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Flying

Copyright ©2011 Daniel Cox

What better way to start a post than to share a picture of a Spitfire from Saturday at the Temora Aviation Museum with you.

I am happy to say on Wednesday of my second week I am going a little better since I am now able to ride over 10 km at a time.  I have also started having breakfast which is something I haven’t done for a long time.

I know I have to improve my diet, how I will improve it though is still up for consideration so I’m not planning on any further changes till next week.

Below are the stats from todays ride, which is a lot better than how I did on my first week. Hopefully I’ll be able to do 15 km rides next week,  for that of course we shall have to wait and see.

The Statistics

Weather

Conditions: Dry

Temperature: 20.4 °C

Humidity: 38%

Wind Speed: 9 kts

Wind Gusts: 15 kts

Ride

Trip Distance: 11.27 km

Average Speed 20.9 km/h

Maximum Speed 31.9 km/h

Riding Time: 0:32:16

P.S. No crashes since that first day, no doubt in the future I’ll be sure to fit some more in of course.

The first week

Copyright ©2011 Daniel Cox

Looking back on my first week I can say I hoped to have done more. Yet for one who has pursued a sedentary lifestyle in combination with poor eating habits for a long time now, I can happily say at least I have made a start and am still going.

I didn’t ride as much as I hoped to, although to be fair on Friday and Saturday I was not able to ride. Friday I was exploring various small towns with my wife from the comfort of the car while on Saturday I attended an airshow.

On the first ride I rode a little more than 8 km in around 31 minutes and found myself somewhat puffed from the experience. The following day I could have found any number of excuses not to ride and would have been quite happy not getting off my backside. The trouble is thinking like that isn’t going to get me very far, if I am going to change a decades worth of poor habits.

So I got on the bike and gave it another go, although this time I didn’t go as far and ended up settling on 5km rides being at the limit of my capability during the first week.  I averaged a little over 5 km in distance while taking around 18 minutes per ride in the first week. To put this into perspective, when I was younger I would run 5km in 19 minutes so my first week has been very slow going.

Despite my slow pace I am surprised to have lost a small amount of weight and an equally small amount of waistline. So in the end I kept going and am still going.

As the links on the side of the page show from some of the people that inspire me, if you put the effort in even if it is not easy you will be rewarded over time for that effort.