Got out for some snowshoeing up at Yuba Gap this weekend. Mike and Weilei brought one of Mike’s coworkers from India along and I took Mom out for her first time snowshoeing. She loved it and is already planning her next trip. It snowed on us most of the trip but the roads were in good shape, the only problem with the driving was the traffic going home. I couldn’t quite understand why there were so many cars on the road until I was informed that this last week was a snow week for a lot of schools so that probably explains all of the traffic.
The next time we go we’re gonna leave early in the morning and see if we can get out for a longer trip, but it’s enough work that I hesitate to take people out for 6 miles on their first day of shoeing. Some photos are included below to bore those of you who like photos
No update for last week, so the update for this week will include two weeks of numbers.
Recap
starting weight: 214.5
ending weight: 212.5
total mileage : 242.8
total calories burned on bicycle : 16609
The last two weeks have been extremely busy with work related matters. I’ve shuffled some things around and should be able to increase my weekly mileage as I work towards the double century without too many more hassles. Points of interest while cycling the last few weeks was a day where we rode to the top of Mt. Diablo via the North Gate entrance, rode down to the bottom of Mt. Diablo via the South Gate road and rode back to the top again.
Interesting site seen while cycling in the last two weeks, along with huge “herds” of turkeys, I saw two squirrels aggressively making an effort to bring new squirrels into the world.
Busy week at work and I didn’t get to ride much this week. However I was able to get out for a good long ride on Sunday.
Weekly Recap:
starting weight: 219
ending weight: 214.5
total mileage for the week: 107.6
total calories burned this week on the bicycle: 7365
The riding week have a few rain days in it this past week, and I was out of town this weekend so I didn’t hit my mileage goal for the week. I’m pretty happy with what I was able to get done during this week and I think overall things are looking pretty good. This posting also marks the first month of being back on the bike regularly as well as the first full month making a focused effort at dropping some weight, the weight loss as been somewhat successful and hope that it will continue over the next few months.
Weekly Recap:
starting weight: 225
ending weight: 219
total mileage for the week: 74.6
total ride time for the week : 05:08:51
total calories burned this week on the bicycle: 5588
Monthly Recap:
starting weight: 242
ending weight: 219
total mileage for the month: 494.3
total ride time for the month: 13:20:05
total calories burned this month on the bicycle: 37,757
Overall it was a pretty good month, the total mileage on the Cannondale is up to 5,324 miles, and it is still trucking along just fine. I need to spend some time adjusting the front brakes, and tuning the shifting a bit but that’s normal stuff. Colin has been giving me a hard time about having a rack and a rack bag on my bike but that rack has been following me around for the last 5324 miles and it’s never complained once so I’m inclined to leave it right where it is.
A lot of rain came in this last week. So for most of the week I spent time riding on the indoor trainer, listening to books on tape. Good workouts for sure, but nothing beats getting out and putting some pavement under your wheels. On Saturday I got out for a ride with Colin and ended up with 75 miles for the day. Colin introduced me to the beauty of espresso and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same. Good Stuff!
starting weight : 229.5
ending weight : 225
total mileage for the week : 75.7
total ride time for the week : 06:29:05
total calories burned this week on the bicycle : 7987
Hopefully the weather will cooperate a little more this week and I can get out and put some miles on, if not, I’m right in the middle of Spook Country by William Gibson and it’s starting to get good! Well that’s it for the week, go ride your bike.
