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Longer bike route

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Discovered my favorite bike route doesn’t burn enough calories. I’d like to burn around 500.

Here’s the favorite. It’s shaped like a dog. Burns 250 cals in 40 mins. Not enough.
new route for july

Here’s a new route I took today. Shaped like uh.. 300 cals in 1 hour. Hmm. Well. I need to double this. Maybe tomorrow.
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Early waking and me

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

“Early to bed, early to rise, ..” Bla, bla. I am still poor and dumb. But there are a couple upsides for me.

First: no guilt. Sleeping in made me feel guilty. The whole world was up and cranking except for me. Sure I had sufficient sleep and they didn’t, and I was really productive in the evenings, but it just didn’t ever sit totally well with me. Especially at the start of the day. I was in this pattern for years. Waking early completely eliminates this guilt.

Second: I am more active, thus more healthy. The hard part is physically getting out of bed. It helps to remind myself that my health isn’t free. I have to work at it. It also helps that I look forward to feeling pumped up and happy with my appearance. Waking early affords me a daily workout before work.

First weekday bike ride of the season

Monday, March 8th, 2010

The good news is that my day started early, so it ended early, so I got in a bike ride before sunset. On a weekday. That makes today the first weekday of the new season of biking. The time changes next week, I am a week early. Woohoo.

first weekday bike sunset of the season

The bad news is that my favorite bike route, which takes 40 minutes, only burns 250 calories. That makes the stationary bike more efficient, burning around 450 cals in 45 minutes. Plus it’s fat zone burning.

Real biking has a more random heart rate, going up and down hills. As such, the burn keeps going even after the workout and might actually get to 350 calories total.

It’s a hit worth taking in my opinion. The air and scenery is quite refreshing. Maybe I’ll find a longer route. No way I’m stationary biking instead of real biking. Fresh air or stanky old gym? Hmm. Yeah, no contest.

biking cals 2010 03 08

Thoughtful gift

Monday, March 8th, 2010

thoughtful gift

Somebody knows me.

Pics from the Saturday ride

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

saturday ride break before the rain

Had a morning of productivity. It was overcast but not too cold. Brought a good camera to kill some time with.

March 6 ride

March 6 ride

March 6 ride