Thursday 9/03 rides

[emily_in_nc]

+1 on all the good advice given here. I would be shaky too if all I had was caffeine and a piece of fruit (pure carbs) before a ride. Eating too little can be as bad for weight loss attempts as eating too much, and it's just not smart for endurance exercise. If you can't stomach more food before a ride, at least take a snack along with you - maybe some almonds or cheese so you get some protein after a carby breakfast.

Another interesting thing fact is that overweight people tend to skip or eat minimal breakfasts, and the opposite is true for slender folks. Breakfast is so important! If you skimp on breakfast, your body will crave more food later in the day, and it's easy to go crazy and binge in the evening.

Here's a good article about the importance of breakfast with some excellent breakfast food ideas:
http://www.bellybytes.com/articles/breakfast2.shtml

Keep at it, Donna! Glad you made it home ok.

[owlice]

^ What they said. Good for you for making it home!

:: hands Donna a PowerBar ::

For tomorrow's ride.

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I rode 11 miles tonight, my usual run. Felt good! I saw deer and almost ran over a bird (!); the bird flew right in front of me. I did not push myself as much as I did last night, but still had what is for me a fairly fast ride.

Someday... someday.... I WILL be a fast(er) biker!

[momtohanna]

Interesting ~ my hubby keeps trying to tell me not to eat before I go out to ride so I can lose weight. I on the other hand like to have a little yogurt with some nuts and blueberries before I go. (nice to be right once in a while lol)

Today I did 10 miles ~ went to town and used the track ~ it's 5/8 mile. I did intervals which felt great (on such a smooth surface lol).

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I met a girlfriend early this morning and we did a 3 mile fitness walk after breakfast. Then I got on my bike (which I had ridden into town and locked in front of the cafe) and went on a lovely little 10.5 mile ride. The weather was gorgeous and it all felt so great!

[OakLeaf]

Rode with the club tonight. I was still feeling a lot of residual fatigue from the travel, poor sleep and the cold I'm nearly over, kind of had to drag myself out for the ride, but I'm really glad I did. The ride leader had plotted a route that was pretty unusual for around here, several long-ish climbs instead of the usual short steep rollers. We got some great views, the short patch of gravel/dirt wasn't too bad, I tried out my new Jett saddle and came back feeling great.

[crazycanuck]

The coolio Trekhawk & I rode yesterday (thurs) in de hills

I think i'm not as unfit as i lead myself to believe.. The hills, weather & company were all way cool.

Fingers crossed the weather stays as nice as it is today, i'd really appreciate my rellies being able to say they saw the sun in Western Australia! They arrive Sunday night... THe dust bunnies are still here

[redrhodie]

I commuted yesterday. Since I was supposed to meet my rather odd cousin for dinner, I stopped at the lbs in the morning and bought a red Knog Frog blinky light in case it was dark when I left the restaurant. An hour before we were supposed to meet, I gave the cousin a call to see if we were still on, and found out he's in Ohio! Like I said, he's a kind of odd, so I was relieved at being able to just take the nice longer route home instead. Still, I'm glad I had an excuse to buy the light. Now I'm thinking I'll extend my commuting days until later in the year (I usually stop when DST ends).

Donna, I agree with every one who said you need more for breakfast. I would be shaky if that's all I ate!