Today is Father's Day. So first off, Happy Father's Day to all of the father's that read my blog (I'm pretty sure my father is the only one who does).
I need to admit that this week has not been the best week for me nutritionally. I had chips and ice cream on more than one occasion. I also drank every drink that I was allotted for the week. I'm not confident that I will reach my weight loss goal for the week, but I'm hopeful. This is just a minor speed bump for me, though. I'm still confident that I can reach my goals for the 90 days.
I've been very conscious of my workouts for this week. I even made it a point to work out 6 times to make up for last week, even though I can't count one of the workouts towards last weeks goal, I wanted to make good on it.
Yesterday I tried to redo the child-like run that I had done the day before with my wife. I wasn't as successful. I pooped out really quickly. I think because it was really hot and humid, and I was dehydrated. This just proved that I need to be hydrated to perform well in my workouts. I will have to make it a point to drink more water next time before I leave. I also pulled my butt. Sigh...
Today, I had plans to have dinner with my dad for Father's Day. I also wanted to make sure I could get a good workout in today since my weigh in is tomorrow. So I figured I'd incorporate the two. I rode my bike to my dad's. My wife was nice enough to bring my bike rack and a bag of clothes to work with her this morning. When she met us at my dad's house, I could shower and then be ready for dinner.
The ride was pretty nice. I'm finding that I push myself harder now than I used to. Instead of just making the ride as fast and as short as possible, I added some extra stuff to challenge myself. I added an extra 8 miles or so in the beginning, and then added a climb at the end that added about 2-3 miles to the end of the ride, but really made me work. This climb was categorized as a 5. I'm not sure what all of the category requirements are, but 5 is the easiest of the categories, 1 is the hardest. This hill was 1.7 miles long and went up 328 feet. Not horribly difficult, but hard enough at the end of my 41 mile ride. I averaged 16.4 mph and took about two and a half hours.
Speaking of challenges, how did you do with your goal this week?
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