I’m at 475.1 miles after today’s first ride (12.8 miles). My usual trip to the local gas station for hydration, then to the local dairy farm for chocolate milk. I’m a little bit ahead of schedule on my goal (it won’t take me 6 days to get another 25 miles), but the new “1,000 miles by September 1” goal is set so there’s no harm in getting a tiny head start.
I’m still somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 pounds of weight lost (though my scale would tell you I’ve lost 11 as of this morning, we all know how weight goes up and down by hydration level, etc.). So on the weight loss front, I’m behind my goal of 20 to 25 pounds by September 1. I suspect a tiny amount of this is just a simple increase in muscle mass, almost all of it quadriceps. Not an excuse, just a reminder that I need to be aware of the limitations of just measuring weight and that I unfortunately don’t have a means of measuring body fat. All I can say is that my body fat remains significantly higher than I want, and hence I still have plenty of work to do. I do know I’ve gained some quadricep muscle; my jeans feel a bit more snug in the legs. But I’ve a long way to go. Bring it on, of course!
Since it’s construction season in Michigan… I got stopped for a bit by road construction today, on what is normally a high-effort part of my ride (a decent climb). And my Gatorade bottle leaked on my way to the dairy farm, so I had to stop and wipe off the mess it made all over my rear bag, mounting rack, chain stays, derailleur and rear brake disk. Doh!
