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<\/a>\nSunday was a dreary, but thankfully dry day. This post should probably be called “I Can’t Believe it’s February in May” because dang was it a cool day! Where is Spring?? We rode from our house up the I-205 Bike Path. It’s a series of rolling hills and you really don’t notice how hilly it really is until you’re mid-hill and you feel like dying. The photo below was after riding for almost an hour and we took a break at our usually spot.<\/p>\n
Ride Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Time: 3 hours<\/strong><\/p>\n Calories Burned: 1277<\/strong><\/p>\n Miles Biked: 32<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI ate one of my Gu’s for energy because right before the below photo was a huge hill. My legs were burning!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter resting a bit we headed back North on the trail. The trail was relatively empty most of the day. It also felt like we were riding through a rain cloud. It wasn’t raining–YET–but it felt as if it was going to dump buckets of rain on us at any moment. The sky was gloomy and gray.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe arrived at the\u00a0 Marine Drive trail after many, many hills where I thought I was going to die…Marine Drive is fairly flat and it’s easy to bike quickly. Michael took off ahead of me because his bike is about 10 pounds lighter than mine \ud83d\ude09 and I peddled along.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe rode by the airport and then stopped for a snack by the Marina.
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\nSince Michael was trying to stay on the Four Hour Body Diet as closely as possible, he snacked on raw almonds. I on the other hand, had another GU and was grateful for it! I needed the energy. I wasn’t quite feeling like I was ready to bonk yet but since we’d skipped lunch to ride, my stomach was growling a bit. The spinach, bacon and cream cheese omelet Michael and I had split before riding wasn’t quite enough.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe’d ridden about two hours at this point I think. Michael complained about his feet being too cold and he wanted to turn around. I was okay with that. I’d worn double socks so my feet were fine but I was getting huuuungry and knew a protein bar was NOT going to satisfy that. Turning around at that point was the right decision too.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe turned around and rode back East on Marine Drive–it was still empty–and then connected back with the I-205 Path.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSo far that day I was feeling really good. My body was holding up, I had no knee pain, I didn’t have a sore back from riding. In fact, the butt butter I put on pre-ride seemed to be doing something for the saddle soreness too.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThere were tons of hills on the way home though–and these were KILLER hills too. I can happily say that I never once had to stand on the bike in order to make it up the hill however, my legs were dying by the time I made up those hills. I am definitely<\/em> not in cycling shape for hills. Which makes sense because my commute is pretty flat.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe made it back to the highway by our house and luckily the traffic was pretty light so it was an easy, safe ride back to the house.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe were both FAMISHED and nearing grumpy. Showered and dressed, we headed to Foster Burger<\/a> for a late lunch\/early dinner. I’d never been to the new super popular burger joint in Portland and I am so happy I finally got to eat there!<\/p>\n