State of the Bicycle – January 11, 2010
First off, we’re heading into the rainy season here in Northern California and I have made some riding commitments for this year that are gonna require me to ride rain or shine. I went down to REI and picked up some warmer bicycling clothes because I was just sick and tired of freezing all of the time. All in all, I would just like to say wool is gooder.
Not a lot to report this week about things other than mileage, and that I’m having a good time training at the moment. It provides a nice break in my day and gives me a chance to clear my head each day. I’m also focusing on my diet trying to shed some weight to help ease the effort required per mile, it seems cheaper than buying a lighter bike. So I’ll probably be giving information about that when I do these weekly updates.
Information of interest for the first week of 2010 were :
starting weight : 242 lbs (Unfortunately, I weighed in the evening for the starting weight, and in the morning for the ending weight. This skews the results for this week, but all future weighing will be done first thing in the morning)
ending weight : 234.5
total mileage : 124.2
total ride time for the week : 9:40:14
total calories burned this week while bicycling : 8,622