I went for a ride today... I was only going out for an hour... but it didn't even last that long. About 5 miles into my ride I snapped my right pedal and enough of it broke off that it was of no use... I couldn't clip back in and if I tried to pedal with what was left of it, my foot would just slide off... which it did anyway all the way home... the side of my right shin is all scraped up, but it's not bleeding, so it'll just be a little sore and raw for a day or two.
So basically I rode home using only my left leg and trying to keep my foot just resting on the stump of the pedal, so I wouldn't look silly riding with one leg pointing outwards. The hills were a challenge... I tried to find the flattest route back home, but in Yonkers that is all but impossible... but the couple of hills I had I just put it into the lowest gear and tried to keep a steady cadence. On one short hill of 6% grade (according to Garmin) I almost had to dismount, but a few shaky pedal strokes later I was over the crest and moving on. I need to buy new pedals now, this biking stuff is expensive.
On a brighter note, I finally dropped a large amount of the water weight from my week of decadence. This morning I weighed 192.4 lbs. down 4.4 lbs. from the previous day. I feel better already, I was really moving on that bike before I had my mishap... and so it goes.
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