Benthic Pathetic

broderic on June 27, 2011

Even I didn’t think that I could have a more pathetic ride on my bike than last Saturday, but I was wrong. I did 3.5 miles of really terrible biking this evening. Just got back.

The journey of a million miles always starts with the first few miles. I decided to try out a route that I want to do for an early morning quick work out. It’s just around the block using the cover of a park trail as a small bit. I wanted to see how out of shape I was. And I really am. I don’t have any power in the legs and applying what little I got hurts. Plus it took all my will power to keep the gearing in a moderate setting lest I resort to the granny gear for the flats. If not for the downhill run, this would’ve been a twenty minute outing.

I suck. Yet, I can only get better.

12 Miles of Pathetic

broderic on June 25, 2011

I haven’t really rode my bikes since 2009. Sure, I took a spin on it around the neighborhood twice last year, but I really haven’t spent time in the saddle.

This AM I took my Kona to the NCR trail trying to get motivated to ride. Was planning to go from Ashland to Monkton which is about 7 miles out and 7 miles back. I started out quick, but from Ashland it is downhill. Around 5 miles I was getting worried that I wouldn’t feel good enough to make it back. I was thinking that I bonked. What can I say, I didn’t make it to Monkton falling a stop short.

My legs felt as heavy as my body. There’s no strength in them.

I eased my way back to my car with my tail between my legs. What’s gonna happen when I really go out on a ride?

Mac Development

broderic on October 20, 2010

I need to revisit my 5 year plan. Get the fuck out of IniTech and go all Delicious Mac development.But no.I'm a pussy.That's why I work at IniTech.(I think I wrote this post 5 years ago) FML

“And Matthew, of course, is from Neptune.”

broderic on September 11, 2010

This is the annual “I am fat and shall lose weight starting now” post. Yeah, it doesn’t really work out vert well, now, does it?

Once again, the goal is to be 20 pounds lighter. Currently, according to WeightBot, I am 201.6 lbs. Realistically, I would like to get below 190.

How will this be accomplished? Working out? Yes. Bike riding? Maybe. A diet? Yes. Eating right. Exercising daily. Attempting to be healthy.

I can do it.

20 Miles

broderic on August 28, 2010

I haven’t ridden my bikes all year.

Only twice. But those 20 miles don’t count considering I used to do 600+ a year.

I had promised myself a century before I am forty. That leaves one last year. I plan to do it, but most good (read easy) century rides happen later in the fall.

Here’s a few rides that may happen again next year that I should be targeting:

Back Roads Century
Seasons Change Metric Century
Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival
Between the Waters Bike Tour
Civil War Century
Save A Limb Ride

Eventually, I’ll do my century at least before I die.

Every Beautiful Spring Day

broderic on March 27, 2010

These gorgeous days of spring mock me.

I should be on my bike, but I can’t get up for it. She’s sitting in my garage with a deflated tire. Her sister still hasn’t had her flat fixed.

And every day that is a beautiful spring day, I don’t enjoy on my bike.

Snowing once again…

broderic on February 3, 2010

What a winter! It hasn’t been like this for fifteen years. We’ve had a big snow storm before Christmas. It wasn’t a blizzard, but it snowed for two days. Then we’ve got the cold. There were a few days earlier this year where it was below 30F. Now it’s snowing again. Winter time.

It’s a wonder that I haven’t gone boarding.

Weight Loss Retrospective and Prediction

broderic on January 1, 2010

Back in 2009, at the end of summer, I said that I will lose 20 pounds. It didn’t turn out just right.

As of the end of the year, I weigh 200 pounds on the dot. Ridiculous. (Even more so when I consider that I started out the year at 193.)

But it wasn’t because I wasn’t trying. I did dip down to 195 after my Holiday Challenge, but eating and partying during the Christmas Season has decimated that gain (loss) and made it a loss (gain) on my end.

So, to get back on the game plan, it’s still 20 pound goal. It’ll probably start as soon as I get access to a gym. It’ll start sucking as beer and burgers are so fun to consume.

This blog will then turn into a journal chronicling my attempt to get back to the weight I was ten years ago.