Over the hump day

Wednesday, August 13

I got my butt up off of my balance ball and did my morning work walk. 

I walked 1.68 miles in 30:52 minutes  Don't you love seeing these maps?  I do.

Once again, when I got home, it started sprinkling.  No riding again.  I almost feel lost.  I'm missing something.  If you are In another part of the country, can you ride for me?



work walk

Flooded out

Tuesday, August 12.

Before I got up this morning, and all day long, almost until dark, it rained.  And it just didn't rain, it poured.  We haven't seen this much rain in a frickin' long time.

I was not able to walk this morning at work.  I did get my minimum goal of 5000+ steps today, but they were not good steps.  I worked out on my balance ball and that's about all I got accomplished today.  Not much moving.  Not real happy.

And that's the end of today's story.  Sorry.  Pathetic.

Back to the grind

You would think that I'm talking about my biking and walking.  Not!  Back to work it is.  There is quite a bit of rain forecasted for this week so I'm not optimistic about my amount of exercising.

But this morning is nice, I took my normal work walk and did my normal amount of balance ball exercises.  So I did move.  Some.

Here is my walk this morning.

I walked 1.52 miles in 29.58 minutes.  Pretty low numbers.  But a pretty cool map.

my tracks

When I got home after work, the sky was threatening.  It started raining soon after I would have begun riding.  So, as you can tell, I did not ride again.

Get moving, damn it!

Sunday hike day

Let's switch it up a little, shall we?  (I think I say that a lot)

The husband, as he is wont to do, decided Sunday morning that he wanted to head out to Clopper Lake to kayak fish.  He really likes that lake.  And I have to agree with him.

Clopper Lake is a fabulous lake with a boat center, fishing pier, boat launch, and plenty of walking trails.

So I walked.  I think my tracks around this lake look fabulous.

Clopper Lake

I hiked/walked 3.6 miles in 1:11:30 hours.  I call it a hike because a lot of the trail is through the woods around the lake with plenty of changes in elevation.

I think I need to move more.  It sometimes feels like what I am doing is not enough.  Maybe I'm just getting used to it?

Though I do know that I can't overwork myself, that would probably turn out bad.  Or lazy.

Am I doing enough?

This time East

2nd day on my new bike.  I named him Charlie.  Why?  No special reason, he just seemed like a Charlie.  And if I get mad at him, Charles will get a talking to.

Today, I went East on the W&OD.  I made it to the main Park & Ride near Rt 28.  This was just a bit shy of the distance to the West to Belmont Ridge Road.  I'll have to push it to the Rt 28 bridge next time.  (at least)

My ride, again, was great.  Except for it being a weekend and all of the "expert" bikers, family walkers, children learning how to bike, and those that "are not from this country" who stupidly walk on the wrong side of the trail.  Really?  A family of "them" were walking down the left hand side of the trail.  Besides from me, they got a talking to, and I was relatively nice about it.  So I've mentioned that the trail on the weekend is like rush hour.  This is a picture of the trail Park & Ride.  It is packed.  I watched cars circling the lot hoping for people to leave.

W&OD Park & Ride

So, in addition to my My Tracks app on my GS5 and my Schwinn bike computer, I added an app to my iPhone.  Just for comparisons sake, of course.  Today's testing was Map My Ride.  Here are the results.

The distance was different for all of them, as was the time, but still relatively close.



My tracks

Schwinn



Map My Ride

My Tracks had me going 6.54 miles in 33:24 minutes.

Map My Ride had me going 6.68 miles in 37:38 and I had to estimate that because this app does not track your moving time.  It starts and it stops.  And since I started the app before I even left my kitchen and didn't stop it until after I was home and doing things, I had to estimate based on the mileage splits averages - which it does do nicely.  Also, I believe it started tracking my miles while still in the kitchen and after I got the phone back to the kitchen.

helmet

My Schwinn bike computer had me going 6.53 miles in 32:38 minutes.

What apps or devices do you use to track your mileage, time, etc.?

Also, I told you that I finally broke down and bought a helmet.  I can't stand it.  I do not like hats on my head and a helmet is no different.  Don't like.  Here is a picture of my helmet.  It is cute.

helmet

 

So nice riding today and I still love my bike.

Maiden ride - Fabulous!



My new bike - Trek 7.2 FX

Totally awesome, fabulous, terrific, amazing, extraordinary, remarkable, excellent, and outstanding!  That was my first ride on my new bike.  I felt like superwoman!

I still tracked my ride with My Tracks, but I also used my installed Schwinn bike computer.  They were pretty damn close in their stats.  My Tracks said I went 6.66 miled (yah me!) in 34:05 minutes.  My Schwinn bike computer said I went 6.593 miles in 33:56 minutes.  Extremely close and I believe the My Tracks stats also included my stopping point where I probably took a few manual steps while drinking water and talking to a gentleman I met at my turn-around point.

I went the whole way to Belmont Ridge Road!  That's the farthest west I have gone on the W&OD trail.  I seriously love this bike.  My riding gears were between 2-2 and 2-7, not bad at all.  IMHO.



Schwinn info

my tracks



Oh yeah and after I rode, I did the right thing.  I finally got a helmet.  I know, I wasn't being safe, blah, blah, blah.  I don't like hats or anything on my head (except a ponytail holder).  So we'll see how I do tomorrow when I ride with a helmet.

 

 

 

 



Thursday - last work day of the week

Thursday was a pretty normal day.  Same old walking and balance ball workouts.

work walk

I walked 1.82 miles in 34:37 minutes.  Today was a rough day for the balance ball and actually walking also.  It was tough to push myself today.

I'm wondering if I'm pushing too hard.  I know that probably sounds lame, but does your body know when it needs some down time?  I believe it does.  And being my age, I probably need a bit more than someone in a younger age group.

Does that sound right?  I need some help here.

So after work, I did not go biking.  Everyone was asking why I haven't ridden my new bike yet and the only explanation I can give is that I'm beat.  (and I had already planned my maiden ride for Friday)

Does anyone else ever get this way?  I want to keep moving and in the "movement", get fit and lose weight.  But when I get feeling like I did today, I fear that I won't reach my goals.


One good thing was, in the evening, I saw that I was only at 9100 steps on my fitbit.  So I did step that up and cross the 10,000 step line.  That made me feel good.  That's a plus, right?

Tomorrow, maiden bike ride!