New Balance Minimus Zero Road Shoes. Totall different than the Bakilas I wore last time. Way less ground feel. I feel that the Bakilas are a best of both worlds shoes for me. I did really like these though and plan on wearing them more. I will probably trade off shoes until I really figure out which ones I like the best. So far though, no problems with either.
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| Dig the way these look! |
Here are the stats of todays run. I plan on posting them all that I have done half way through this program and at the end. I went a little further than usual, but also a minute longer too. I can't wait to see more progress. On top of this....I need to hit the gym and start lifting. I do not want to bulk up, but I am wanting to tone up my fat body. Tomorrow I am playing basketball so that will probably by my workout for the day.
I have given up soda and am going to cut way back on other beverages that are not water except on my cheat day which I am probably going to make Sunday. I am starting to watch my portions and am hoping that this is going to help. Taking little steps. This is the area that I am going to struggle with the most when it comes to this whole losing weight thing. Wish me luck and lets hope that I can do this!
