Box Hill, Box Hill, So Good We Climbed It Twice
A good day! Weight still below 90kgs (although not dropping any further), which makes 2kgs lost in last month, so about a pound a week. Bit feeble but heading in the right direction.
Headed out towards Box Hill with the intention of climbing it once, just to see if I could. I'd arranged last minute to meet up with Stuart (Hollywood), and we climbed it together. It's actually not too bad - the first half is steep but manageable, and then it flattens a little - still uphill but not as bad - just long! Took about ten minutes. I should have been satisfied with that, but Stuart suggested doing it again, and I rather stupidly fell for it! Glad I did though - it was fine.
I'm starting to get more comfortable with hills now - long hills even, and I'm sure my leg power will increase further. A lot of it is just learning to use the gears right.
The most pleasing thing was that I flipped my bike computer to distance as I neared home - and without realisign it I'd done another 50km ride. Felt pretty good at the end of it as well.
Stats and maps later - I need a snooze!
Headed out towards Box Hill with the intention of climbing it once, just to see if I could. I'd arranged last minute to meet up with Stuart (Hollywood), and we climbed it together. It's actually not too bad - the first half is steep but manageable, and then it flattens a little - still uphill but not as bad - just long! Took about ten minutes. I should have been satisfied with that, but Stuart suggested doing it again, and I rather stupidly fell for it! Glad I did though - it was fine.
I'm starting to get more comfortable with hills now - long hills even, and I'm sure my leg power will increase further. A lot of it is just learning to use the gears right.
The most pleasing thing was that I flipped my bike computer to distance as I neared home - and without realisign it I'd done another 50km ride. Felt pretty good at the end of it as well.
Stats and maps later - I need a snooze!
posted by XFR Bear @ 4:26 pm
3 Comments:
Good for you Bear!
cheers Pix!
Three times next week maybe? Got to be good practic for Austria!
Stop whingeing about the rate of weight loss. One pound a week is still a stone in 3 months, or 52 pounds in a year. You're far more likely to keep the weight off (which must be your ultimate objective surely) if you lose it slowly and steadily, changing to new, sensible, permanent eating habits along the way.
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