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Sunday, April 3, 2011

It Wasn't In The Cards

Change of plans today... I didn't get to ride... the temps were ok, but the winds were whipping up 20mph gusts. I'll get to ride sooner or later, maybe July, LOL. The longer I wait, the more daily miles I'll have to put in to reach my goal of 2,011 total miles this year. 135 days of 15 mile rides would take care of it. There's about 30 weeks left until November, the unofficial end of the riding season. So to break it down even further, I'd need to aim for about 70 miles a week, very doable.

I did do the "Deck of Cards" workout today, not as easy as you might think. You take a deck of cards and assign an exercise to each suit, for example: Diamonds = Push-ups, Clubs = Chin-Ups, Hearts = Bicycle Crunches and Spades = Lunges.  Shuffle the deck up real good and then turn over 1 card at a time and do the number of reps that is displayed on the card for the corresponding exercise. So if the first card you turn over is a 9 of Clubs, you'll do 9 Chin-ups, then you turn over the next card and do that exercise for the number of reps indicated. You keep that up without stopping until all the cards are turned over. Picture cards and Aces are all 10 Reps, or if this work-out is too easy for you, give the picture cards a value of 15 reps and the Aces 25 reps. Adjust it to your own needs and abilities. Use different exercises, it's your routine, do whatever works best for you.

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