momod’s BodyBlog

rode around 18 miles today, burned a little over a thousand calories. My wife was out of town so I pretty much watched my kids and worked with little opportunity to train all week. It was nice to be on my bike again and I feel like im just reaching a new plateau in my training.. My lifting has been pretty poor but I should manage to get legs and upper body in before I travel to Mexico on Friday for a dive trip.

Well, I made it up to the top of mount lemmon finally.. This has been my goal for the last 6 months or so.

total ride time 5:07

it took me about 42 minutes to travel the 10 miles to get to the mountain then I spent about 3:46 climbing. The remainder was time spent refilling water, going to the bathroom etc… This was a decent challenge for a guy my size and probably the hardest endurance event of my life. Its not like I ever ran out of breath it was just total body fatigue. I kept fighting the urge and the endless justifications to quit and made it to the summit. The last 2 miles to the summit was a bitch at 9% grade but the payoff was sweet and coming down I hit 52 mph which is always fun.. ended up burning an estimated 4200 calories..

workouts and diet has been good this week. I was on vacation in Mex and gained around 10-15 lbs over the last 4 weeks.

26 miles hilly and windy, around 1800 cals.. Ill try to eat 4000 for a 2200 total.. its a little low but I can get away with for a day..