Long Ride and Why I Don’t Lose Weight #2
Yesterdays’s ride was sponsored in part by:
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McDonalds! Ba bap bap ba baaaa! I’m lovin it! One sausage McMuffin with egg. Three hash browns. One medium diet coke. (870 calories) |
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Taco Bell! Think outside the bun. One crunch wrap supreme. One chili cheese burrito. One hard shell taco. (1120 calories) |
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Kellogg’s! (I have no idea what their catch phrase is) Frosted blueberry pop tarts. (410 calories) |
Yeppers. 2400 calories before I even stepped out the door at noon. Oh well. At least I’d be well fueled, right? ;)
My ride went OK. The results are much better than how I felt. I felt really sluggish for my first 30ish miles. I swear, I contemplated calling Carol multiple times that first couple hours to come and get me because I felt like I was struggling so bad and just didn’t have it. But I stuck it out because the miles needed to get done and since I can’t really call Carol come race day. So, I just bore down and dealt with it. As usual, things eventually got better. I swear my legs don’t warm up until 50 miles into my ride. :P So… that’s two long rides in two weeks. So far so good! I don’t know if I’ll be able to get a third in before I leave for my honeymoon, but we’ll see.
As a side note, my legs are trashed. This week has included a 15 mile run, a 40 mile ride with the “hammer group” of the tri club, and a 80 mile ride. At this point, I’m pretty sure I’m putting out negative watts on the bike if such a thing is possible. I get the feeling that my race tomorrow is going to go very badly. Bleh. Oh well. It’s not about the “D-” race. Keep your eyes on the prize!
Post race nutrition was sponsored by:
Just in case I thought about losing weight yesterday, well… dinner smashed that idea. An enormous appetizer sampler followed by a few slices of deep dish pizza. I don’t even want to guess as to how many calories all that was. Oh well. As Nancy said, “there’s always sumo wrestling… :)”
Have a great weekend everyone! :)
(PS. Carol wants me to let you all know that she did make a good, healthy dinner of vegetables, stir fried chicken, and some brown rice a couple days ago. Just so you all don’t think she’s an awful wife. I, of course, don’t blame her. She doesn’t force the food down my throat. :) )