I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.41mi
time: 33:27
pace: 5:13min/mi
speed: 11.50mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1072865089
This didn’t record where I started so a bit shorter then actual. However I think my time is faster even stopping to take a selfish in the middle!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 12.56mi
time: 01:01:25
pace: 4:53min/mi
speed: 12.27mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1069834095
Honestly wasn’t planning on riding today but it was such a beautiful day I decided to go out. The Other cane with and we went to Independence Grove. We even rode around the park a little bit and rested for a while in the shade by the lake. A great ride!
I biked with MapMyRide
Distance: 19.96mi
Time: 01:38:23
Pace: 4:56min/mi
Speed: 12.17mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1068478831
It started “spitting” right as I left for my bike ride today but I really wanted to try and up my weekly mileage so I left anyway. Pretty consistently over the last couple weeks I have been doing 20-25 miles a week and thought it was high time I upped it to 30. It shouldn’t be hard to attain – a couple 5 mile rides during the week and a longer one on saturday.
However, as is always the case, I only got out twice this week so was down about 20 miles when I set out today. The first 3 miles are always the worst and I was thinking that I would only go 3 miles out today (10 round trip). But when I got to 3 miles I was feeling pretty good so I planned to go a bit farther even though the rain was coming down harder now. When I got to my normal 5 mile turn around point I will still feeling great and the rain hadn’t increased so I thought I would try to go for the full 20.
It was a trail I hadn’t been on for a while so I didn’t want to go too crazy lest I get lost. So when I made it to the next major road crossing and was still about 3 miles short I went with the “at least I tried” mindset. I also saw this women taking in the sites at the park in the drizzling rain and thought it was very pretty.
But on the way back I saw this sign for a canoe launch and was still feeling pretty energetic so I detoured. However it was pretty far to the trail end but a nice ride. Even with that I will still about 2 miles short when I was back at the turn off for my house. So now the rain is coming down harder but I really want to hit my goal so I went about 2 miles south down the trail. I figured this would surely be enough to get me a 20 mile ride today. It wasn’t. I ended back at my house rain-soaked and .05 miles short. Luckily my rides earlier in the week were enough to put me over my goal!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.82mi
time: 33:18
pace: 4:53min/mi
speed: 12.30mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1065750051
I love Kinder Happy Hippos. The chocolate ones are my favorite but I like the cream ones as well. They are hard to find in America. I buy them off amazon.com and they are usually shipped from the UK
Only about 2 inches long they are filled with such yummy goodness that they are 120 calories each. It’s worth it though, trust me.
I have been trying not to overdose on hippos and have been limiting myself to one after a bike ride as a quick carb boost (and much tastier then those gel boost packs they sell at the bike store).
Today though I was in a hippo mood so I had 3. Any guilt I might have had was forgotten upon eating that delicious happy hippo!
In the end I decided to go on a bike ride even though it was late at the very least to work off some energy. Then I realized that the calories I burned turned those 3 120 calorie hippos into 3 zero calorie hippos. I love a good loophole 🙂
Seriously though, if you see these in the store, try them. You can thank me later!!!
Had a horrible migraine yesterday which had me sleeping most of the day and nauseous the rest. It pretty much ruined my day because besides the obvious reasons it was a great day and I would have loved to go for a bike ride. Instead I sat home and ate junk food because it makes me feel mildly better while my eye are being pushed out of my head like Oberyn Martell vs The Mountain in the Game of Thrones TV Show.
Today I still had a migraine but – work – so I suffered on normal pain meds (not my super strong uber drugs) until about 5:30 PM when everything just hit me and I felt like I was gonna bust out crying. I can’t drive (migraines make me very dizzy – almost like being drunk or on drugs…so I have read in the medical journals) so I thought maybe a bike ride would help. Basically I just couldn’t stand sitting in the house anymore. I still wasn’t sure it was a good idea so I ran it past The Other (my voice of reason when I am freaking out) and he said that if I just stuck to the neighborhood it should be ok. Then at least if something happened there would be people around.
I was going to disobey him and hit the trails anyway but it was seriously hard to ride today so I thought better of it. I rode all around the neighborhood and hit about 5 miles. Looks like I only miseed 2 streets so that is pretty good considering my state of mind. There was this one hilarious moment when the voice updated on my app and to my migraine-addled brain it sounded like a demon! I freaked out a little and then started giggling so I must have looked like a fool while riding around.
When I got home I still had a headache but at least all my nervous energy was gone so mission accomplished. 🙂
I biked with MapMyRide
Distance: 5.26mi
time: 29:04
pace: 5:32min/mi
speed: 10.86mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1060939513
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 9.92mi
time: 01:29:00
pace: 8:58min/mi
speed: 6.69mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1058163865
A leisurely ride today with Brent, Jackie, and The Other. Weather was great and I was so happy that Jackie was able to join us. Murica!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 11.79mi
Time: 56:26
Pace: 4:47min/mi
Speed: 12.53mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1057011287
Beautiful sunset ride today. Planned to only go about 5 miles out but was feeling great when I hit my mark.
I decided to go up to a turn around point which was about 1 mile farther. At the end, there was a fork where i usually go right. I went left instead and found a lake and picnic spot!
On the way back I stopped in the woods to take another picture of a sunset over the bridge and got crazy assualted by mosquitos so my picture didn’t tien or good. Maybe next time.
I felt my pace and cadence were good today. I’m getting stronger everyday!
Finally the river is receding a bit so the underpasses were open and I was able to bike farther. I saw a deer today on the trail but I didn’t get a picture. It’s okay, I really don’t want a deer thinking I am threatening it.
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 12.97mi
time: 01:20:28
pace: 6:12min/mi
speed: 9.67mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1048059057
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 12.34mi
time: 01:05:41
pace: 5:19min/mi
speed: 11.28mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1039154329
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 5.62mi
time: 28:03
pace: 5:00min/mi
speed: 12.02mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1037927143
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