Catching Up on Mileage

So this week was the first in a little over a month where I didn't get on the bike at all Monday-Friday.  No opportunity to commute even once (so of course this was the week I see the blog post: 13 Reasons You Should Start Biking to Work--mocking me!) and no time to run any bike errands.  This put my streak of 40+ mile weeks in jeopardy, so I would have to catch up this weekend to keep the streak alive.  Got several errands done by bike Saturday, including a Plowboys run for veggies and a recycling run--figured out a nice way to use the bike trailer to take in even more bottles and cans by strapping a plastic garbage pail in...much to the embarrassment of the family, who said I looked like "one of those crazy people."  But still, that only got me 8-1/2 miles.  31-1/2 to go.    Fortunately, we planned to make up most of that on our weekly long ride Sunday morning.  This week, we were headed from our house up and around Lake Elsinore.  A nice 28.3 mile loop that always featured a great breakfast stop about 3/4s of the way around at Annie's.  I managed to augment the mileage a bit as well by dropping my helmet mirror and having to cycle back to find it.  In the end, we had a great ride with beautiful weather, relatively light traffic, and little wind.

Here's a picture of my lovely riding partner along our favorite part of the loop:

 And then there's one with me...no, not in pain, just squinting to see the viewfinder:

Note to self--stay out of the pictures!

So pretty good mileage for the weekend, but doing the math at dinner Sunday night, I'm still a little over 3-1/2 miles short of 40.  That's when I got inspired to cast my vote tonight--my flaming-pinko-commie-education-supporting vote--by riding to the post office.  Not my favorite thing to do in the dark considering the poor/inconsistent street lighting on our side of town, but I figured it was quick, direct--and with my front light and rear flasher I'd be ok.  Fortunately, there was little traffic and no hidden road hazards, and I was able to both participate in our democratic system and get another 4.6 miles in.  Bringing me in at just under 42 miles for the week.  Next week, I think I'll try to spread things out a bit.

Here's some totals for this week:

• 41.8 miles biking
• 7 miles walking
• 500  yards swimming
• 2 workouts (missed the Wednesday workout)

Here are the planned workouts and meals for the week:

Workouts

Monday, 10/29

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 sit ups
• 15 air squats

Workout (3 rounds):

• 20 Russian Swings
• 20 toes-to-bar or leg lifts

Wednesday, 10/31

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 rolling v-sits
• 10 mountain climbers
• 10 fire hyrdrants
• 10 twist lunges

Workout (3 rounds):

• 15 push ups
• 10 split lunges

Friday, 11/2

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 sit ups
• 15 air squats

Workout (2 rounds)

• 15 ball slams
• 15 upright rows 
• 15 dips

Meals

Monday, 10/29

 

Asian-marinated crockpot beef spareribs (didn't have these Sunday as planned)

Tuesday, 10/30

 

Smoked hot wings with collard greens

Wednesday, 10/31

 

Cheeseburgers on a bed of lettuce

Thursday, 11/1

 

Eating Out--TBD

Friday, 11/2

 

Spicy meatballs with bacon-blue cheese Brussels sprouts

Saturday, 10/27

 

Tri-tip with grilled asparagus

Sunday, 10/28

 

Pumpkin Curry chicken on cauliflower rice