{"id":18789,"date":"2011-06-09T08:40:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=18789"},"modified":"2011-06-09T08:40:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:40:22","slug":"spinning-in-new-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=18789","title":{"rendered":"Spinning in New Pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, new for me. Remember how I had an equipment malfunction on last weekend’s 40 mile bike ride<\/a>? When I got home from work on Monday Michael was swapping out my broken (and jerry-rigged) pedals for an old pair from one of his previous bikes.<\/p>\n

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Yes, I plan on switching to clip-in pedals soon. In fact, I already have the clip-in pedals I just need to get the shoes that will fit with them. I had hoped that I would get the new shoes this winter so I could practice clipping in and out while I was on the bike trainer. But honestly, I think I just need to suck it up and do it already. I need to get over my fear and practice before the Portland Century.<\/p>\n

I’d planned on biking to work Tuesday but woke up to rain so moved it to Wednesday. The morning was cool and very gray but dry.<\/p>\n

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\nThe temperature was in that weird in-between where it was too cold to not wear warm clothes but once I warmed up I was too hot. I stopped by the river and took off my top jacket. I felt much better after that.<\/p>\n

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\nI continued on. The trail was pretty quiet and empty, not many cyclists out. The Hawthorne Bridge wasn’t crowded either.<\/p>\n

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\nI arrived at work in decent time, hot and sweaty. I’d parked the car a little further away to add some distance to my ride.<\/p>\n

Morning Commute:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 33 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories Burned: 247<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance: 6.1 Miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAFTERNOON COMMUTE<\/strong><\/h4>\n

As the day went on yesterday it got grayer, darker and colder. It was the first time I wore my long tights and cycling jacket on my commute home. I watched the weather turning gnarly and figured I would be riding home in the rain. Fortunately, it stayed dry.<\/p>\n

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\nBefore I rode I\u00a0 ate my banana for a snack. I’ve decided to quit bananas. They are healthy and I like them yet every time I eat a banana I am HUNGRIER than ever. It’s NOT a good pre-workout fuel for me and I realized that yesterday when my stomach was growling angrily the entire ride home. Plus my energy was in the toilet. The whole ride was a struggle–and I hadn’t even gotten to any hills yet!<\/p>\n

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\nI got back to Michael’s car in Sellwood and the second I hopped off the bike I thought I was going to collapse. My legs were jello. Not good. I immediately ate my little Babybel cheese snack (70 calories) to try and take the edge off my gnawing hunger while I drove home.<\/p>\n

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Afternoon Commute:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 29 minutes
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Calories Burned: 226
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Distance: 6.1 Miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

TOTALS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Calories Burned:\u00a0 473\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Distance: 12.2 miles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The moment I got home I ate a snack in a frenzy. I was so famished I couldn’t think straight. Not a good place to be. Michael got home shortly after that and he suggested we have turkey burgers for dinner instead of the salmon and scallops we’d planned on. I was so hungry I immediately agreed. We had an early dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nGrilled asparagus as the side. I devoured every bite and felt immediately better. I also had one glass of white wine.<\/p>\n

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\nInstead of doing chores and running errands like I planned on doing, I got into my PJ’s and Michael and I settled in to spend the rest of the evening catching up on TV shows (The Office specifically). It was nice to just totally veg out!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What is your favorite pre-workout food? And what’s up with bananas?!?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, new for me. Remember how I had an equipment malfunction on last weekend’s 40 mile bike ride? When I got home from work on Monday Michael was swapping out my broken (and jerry-rigged) pedals for an old pair from one of his previous bikes. [blackbirdpie id=”77901923633725440″] Yes, I plan on switching to clip-in pedals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,55,3258,1248,1202,315,2372,101,104,134,2945,167,195,201,217,234,255,280,281,288,303,307],"tags":[396,406,8599,3259,508,3544,8770,8690,2645,3434,8743],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7503.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18789"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18857,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789\/revisions\/18857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}