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51 miles – sure doesn’t look like 75 does it? The day started pretty well. I made some sourdough buckwheat pancakes to start the day. Yes – piled high! Went for the extra pancake to fuel up for a lot of miles. Topped with sauteed apples. Why yes, it was tasty! I was [...] Happy Mother’s Day! We had another very full weekend. Saturday was bike day for John and I. We went to a completely different place this time. Basically straight north. I always talk about Lake George, but we also are close to Lake Champlain and the Champlain canal, which is the route we went along: [...] Saturday was just a stunner of a day. Even though it was 30 degrees and frost when we got up, we knew the high was going to get up into the upper 50s. That is biking weather, people! We unhooked the bikes from the trainers and got them down the stairs. It was time for [...] Lovely sunny morning to bike to bagels. Too bad we didn’t quite make it! We took a chance at not having a tire changing kit and wouldn’t you know it, John got a nail stuck in his tire and it went flat. He hasn’t even had his bike for 24 hours! This was about 3.5 [...] Biking is such a great activity that burns calories, gets you fit, and takes you places! I think there are 2 main reasons that people don’t continue with biking once they start. One is that they buy the wrong bike, and the other is seat comfort. When you are looking to buy a [...] This post is going to be filled with stuff, so be forewarned! We woke up and decided to bike to Panera this morning. Doesn’t it seem like my butt is planted on the bike permanently? Blueberry bagel. Yum! John wanted to get a shot of me noshing, so here it is. Nomf!! We [...] Thursday, also known as the new bagel day! We woke up way too early (or TFE, as John likes to say…. Downed some protein drink and biked away. I was maybe a squidge tired from the monster workout yesterday, but not too bad. The heat broke and it was a beautiful, nonhumid morning! Yay! I [...] Sunday and back to work again. The weather has quieted down. Since my chain was not working well and we had to go grocery shopping, we just drove to breakfast. Back to Panera Bread for bagels! We need more than 2 bagel places around here within an 8-mile radius. Blueberry with reduced fat cream cheese [...] Good old Wednesday! I was up too early again, but such is life, no? Took a protein hit and then biked to the gym. Exercise Set/rep/weight Muscle worked Stiff-leg Deadlift 3 sets of 8 with 65# bar Lower body Seated Lat Row 3 sets of 12 at 45# Back Chin ups 2 sets of 2, [...] Still more hot weather, will it ever end?? It was already pretty warm when I biked to the gym. Exercise Set/rep/weight Muscle worked Chin ups 2 set of 2, 3 sets of 1 Upper body Good mornings 3 sets of 10 with 45# bar Hammies and low back Incline chest fly 3 sets of 12 [...] |
 
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