Jun 5, 2016 | Hobbies |
New direction today and a bit longer ride ended up with me having a subpar performance. I guess that is too be expected since there is always a bit of adjustement when you take a new path or extend your ride but I didn’t expect it to be so big. Going to continue this way for the next week or two (Assuming its open) so I am excited to see how I will improve.
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 8.21mi
time: 45:01
pace: 5:29min/mi
speed: 10.94mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1517199446
Jun 2, 2016 | Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 11.79mi
time: 01:14:43
pace: 6:20min/mi
speed: 9.47mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1511156735
I went on the Thursday Chili Cruise sponsored by George Garner Cyclery. It was a casual ride of about 12 miles. Good pace (about 10 mph) so it was easy for all ages and riding levels. About 20 people came out for the ride and the weather was beautiful! We went on a route that I haven’t ridden before but was always wondering about. Although we didn’t finish the Middlefork Savannah loop it was really pretty and well kept. After we got back to the shop about 1/2 the group went out of dinner at Chili U. I had some delicious berries and crème with a hot tea. It was a perfect way to end the ride. Can’t wait until next time!
May 30, 2016 | Hobbies |
Well I did it! I was having a super stressful bad day and my stomach was upset but I did it! I went out and rode my bicycle and met my goal of riding every day of the holiday weekend! I am super proud of myself for getting out there even though it was the last thing I wanted to do. Yay!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.61mi
time: 33:43
pace: 5:06min/mi
speed: 11.77mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1503267092
May 29, 2016 | Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.65mi
time: 35:21
pace: 5:19min/mi
speed: 11.29mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1500822965
Felt exhausted today but my split times and speeds are better so go figure. Let’s see what tomorrow brings
May 28, 2016 | Hobbies |
I am setting a goal for myself that I will ride everyday over the long memorial day weekend. It may only be 3 days but this isn’t about me achieving a life goal or anything. It’s about making a commitment to myself and sticking to it even if there are no consequences for failure. The weather is supposed to be nice all weekend and I have no other plans so this should be a piece of cake. Wish me luck!
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.62mi
time: 36:34
pace: 5:31min/mi
speed: 10.86mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1498595462
May 26, 2016 | Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.64mi
time: 35:32
pace: 5:21min/mi
speed: 11.21mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1494697364
May 24, 2016 | Holidays |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.64mi
time: 33:36
pace: 5:03min/mi
speed: 11.86mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1490423541
May 8, 2016 | Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 8.27mi
time: 51:15
pace: 6:12min/mi
speed: 9.68mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1464608977
I went left out of the neighborhood expecting to be blocked in by the water still but to my surprise the path was open!!! This way is usually flooded for months so I was totally surprised and excited and rode much farther than I expected too! It was a slower than normal ride mainly because I kept stopping to take pictures and look at all the deer on the trail. Also I don’t like to get to close to the deer since I have seen lots of videos of them kicking people. I ring my bell at them and hope they move along. The weather today was great and I am just so happy to be outside on my bicycle again. It does not compare at all to riding indoors over the winter.
I especially love riding now because everything is just beginning to grow and bloom and you can see so much through the forest. In a couple months this will all be completely overgrown but for now its like an amazing wonderland. Today I wanted to buy little houses and figures and place them in the undergrowth so it looked like a fairyland!!
May 5, 2016 | Food, Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 5.57mi
time: 32:29
pace: 5:50min/mi
speed: 10.29mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1460538987
The Other and I went on a ride today, it was chilly (see what I did there with the title?) – about 56* – but once we started riding it was ok. Still blocked in on both sides by the high water but we made the most of it.
For dinner we had Bertolli Classic Meals for 2 which are complete frozen meals with 2 servings which heat up in about 15 minutes. They are pretty good – better than most of the other frozen dinners on the market. The food tastes high quality and the meat isn’t rubber. On a busy work night or when you just don’t want to cook these save a meal of fast food so there are really nice. I get mine from Peapod but you can probably find them in your grocery freezer case and I totally recommend you try them out.
Apr 22, 2016 | Food, Hobbies |
I have been doing some slow cooking lately and have been using this hand me down crock pot which I think was actually from my Nana and Boppa. It works but now that I have been doing this more, I can tell there are some things its missing. For one, its small. For two (and biggest) the interior is not removeable so you always have to wash it by hand. Boo!
The The Other told me that new crock pots are only $30 on amazon AND they have a removable dishwasher safe interior. Yay!! Plus its larger! Double Yay! So I ordered one and it arrived yesterday.
For the first meal in my new crockpot I decided to make Mississippi Roast – simple and delicious. Simply delicious. Seriously, if you own a slow cooker, you need to make this recipe. Plus I think with only 3 ingredients, its counts as “Clean Eats” 🙂 Here is the recipe if you want to try it yourself, which you totally should.
The start of the meal:
4.5 hours later (on high)
I decided to serve it over egg noodles so here is the finished product.
So now that I have eaten all that deliciousness I decided to go for a bike ride. I’m lying – I rode my bike before I ate – after I ate I just laid on the couch 😛 But seriously I did ride my bike today, although indoors, but tried a different strategy which I think worked out great. Instead of planning to ride 5 miles, I set a timer for 30 minutes then played a video of mountain bikers on the screen and listened to my audio book. Since I wasn’t focuses on how many miles I had left to be finished the ride actually felt much shorter and I actually rode farther than 5 miles!
I am pretty proud of my steady pace as well. Only one dip in the center there which is when the cats started fighting. Because of course they can’t let me exercise in peace.
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