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It begins: Day 1 of workout regiment + goals

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Today I started my self imposed workout regiment with a 31 mile bike ride and boy am I sore. I was going to try to play hockey tonight but I don’t think that’s gonna happen. I have found that if I write out my plans/goals for things i tend to stick to them better, so below is my ride recap for today + outline for the regiment.

04/12 rideRide #1
Starting weight: 208
Total distance: roughly 31 miles (iPhone died during last mile or so)
Start/Finish: Torrance Beach
Mid-point: Venice Beach
Ride Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes including stops)

Overall it was a good ride and after i soaked in some epson salt my legs feel pretty good. My longest ride until today was roughly 8 miles from home to work, from Lomita to Hermosa Beach, and then 8 miles back 8 hours later. So 31 miles pretty much non-stop was quite a bit of a step up. Being it was a pretty nice holiday sunday pretty much the whole strand was pretty crowded so there were many points that i was able to get a good flow going .

Notes/To-Do list:

  • Might need to look into wrist guards or something, they took quote a beating.
  • Gonna need to get an iPod nano, used my iMapMyRide app to track distance, time, route & average speed along with the iPod and that drained the batter pretty quick. I can use my normal iPod in the meantime though and just use run iMapMyRide on my iPhone in my seatbag.
  • Need to get a mini pump, think i have a slow leak or something.
  • Need to get a 2nd water bottle with some sort of powdered energy drink, just water doesn’t help and don’t want to drink gatorade.
  • Need a better padded seat or better padded shorts, started to get uncomfortable near the end.

So with that ride in the bag here is my projected plans for the week along with diet guidelines.

Exercise
Monday: Rest, Walk/Run Rosie for 1 mile/1 hour
Tuesday: Ride 8-10 miles (4-5 to work, 4-5 after work), Walk/Run Rosie for 1 mile/1 hour
Wednesday: 6 a.m. stick time, work on slapshot/one timers & quick stop & start drills, Walk/Run Rosie for 1 mile/1 hour
Thursday: Ride 8-10 miles (4-5 to work, 4-5 after work), Walk/Run Rosie for 1 mile/1 hour
Friday: Rest, Walk/Run Rosie for 1 mile/1 hour
Saturday: Ride 30-40 miles
Sunday: 8:45 league hockey game, most likely have 30 minutes ice time

Diet
Low carbs/high proteins
Minimal sugars
Cut out alcohol (gonna be hard with playoff hockey starting soon)

Whats the point of all of this? Well to lose some weight obviously, but i would also like to have better stamina/leg strength for hockey and the best off ice training is cycling. Hopefully I can stick with it and get rid of most of my belly before summer time, not like i’m a huge beach person but it’d be nice to not be carrying around this gut i got going anymore ha.

And now on to some freelance goals for the week

Wow that was a dousey of a blog, I’m gonna try to nap now.

Apr 13, 2009 | Cycling, Design | 2 Comments »