4th of July - Weight Loss

Had a decent, sort of relaxing fourth of july.

Problems with the MTBike ride yesterday (07.03) -- cleat broke off again -- so my MTB shoes were shot. I decided to trash it all, adn start again with frogplay (speedplay for MTB) pedals and new shoes. It should all arrive later this week early next week. So I'm off the MTB for a bit. It also didn't help that the Arroyo Secco trail I took was filled with some gnarly creek crossings. My feet were pretty wet just a few miles in. And I forgot my socks so I had to go buy some socks -- which was a real pain.

But the road bike ride today was sort of magical. I rode 32.25 miles in about 2 hours, give or take. And at times I was able to simply float uphill. In the end, it's all the magic of being a lower weight -- yet having the same strength. I was tempted to lengthen the ride out to ~40 miles -- but I figured since my long rides had been about 25 miles, better to just let it be. Next weekend I may do the full 40 -- which would mean climbing Mt. H at the end of the ride -- which will be uber challenging but really good for me.

And nice to see that my weight is conforming to my original goals too. This website says I burned 3,100 calories today riding 32 miles at ~16 mph over 2 hours. I think it's probably more like 2400 calories -- but that's just me.

I did wake up this morning and I had one of those mornings where when I touched my body I could literally feel a difference in it. It simply felt different. This happens, these days typically once every 1-2 weeks. It's an odd sensation, but there's something that happens on these nights.

I push another hard week this week, and then an easy week the week after to prepare for the tri down in SD this upcoming saturday.