Wow. It's been that long since I posted to this blog?! Obviously, this blog is becoming officially neglected. Let's see if I can get some sort of reversal going over the winter months.
So, we did the tour in early July. It was brutal: the worst heat in recent memory coincided with our departure and lasted throughout the trip. I was sweating buckets--thank God for Gatorade! I think I went through a few gallons on this trip.
Because of the heat, we cut the tour short, doing only about half the total distance we'd intended to do (only about 300 miles total). I learned some things about electric assist and how it can and can't be used on a longer trip like this. That's not totally germane to the topic of fitness, so I'm not sure whether I will include information about that in this blog.
So obviously, we rode all summer. And we even did a shorter tour in October--only about 200 miles. It was the opposite of the summer tour: freezing at certain junctures (in the 40's and overcast). We did that tour without any electric assist.
Now, we're doing mostly stationary biking indoors--though we did get out and do a few miles today. One of the issues during our October trip was, for me--since I wear cycling sandals--cold toes. I recently got some neoprene toe covers--the kind that you wear on your feet, under your socks. But they don't seem to be as effective as I'd hoped.
On other fronts, we continue our strength training using the JIM routine. We started doing a truncated version last spring after I'd gotten a shoulder injury and continued on that throughout the summer. We anticipate going back to the full version soon and during the winter months.
As a final note, I should mention that I watched a program touting the diet developed by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and decided to incorporate certain aspects of it into my diet. It wasn't very much of an adjustment since I'm a long-time vegetarian. And I don't intend to go "whole hog" with it, since some of it sounds like hype and fad to me. But I see nothing bad resulting from incorporating more fresh and cooked vegetables into my diet and even have some hope that eating more of this type of food might help me to address some long-term health issues.
There. I've officially reconstituted this blog. Now comes the hard part: regular maintenance!
So, we did the tour in early July. It was brutal: the worst heat in recent memory coincided with our departure and lasted throughout the trip. I was sweating buckets--thank God for Gatorade! I think I went through a few gallons on this trip.
Because of the heat, we cut the tour short, doing only about half the total distance we'd intended to do (only about 300 miles total). I learned some things about electric assist and how it can and can't be used on a longer trip like this. That's not totally germane to the topic of fitness, so I'm not sure whether I will include information about that in this blog.
So obviously, we rode all summer. And we even did a shorter tour in October--only about 200 miles. It was the opposite of the summer tour: freezing at certain junctures (in the 40's and overcast). We did that tour without any electric assist.
Now, we're doing mostly stationary biking indoors--though we did get out and do a few miles today. One of the issues during our October trip was, for me--since I wear cycling sandals--cold toes. I recently got some neoprene toe covers--the kind that you wear on your feet, under your socks. But they don't seem to be as effective as I'd hoped.
As a final note, I should mention that I watched a program touting the diet developed by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and decided to incorporate certain aspects of it into my diet. It wasn't very much of an adjustment since I'm a long-time vegetarian. And I don't intend to go "whole hog" with it, since some of it sounds like hype and fad to me. But I see nothing bad resulting from incorporating more fresh and cooked vegetables into my diet and even have some hope that eating more of this type of food might help me to address some long-term health issues.
There. I've officially reconstituted this blog. Now comes the hard part: regular maintenance!
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