Day 364

So it's Padden day and I'm going bike riding instead of running.  I've been waiting to check out the mountain bike trail on the bike.  The weather this week has been awesome so the trail should be dryer than it was six or seven weeks ago.  I really have no clue as to how the ride will go but am confident I will be able to get in a good ride.  So here's the start of the day:

Breakfast: Banana and 20oz of cold water.

After bike ride meal: Protein drink.  Small wrap with chix meatballs, tomato, and avocado.  Also a green salad mixed with cauliflower, tomato, and avocado.  Salsa for dressing.  Low sodium V-8 to drink.

Met up with friends at an outside venue to play D&D.  So for dinner it was a mash up of low sodium V-8, one and a half handful of wasabi pea & nut trail mix.  Also a granola bar and a Babybel cheese round.  I drank lots of water also.

So the bike ride was....interesting.  I took an hour and a couple of minutes to ride the route.  There were many hills that I had to walk up and even some I had to walk down.  I knew there would be some spots where I'd need to get off the bike.  That ended up happening a bit more than I expected.  Still it was a good ride and I definitely got a workout.  Obviously I will need to get better at the ride in addition to getting my running times down further. 

On the ride I did run into a bit of difficulty twice when I fell off the bike.  I didn't hurt myself (even though my elbow is a bit creaky) just my ego.  I failed at the most basic bike rule, don't over use the front brake.  I did learn from the falls though and the lesson is to not put any pressure on the front brake when the rear wheel is going over a tree root.  It causes the front brake to suddenly grab and then throw you forward.  By the end of the ride I felt much more comfortable with the new controls this bike has compared to my old bike.
The weather is supposed to continue to be nice so I expect to go for a ride on Tuesday.  So tomorrow is Tabata and I'm wondering how my legs will do.