Expanding the aerobic tank

I took a cycle ride after work yesterday.  It was rather warm and I surprised myself some with my fastest pace yet on the bicycle, covering 11.65 miles in 55:27, 12.61 mph.  Again, though, it’s just getting more work in to build up my cardio and legs.  It’s also good for building the muscle on [...]

Run 7-22-2007, purpose purpose purpose then a bike ride too

Blood sugar was 210 mg/dl when I woke up today.  Not sure why I got so much elevation overnight.
Since starting up running again, I’ve been doing a 3 days per week schedule, always having at least one off day in between runs.  That was really good, especially early on.  I could feel how the next [...]

Time to give the legs a chance to recover thoroughly

Yesterday morning when I woke up I thought I might try to go fairly long on the bicycle, but when I got out there it felt like my legs were dead some.  Not surprising considering I had biked almost 9.5 miles Friday evening after work, then got up and ran 5.5 miles Saturday morning.  Obviously [...]

Cycling 7-1-2007

I bagged a cycling workout during the week, because of the heat and humidity along with how the usual morning I woke up for it, it was foggy and my body just didn’t feel ready to go.  I very much wanted to do a good one this weekend and have been toying around in my [...]

Listening to the body

When following an aerobic exercise training plan, people are often advised to listen to their bodies.  The idea is to try to learn to pace yourself and avoid overtraining.  Just as much as not doing any aerobic exercise can be detrimental to health, overtraining can be fraught with perils as the body accumulates more stress [...]

Whole lotta wet

I got to stay out late some last evening, got home, as quickly as I could checked my blood sugar, ate a few saltines and zipped off into zah-zah land.  It still feels like I haven’t gotten my feet completely out of zah-zah land yet.  But it’s good when I get my chances to talk [...]

316 mg/dl

I’m a bit grumpy.  I slept in until 7 this morning, not so bad but as I sat up to grab the glucose meter at the end of the bed and check, I noticed my mouth seemed a bit cottony.
316 in a big bold number on the screen.  Yuck.
I don’t know what’s happened exactly yet.  [...]

just enough light and just little enough rain

So to help me out with building up more aerobic fitness,  I bought a bike at the end of May and put in about 2 rides per week.  I don’t like cycling as much as running, it moves faster and I don’t get the same feeling of awareness that running gives.  But it’s good to [...]