Nick and I road 22 miles today out in the hills of Marlborough CT. As I have mentioned in the past, I hate hills. My new R3 did not change this one bit. Although I love the ride, and the comfort of the carbon frame, it did not make the hills any easier. My brother says it is because I have not been riding much, and this might be true, but I still think the only thing that will help me over the hills is less weight, on my body. During my winter routine I must really concentrate on nutrition. Keeping it to small portion sizes and home made foods with lots of veggies is important. I have to stay away from those snacks at work, and just be hungry. I hope I can stay motivated enough to loose the weight as I did last year. I only need about 25 more lbs. This would help tramendously to both my cycling of hills but my outlook as well. It will also help once the ECSU class is over, and I can get my routine back.
I plan to ride a flat recovery ride tomorrow at a slow pace to burn some of the lactic acid I have built up today. I most likely will not want to ride, but I must push myself out on the bike!
My battery died on my Garmin again today, weird. Nick did send me the file off of his, so I have the miles, which is nice. I also ordered a new cadence sensor for my new bike, which i lost during the build somehow. I love ebay. You can find most anything there. Nick is selling spare parts from his build on Ebay, and they should sell pretty quickly. Mine sold in a day. Nice to know you can recoup your losses and try things out, and just resell them if they don't work for you.
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