@shangates92 -- You got the 200...hang in there!

I managed 12.18 recumbent miles today and some Grimm!

No riding for me so far this week. :-( At work every day, busy every evening and the weekend forecast looks really wet. I guess I do have to start prepping to hit that spin bike downstairs at lunch but while it's nice, I want to walk at lunch.

I managed 11.00 miles on the recumbent bike and an episode of Grimm!!

Chris

@CompM you are, obviously, training at a much higher level than I am but I think it's great that you are making a plan on how to fit in winter training. This past summer has been most awesome for me and I've done well and I've stayed motivated but starting September 8, it will all be so much more of a challenge. I've already not ridden my bike all week because I've been driving my daughter to and from dance etc and this weekend promises to be our first rain soaked weekend in what seems like months so I probably won't ride this weekend either. My job will be crazy busy, the days will get shorter and our rainy west coast weather will settle back in. So, I've also been carefully looking at my schedule trying to find those days when I can carve out time for the workouts. And when I started replacing my 5pm Bootcamp workouts with the early morning Bootcamp workouts in the summer saying I could only manage those during the summer.... well, I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that I will have to be really organized with making the kids' school lunches the night before and still stick with those morning work outs. I know it will be really challenging but I hope that with a realistic plan, I can keep the momentum going and survive those dark/wet months of fall/winter.

So I haven't ridden in almost 2 weeks. :-( Days are getting shorter and last weekend was a total wipe out.... we had major rain and a totally wicked wind storm that knocked out power for almost 3 days. Lots of tree debris all over the roads, too. It just wasn't a great situation. Very unusual late August weather for us, too.

So for this upcoming long weekend, I'm planning on a couple of rides. One I'll be heading out on my own.... my family doesn't seem to want to join so I'm off on my own. The other one, I hope to meet up with a friend. For my "solo" ride, I'm thinking that I'm going to drive the bike down to this *kitten* trail that goes ocean side. It's packed gravel. I've never ridden it but it's supposed to be awesome for views etc. I don't live too far off.

This is all after house cleaning Saturday morning and finding the time to actually go out and buy school supplies. :-) I don't think I've ever left the school supply shopping this late.

Went on a 19km ride (12 mile) yesterday. Was a great day for riding and one of my longer distances yet. Slowly building up:

Fort Langley Ride by Creations by Uli, on Flickr

ewoksrule3 wrote: »

I'm curious....seeing your picture, you have the fingerless gloves on...one of my problems with biking is that my hands tend to go tingly and numb from the pressure of holding my upper body up. Do the gloves help with that, or are they for something else?

they are cycling gloves and yes, that is one of the things they are supposed to help with. I prefer going out on the bike with them on. They are padded in the palms and absorb some shock, too.

Got 12.18 miles done in 45 minutes watching an episode of GRIMM!!

Chris