This morning I drove up to the elementary school for another ride. This time I took a detour around a friend’s grandparents house, which loops back ground to the school. The hill I had to climb was not very big, and I was able to climb in a seated position, but my lungs just couldn’t handle it. I did complete the climb, but my recovery time was longer than it should have been. Last year when I was in the gym everyday I was able to complete 40 minute sessions on the eliptical machines. I feel so far away from where I was, at that time I was still overweight, but in much better health and I could keep up with the best of them in the gym. It is ashame there are so many hills here, which would accelerate my progress, but shorten my rides. If I could find a relatively flat place to ride I think 15 miles could be done without too much headache.

Right now I am using toe-clips because the shoes I used years ago do not fit. I need to get a set of shoes soon because I seem to ride with my feet on an angle which is going to effect my ankles.

I found a post on Bike Forums talking about phpBikeLog and how members wanted to revive this project. I considered joining the team, but in the end it will hinder my development speed. I recently looked into a number of sites that are providing logs for riders and all of these sites are lacking one thing or another. One has functionality, but the the design is horrible. Another has style, but lacks functionality. We will see in the next couple weeks just how much progress I can make with a functional beta.

In my last post I described how I brought my road bike home from storage and planned on starting to ride again. Of course when I try to do something a delay comes roaring through. I went on my first ride on the 29th, while short it was just to see where I was at and make sure everything was working properly. I have planned on riding every single day since and it has been raining. I can’t blame it all on the rain, I could have gone out tonight, but I didn’t.

I try to be structured, which is why everytime I begin a new workout schedule or training I start on significant days. This time I tried to start on September 1st, but with the rain I not have to wait until either tommorrow or Monday. The only reason is because I want to make it easier to stay on track. If I start on the 1st I know that on the 8th I need to weigh in again, but for me a Sunday or Monday works out better being the start of the week.

I really am very excited to start riding again, I have started reading through posts on Bike Forums and doing more research on even more recent ways to cut fat. Most of the research is just to refresh my memory, I learned an enormous amount of information on cutting and gaining last year, what suppliments to take and what foods to eat. I look forward to seeing how I progress this time around.