This is the overview of my daily ride.
Click on the picture to go to the interactive map at LiveStrong.com.
My best time was 53:30 until I started knocking it down this week. I took two minutes off of that on Monday morning to lower it to 51:30 and then another 15 seconds Tuesday afternoon to lower it to 51:15.
I really think I could have even done a lot better, too, but there was so much congestion on the trail in the afternoon that I was slowed several times. I also look forward to riding this with a real road bike. Right now I am riding the low end hybrid from Trek – the 7000 – which is a good and affordable bike, but it is basically a mountain bike with road wheels and a little better gear set.
Still, I love it and I’m grateful for it. I will train on it until I can make the move to something better and then I will probably use it to commute to work.
In the meantime, I’ve lost about 50 lbs. and a lot of that is due to the exercise I’m getting on the bike. It’s no impact cardio – until you wreck and then it’s high impact. I wrecked in the spring and was out for about 4 mos. recovering and gaining back about 10 lbs. I was able to shed that in the two weeks back on the bike. It’s that dramatic a difference.
Oh, by the way… I came up on this guy the other day:
As Jason Kearney is fond of saying, “You’re excuse for not riding a bike is now officially lame.”
Let me just add that this guy was moving. I can not even imagine what he would have been capable of with two human legs.
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Lu
on Jul 25th, 2009
@ 12:09 am:
I am officially and thoroughly chastised. Especially considering I just ate a swiss roll at midnight. :{ If I had a bike, I’d ride it right now to Franklin and back (probably the safest time to ride too! We got some crazy drivers in Middle TN.)
Dude, you rock to ride that far! :)
art rogers
on Jul 27th, 2009
@ 6:07 am:
Lu, it is nothing compared to most of the serious cyclists around here.
Jason (referenced in the article) hauled me around for 22.7 miles on Friday, and I was sucking wind. In the end, he dropped me off in the parking lot and sprinted off to climb one last hill nearby.
I’m still sore.
But I bought a new road bike on Saturday and we’re going to do it again this week. :)
I’m in danger of losing my mind like the rest of these cycle nuts!
The guy in the picture (Bob) is the guy that inspires me. His amputation is above the knee, which makes what he is doing exponentially harder.
I am in awe. Seriously.