Ed, if it makes you feel any better, I checked my own mapmyride and discovered that I have a lame 241 miles logged on the bike this year. I didn't set any goals for riding this year, but if I had, I'm sure it would have been a lot more than 241!
I got out this morning for the first time since I rode with you guys on July 5th, which happens to be the ONLY day that I rode in the month of July. I got blanked in August, too. My ride this morning was just over an hour on my favorite ride out to El Capitan Reservoir. I averaged 17 mph but it's practically a flat ride, 20 miles out and back.
This past Wednesday I started to make some small changes to try to improve my overall fitness - not huge changes, since I usually can't sustain huge changes. I didn't drink any soda on Wednesday or Thursday and watched my portions a little bit. I was doing great until I tore up a 3-pound (it seemed that big) burrito last night and washed it down with a Mountain Dew. I'm still of the mind that I can't give up soda altogether, but I'll work on reducing how much of it that I drink. I love those little cans, but sometimes the economics of it pisses me off so much. I was going to buy some at Target today but an 8-pack of the small cans costs $3.69, while an 8-pack of the bottles (12-ouncers) was $3.99. I went with the bottles, and will try pouring half of the bottle in a glass for dinner. My plan is to NOT drink soda at work, and reward myself with a little bit at dinner if I'm dying for it.
I wasn't happy with the 194.6 in my birthday suit on the scale the other day. Let's hope that I can STAY on the bike, even though I'm not the biggest fan of riding by myself. At least it's a beautiful ride!
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