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Follow me, or better yet join me as I journey into my sixties... enjoying my grandchildren... trying to stay healthy and fit... maybe some traveling and whatever else tickles my fancy.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Anybody Miss Me?

Hey everybody!! I'm sorry about the lack of updates lately, there wasn't much new to report anyway. Mostly, I just ran out of time at the end of the day. Not that this blog isn't important to me, but I do need to sleep some times. I'm off today so I have some time.

I also have time because I did a shorter ride than I had planned, because of a forecast of rain that still hasn't happened yet... I hear it's raining in Manhattan now, so it should be here any minute. But I could have stayed out there another hour or so.

Anyway, after checking the forecast this morning I made the decision to go for speed instead of distance, so I cycled to White Plains and back for a total of 25 miles. The biggest surprise of the whole ride was my new personal best average speed of 17.17mph... 1st time ever that I've been over 17 mph for a whole ride, not only that but I believe this was the biggest jump for a new personal best.

There's probably a few reasons for the new PB... I had 3 days off the bike, I did do an easy ride yesterday, but I didn't go overboard, so my legs were well rested... another reason that I rode so well, is that I fueled up for hours beforehand... lots of carbs... and now that I think about it, I had whole wheat pasta yesterday, potatoes & broccoli last night and a bowl of oatmeal with a banana a half hour before my ride. So carbs, carbs, carbs... keeps the motor running. I didn't eat all carbs, I did have some protein with the meals, but carbs made up the bulk of the calories.

I've been keeping up with my push-ups and pull-ups and I've also done my German Lessons faithfully... So now you're all caught up... I'm off to play some games as my reward... have a great day all.
I'll write again soon,

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