Took the Weekend Off

But I've made sure both Monday and Tuesday to stop at the gym on the way home. I'm also working my way around the Cybex machines. Some of them are much-newer versions of the machines we had at the Y; some are newer versions of the machines at 24-Hour Fitness. And some are completely alien to me, but work the same muscle groups as a couple of the machines at the Y. Weird. And, of course, I have to completely re-learn how to set each one up. I've also finally remembered which option I like for the elliptical. Still poking along with just 10 minutes plus the 3-minute cool down--such a long way from the hour I used to do pretty easily! Baby steps. It'll all come back.

There And Back Again

It's been a month since my last post here, and even longer since my last Rivendell update. Well, I've not only returned to Bag End, I've gone to the Grey Havens to see Gandalf, Bilbo, and Frodo off with the elves and gone back to Bag End with Sam! And am now on my way to the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves. And have gone over 7,000 miles!! Total miles so far: 7042.573. A combination of walking, riding both stationary and outdoor bicycles, and ellipticals. A YMCA membership that I used in 3 different Y facilities (my home Y was Lakewood, but I also used Van Nuys and Fullerton), a hotel fitness room, a cruise-ship fitness room, and my home 24-hour Fitness. Plus a couple of home treadmills and some charity events both walking and riding.

Quite the Difference

The Y is a quiet place, with no music being broadcast into all the rooms, whereas 24-Hour Fitness blasts the staff and customers with an obnoxiously loud sound system.

There are also 3 different kinds of ellipticals there, one of which is lower-body only, while one of the combined upper and lower machines could best be described as the bastard offspring of an elliptical and a stair-stepper. On the more traditional machine, the rise is higher and the stroke shorter than the LifeFitness machines at the Y, so these are going to take some adjustment. I'm also seriously missing the fans that help keep the cardio rooms cooled down at the Y.

Ever since I got the bike(s), I don't spend much time on stationary bikes, but they do have both the upright and recumbant styles

Four TVs in the section of the cardio area where the ellipticals and bikes are located, one on some morning talk show, one on ESPN, one on Faux News, and one on some game show; I didn't pay any attention to what the TVs in the other section (treadmills and traditional stair-steppers) were showing. The TVs gave me something to look at besides the panel on the machines while I was listening to my music.

I did it.

I discontinued my membership at the Y and joined 24-Hour Fitness. I needed a gym with more hours available, and the Y couldn't provide that. I have an appointment with a trainer on the 24th to learn how to set up their strength-training machines.

Less Than 12 Miles!!

The BFFs and I went to the Joint Forces Training Base (formally NAS Los Alamitos [the Navy still holds the lease] but currently being run [down] by the Army, hence the name "change") for their annual Independence Day celebration. We had a good time, but on one of my bicycle tours of the base, I got a flat tire. So today I'm off to the bike shop. This is the same tube I had replaced on Thursday. This just sucks out loud!

One of my coworkers is on vacation this week, so I'll be starting work about 11:30 each morning. That gives me about an hour and a half for a ride each morning, unless I opt to go to the gym.

And how is it that gardening seems to use muscles you don't use during strength training?

Has it really been so long since my last post?

I keep telling myself I'll write a catch-up post, but then never seem to get it done. Nice bike ride, today, though! And I actually made it to the gym on Friday after work. But I have just been incredibly lazy lately, smacking the snooze alarm instead of getting out of bed. What is it about late winter/early spring that seems to bring on the lazies? I still haven't figured out how far I walked on the ship during the cruise, even though I wore a pedometer and kept track of my distance. Even managed to get up to the gym on the ship one morning for some time on the elliptical. I haven't a clue where I am on the Walk to Rivendell right now. I registered for the Coaster Run this year, and even though I picked up my goodie bag, I chose not to do the walk. Did go for a nice ride that day, though; does that count? I also managed to do the 15-mile version of the Tour de Sewer this year. Did the short one because I somehow managed to have two events that day--the TdS and a stitch class at my LNS. It turned out to be a good thing that I only did the 15-mile ride, since I ended up with rear-wheel problems when the new spokes on the new wheel that I had to have put on Orion loosened up and made the bike unsafe to ride. I'm still considering registering for the City of Angels ride later this month, and have already registered for this year's LA River Ride. Pics from today's ride are still in the camera, but there are pics from past rides over there <--- in the Slideshow.

2009, Weeks 1 through 4

2009, Week 1 (29 Dec to 04 Jan)
Monday, December 29: 2.51 miles on the elliptical; 6.30 miles bike ride; full strength-training circuit.
Tuesday, December 30: 1.426 miles on the treadmill; 3.97 miles on the elliptical; 2.37 miles bike ride.
Wednesday, December 31: 18.13 miles bike ride.
Thursday, January 1: nothing; had to work today; gym closed.
Friday, January 2: nothing.
Saturday, January 3: 13.30 miles bike ride.
Sunday, January 4: 39.30 miles bike ride.

Total mileage this week: 87.306
Miles from Bag End: 4408.787
Miles to Mount Doom: 228.213

2009, Week 2 (05 Jan to 11 Jan)
Monday, January 5: 1.664 miles on the treadmill.
Tuesday, January 6: 1.375 miles on the treadmill.
Wednesday, January 7: 1.600 miles on the treadmill; 21.25 miles bike ride.
Thursday, January 8: 22.10 miles bike ride.
Friday, January 9: nothing.
Saturday, January 10: nothing.
Sunday, January 11: 39.13 miles bike ride.

Total mileage this week: 87.119
Miles from Bag End: 4495.906
Miles to Mount Doom: 141.094

2009, Week 3 (12 Jan to 18 Jan)
Monday, January 12: nothing; temporary schedule change at work for the week.
Tuesday, January 13: nothing
Wednesday, January 14: 15.14 miles bike ride.
Thursday, January 15: nothing
Friday, January 16: nothing
Saturday, January 17: 2.767 miles on the treadmill; 32.50 miles bike ride
Sunday, January 18: 2.543 miles on the treadmill; 36.70 miles bike ride

Total mileage this week: 89.65
Miles from Bag End: 4585.556
Miles to Mount Doom: 51.444

2009, Week 4 (19 Jan to 25 Jan)
Monday, January 19: nothing; temporary schedule change ended today
Tuesday, January 20: 2.414 miles on the treadmill
Wednesday, January 21: 1.8 miles on the treadmill; 21.80 miles bike ride.
Thursday, January 22: 7.969 miles walking around Disneyland.
Friday, January 23: nothing.
Saturday, January 24: 2.521 miles on the treadmill.
Sunday, January 25: 32.10 miles bike ride.

Total mileage this week: 68.604
Miles from Bag End: 4654.16
Arrived at Mount Doom at mile 4637. Frodo and Sam fly via Deus Ex Machina Airlines to Morannon.
Distance from Morannon to Minas Tirith: 102.84

Another Catch-Up Post

2008, Week 47
Monday, November 17: Home treadmill for 1.8 miles.
Tuesday, November 18: Home treadmill for 1.81miles.
Wednesday, November 19: Home treadmill for 2.151 miles.
Thursday, November 20: Home treadmill for 1.801 miles.
Friday, November 21: Rest day.
Saturday, November 22: Home treadmill for 2.029 miles.
Sunday, November 23: Home treadmill for 1.0 mile; bike ride for 35.5 miles.

2008, Week 48
Monday, November 24: Home treadmill for 1.282 miles.
Tuesday, November 25: Nothing. Karma cold.
Wednesday, November 26: Nothing.
Thursday, November 27: Nothing.
Friday, November 28: Nothing.
Saturday, November 29: Bike ride for 3.67 miles.
Sunday, November 30: Bike ride for 15.21 miles.

2008, Week 49
Monday, December 1: Nothing.
Tuesday, December 2: Home treadmill for .83 miles.
Wednesday, December 3: Nothing.
Thursday, December 4: Bike ride for 13.19 miles.
Friday, December 5: Nothing.
Saturday, December 6: Bike ride for 21.16 miles.
Sunday, December 7: Home treadmill for 1.505 miles; bike ride for 23.95 miles.

2008, Week 50
Monday, December 8: Home treadmill for 1.808 miles.
Tuesday, December 9: Home treadmill for 1.41 miles; bike ride for 5.23 miles.
Wednesday, December 10: Bike ride for 20.08 miles.
Thursday, December 11: Bike ride for 21.01 miles.
Friday, December 12: Home treadmill for 1.375 miles; elliptical for 3.88 miles.
Saturday, December 13: Nothing.
Sunday, December 14: Make Room for Santa 5K for 3.5 miles.

2008, Week 51
Monday, December 15: Elliptical for 3.63 miles.
Tuesday, December 16: Home treadmill for 1.276 miles.
Wednesday, December 17: Home treadmill for 1.414 miles; elliptical for 2.44 miles; full strength-training circuit.
Thursday, December 18: Home treadmill for 1.8 miles; 1 hour of Pilates; elliptical for 1.83 miles.
Friday, December 19: Home treadmill for 1.8 miles.
Saturday, December 20: Home treadmill for 1.756 miles.
Sunday, December 21: Combined home treadmill and walking a flatted bike: 3.118 miles; bike ride for 20.43 miles.

Total Distance since November 16: 234.51
Distance from Bag End: 3889.437
Distance to Minas Tirith: 139.563

Catch Up!

2008, Week Forty-Two
Monday, October 13: Rest day.
Tuesday, October 14: Home treadmill for 1.525 miles; no bike ride for; no after-work Y visit.
Wednesday, October 15: Home treadmill for 1.801 miles; no bike ride for; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, October 16: Home treadmill for 1.851 miles; bike ride for 5.78 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, October 17: Home treadmill for 2.003 miles; bike ride for 6.61 miles; no after-work Y visit on Friday.
Saturday, October 18: Home treadmill for 3.123 miles; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, October 19: No home treadmill; bike ride for 30.01 miles; no Y visit.

2008, Week Forty-Three
Monday, October 20: Sore throat.
Tuesday, October 21: Sore throat.
Wednesday, October 22: Sore throat.
Thursday, October 23: Sore throat.
Friday, October 24: Snotty nose.
Saturday, October 25: Snotty nose.
Sunday, October 26: Snotty nose.

2008, Week Forty-Four
Monday, October 27: Snotty nose.
Tuesday, October 28: Snotty nose.
Wednesday, October 29: Snotty nose recovery.
Thursday, October 30: Snotty nose recovery.
Friday, October 31: Snotty nose recovery.
Saturday, November 1: Errands.
Sunday, November 2: No home treadmill; bike ride for 17.26 miles; no Y visit.

2008, Week Forty-Five
Monday, November 3: Home treadmill for 1.531 miles; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Tuesday, November 4: Home treadmill for 2.214 miles; no bike ride because I had to vote for Obama and against h8; no after-work Y visit because I was watching the returns.
Wednesday, November 5: Home treadmill for 1.9 miles; bike ride for 5.18 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, November 6: Home treadmill for 1.832 miles; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, November 7: Home treadmill for 2.001 miles; bike ride for 5.22 miles; no after-work Y visit on Friday.
Saturday, November 8: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, November 9: no home treadmill; bike ride for 44.40 miles; no Y visit.

2008, Week Forty-Six
Monday, November 10: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Tuesday, November 11: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Wednesday, November 12: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, November 13: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, November 14: Home treadmill for 1.806 miles; bike ride for 5.23 miles; no after-work Y visit on Friday.
Saturday, November 15: no home treadmill; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, November 16: no home treadmill; bike ride for 43.15 miles; no Y visit.

Total distance since October 12: 184.427
Distance from Bag End: 3654.927
Distance to Minas Tirith: 374.073
Last Friday morning's weigh-in showed a three-pound (!!!!) drop from the previous week. In spite of a total slugitude week!

2008, Week Forty-One

Monday, October 6: Home treadmill for 1.601 miles; bike ride for 2.61 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Tuesday, October 7: No walk today because I had to be at work really early. After-work bike ride for 10.18 miles; no after-work Y visit
Wednesday, October 8: Home treadmill for 1.917 miles; bike ride for 6.14 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, October 9: Home treadmill for 2.003 miles; bike ride for 6.21 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, October 10: Home treadmill for 2.010 miles; bike ride for 5.44 miles; no Y visit.
Saturday, October 11: Home treadmill for 3.302 miles; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, October 12: No walk today; bike ride for 40.62 miles; no Y visit.

Total distance for the week: 82.033
Distance from Bag End: 3470.5
Arrived in Minas Tirith with Gandalf and Pippin, then popped back to Isengard to journey to Minas Tirith with Merry.
Distance to Minas Tirith: 558.5

Left work earlier than usual on Monday because I had to be at work 5+ hours earlier than usual on Tuesday, so that's why no Y visit on Monday and no walk on Tuesday. Having my schedule whomped like that threw me off the whole week, and I just kept going straight home from work and hitting the sack earlier than usual. It's also been really windy these last few days, and that's made the rides less than their usual pleasure, which is the reason I skipped the Saturday ride. At least I did well for the Kick the Couch 5K, going a bit past 5K, although the time isn't all that great. But then, I wasn't doing it for the time, just the distance. The wind has been pretty cold, so this morning I pulled on my cycle tights and discovered the fit isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I wore them for the whole ride today, although I did finally take off my windbreaker. I think I'll be able to use them for the Surf City 5K, too, if it's cold like this year's was.

It's also looking like we won't be doing that Tri after all.

2008, Week Forty, September Recap

Monday, September 29: Home treadmill for 1.411 miles; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Tuesday, September 30: Home treadmill for 1.665 miles; bike ride for 6.18 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Wednesday, October 1: Home treadmill for 1.516 miles; bike ride for 5.23 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, October 2: Home treadmill for 1.613 miles; no bike ride; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, October 3: Home treadmill for 1.751 miles; bike ride for 6.21 miles; no after-work Y visit because it’s Friday.
Saturday, October 4: Home treadmill for 3.3 miles; no bike ride or Y visit today because it was All-Day Open Stitch Class at the LNS.
Sunday, October 5: Today turned into a rest day, and that’s probably a good thing, since I haven’t had a full rest day since September 22.

Total distance for the week: 28.846
Distance from Bag End: 3388.467
Distance to Minas Tirith: 62.533

September Recap:
Walk: 46.898 (August: 43.165) +3.733
Bike: 198.80 (August: 256.92) -58.12 (7 days in a row off the bike during my FanFest vacation really shows here!)
Elliptical: 7.39 (August: 11.41) -4.02 (and the only times I hit the elliptical were on my FanFest vacation!)
Strength-Training: 3 times (August: 6 times) -3 times

October Goals: Improve each category—which should be fairly easy since I don’t have any vacations planned for October!

I bought a scale on Thursday morning (when I skipped the morning bike ride) for use at home. I've decided on weekly weigh-ins, and getting to the gym doesn't always work out. Also, having a scale at home allows me to not only weigh myself consistently on a particular day, but also a consistent time of the day, under more or less nearly identical circumstances. I've opted for Fridays after my morning treadmill time. Since I don't know how this one compares with the one at the gym (a $30 Taylor "Biggest Loser" model with digital display v a "doctor's office" type), I don't know how much my September loss was. But I've reached my first milestone of Under 250, and by enough that the scale at the Y would also be "Under 250"; I just don't know how much difference that one would show. So I'm keeping weekly records from this point on.

Next weekend is the Kick the Couch 5K, and I still haven't decided where I'm going to do mine. Probably here at home on the treadmill, since going outside always makes me want to ride and not walk or walk/jog.

2008, Weeks 37, 38, 39

Monday, September 8: Home treadmill for 1.751 miles; no bike; no after-work Y visit.
Tuesday, September 9: Home treadmill for 1.901 miles; no bike; no after-work Y visit.
Wednesday, September 10: Home treadmill for 1.176 miles; bike ride for 6.32 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Thursday, September 11: Home treadmill for 1.763 miles; bike ride for 6.25 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, September 12: Rest day.
Saturday, September 13: Home treadmill for 3.334 miles no bike; no Y visit.
Sunday, September 14: Spent the morning preparing for NCIS FanFest later in the week. No home treadmill; bike ride for 25.08 miles; no Y visit.
Monday, September 15: Home treadmill for 3.3 miles; bike ride for 5.98 miles; no Y visit.
Tuesday, September 16: Home treadmill for 3.252 miles. Spent the rest of the day preparing to spend the next four days at FanFest, so no bike ride and no visit to the Y.
Wednesday, September 17: Errands to run on the way to the hotel, so no exercise time except for the walking around the hotel. I could give myself about a mile for that, because my roomie and I walked about that far to pick up some stuff at the store down the street from the hotel.
Thursday, September 18: Elliptical in the hotel fitness room for 3.76 miles. Same brand as the ellipticals at the Y, but a newer, fancier model, complete with widescreen TV. FanFest activities.
Friday, September 19: Elliptical in the hotel fitness room for 3.63 miles. FanFest activities.
Saturday, September 20: FanFest activities.
Sunday, September 21: FanFest activities.
Monday, September 22: Recovering from FanFest and running errands.
Tuesday, September 23: Home treadmill for 2.524 miles; bike ride for 28.42 miles; no Y visit. I was going to ride up to Whittier-Narrows, but there's a work project which has a section of the San Gabriel River Trail closed just north of Beverly Blvd, and I don't know the area well enough to find my way through the detour, so I turned around and returned to Liberty Park.
Wednesday, September 24: Home treadmill for 1.26 miles; no bike; after-work Y visit for strength training. Four people at work mentioned my trimmer figure!
Thursday, September 25: no morning walk; bike ride for 5.14 miles; no after-work Y visit.
Friday, September 26: Home treadmill for 1.808 miles; bike ride for 5.51 miles; no after-work Y visit because it’s Friday. And a fifth person at work mentioned my trimmer figure! I guess it really is starting to show.
Saturday, September 27: Home treadmill for 3.53 miles; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, September 28: Home treadmill for 3.542 miles; bike ride for 30.12 miles; no Y visit. Decided I needed a little variety in my Sunday ride, so I headed north on SGRT to the Foster Rd bridge, then rode west on Foster/Gardendale to cruise by something I'd seen on the Tour de Sewer last spring. Then I continued on to Garfield, then to Imperial so I could cruise by the Columbia Memorial Science Center still under construction on a piece of former Rockwell Space Division (birthplace of the Apollo command modules and the shuttle orbiters) property to check on its status (I don't think it's going to be open by its advertised "mid 2008"!), then wound south and east and south and west and south and east and around El Dorado Regional Park and back north to Liberty Park. I once saw the earlier Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module, on display at Rockwell in Downey.

Total distance for the period: 149.371
Distance from Bag End: 3359.621
Distance to Minas Tirith: 91.379

If you've been following along with Melissa and Terri, you'll know that We Three Athenas will be participating in a sprint-distance tri on October 19, with Terri the water baby, Melissa the running bunny, and Yours Truly the wheel girl. Keep us in your thoughts, please!

2008, Week Thirty-Six

Monday, September 1: Home treadmill for 3.217 miles; bike ride for 26.56 miles; No Y visit because the Y was closed for the Labor Day holiday.
Tuesday, September 2: Home treadmill for 1.647 miles; no morning bike ride; after-work stop at the Y for strength training.
Wednesday, September 3: Home treadmill for 1.701 miles; morning bike ride for 6.27 miles; no after-work stop at the Y.
Thursday, September 4: Home treadmill for 1.753 miles; morning bike ride for 3.91 miles; no fter-work stop at the Y.
Friday, September 5: Rest day.
Saturday, September 6: Home treadmill for 3.201 miles; morning bike ride for 17.72 miles; no stop at the Y.
Sunday, September 7: Home treadmill for 3.252 miles; morning bike ride for 25.32 miles; stop at the Y for strength training.

Total distance for the week: 94.461
Distance from Bag End: 3210.25
Distance to Minas Tirith: 240.75

A good week for walking, but not so good for either bike or elliptical. And while I did get in two Y visits for strength training, it's still not so impressive.

2008, Week Thirty-Five

Monday, August 25: Home treadmill for 1.277 miles; morning bike ride for 8.32 miles; no after-work stop at the Y.
Tuesday, August 26: Became a rest day, although right now I don’t remember why.
Wednesday, August 27: Home treadmill for 1.345 miles; morning bike ride for 8.03 miles; after-work stop at the Y for an upper-body workout (plus, of course, the two hip machines).
Thursday, August 28: Home treadmill for 1.607 miles; morning bike ride for 6.54 miles; no after-work stop at the Y.
Friday, August 29: Home treadmill for 1.471 miles; morning bike ride for 7.86 miles; no after-work stop at the Y, which is normal for Friday.
Saturday, August 30: Home treadmill for 3.251 miles; no bike ride; no stop at the Y.
Sunday, August 31: No walk because I straightened out a book case in hopes of finding two of my Harry Potter books; bike ride for 23.00 miles; no stop at the Y, though I’d planned to, until my BFFs called mid-ride to tell me that our favorite English tea house was open today, so we met for afternoon tea, and the Y closes at 5 on Sunday. Which means I won’t get to the gym before Tuesday because of the Monday holiday, so no weigh-in yet for August.

Total distance for the week: 62.701
Distance from Bag End: 3178.490
Distance to Minas Tirith: 272.51

August Accomplishments:
I exceeded July’s mileage on the treadmill (43.165 for August v 35.045 for July), and squeaked past July’s mileage on the elliptical by a few hundredths (August 11.41; July 11.37). But I was down by one strength-training session from July. And, of course, the cycling mileage is down (256.92 in August v 315.35 in July) from July because it really is unreasonable to think I could increase my mileage when I have less time to ride! It’d take a lot of riding on weekends to make up the difference.

September Goals:
Increase the treadmill and elliptical mileages. Increase the number of strength-training sessions. At least meet August’s cycling mileage. The NCIS FanFest is this month, so I don't think I'll get much riding done between the 17th and the 21st, but the venue does have a gym.

High point of the week: One of my BikeForums.net cycling buds, Mr Beanz, PMed me to tell me that when he and his DW Gina saw me last week on SART, he hadn't been completely certain it was me and wanted to know if I'd lost some weight. Thank you, Fred; I needed that!!!!!.

2008, Week Thirty-Four

Monday, August 18: No walk this morning because I stayed up late watching the Olympics (and still didn’t get to see everything I wanted to see!), so I slept late; no morning bike ride; and stuck late at work, so no Y stop, either. I guess that makes it a "rest day."
Tuesday, August 19: Home treadmill for 1.164 miles; morning bike ride for 7.91 miles; after-work strength training at the Y.
Wednesday, August 20: Home treadmill for 1.701 miles; morning bike ride for 5.8 miles; after-work stop at the Y to ride the elliptical for 3.58 miles.
Thursday, August 21: Home treadmill for 1.501 miles; morning bike ride for 7.96 miles; after-work strength training at the Y.
Friday, August 22: Home treadmill for 1.256 miles; morning bike ride for 7.89 miles; no after-work stop at the Y because that just doesn’t happen on Fridays.
Saturday, August 23: Home treadmill for 3.251 miles; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, August 24: Slept late and lazed abed, so no morning walk; bike ride for 34.28 miles; no Y visit.

Total distance for the week: 76.293
Distance from Bag End: 3115.789
Distance to Minas Tirith: 335.211

2008, Week Thirty-Three

…and a brief nod to the Olympics.

Monday, August 11: Home treadmill for 1.415 miles; morning bike ride for 8.14 miles; post-work visit to the Y for the upper-body-plus-two-hip-machines workout.
Tuesday, August 12: Home treadmill for 1.306 miles; morning bike ride for 7.47 miles; post-work visit to the Y’s elliptical for 3.81 miles.
Wednesday, August 13: Home treadmill for 1.404 miles; morning bike ride for 8.12 miles; post-work visit to the Y for the upper-body-plus-two-hip-machines workout.
Thursday, August 14: Home treadmill for 1.481 miles; skipped the morning bike ride for reasons I forget now; post--work visit to the Y’s elliptical for 4.02 miles.
Friday, August 15: Skipped the morning walk; morning bike ride for 6.74 miles; and no post-work visit to the Y because it’s Friday.
Saturday, August 16: Home treadmill for 2.504 miles; no bike ride; no Y visit.
Sunday, August 17: Home treadmill for 2.752 miles; nice long bike ride down SGRT and into Long Beach (Naples) for 25.87 miles.

Total distance for the week: 75.032
Distance from Bag End: 3039.496
Distance to Minas Tirith: 411.504

I’ve been able to watch some of the Olympics, too. Congratulations to the USA men’s and women’s swim teams. And to Constantina Tomescu Dita of Romania in the Women’s Marathon.

I also bought the grocery panniers from REI and gave them their first trial today when I stopped at Whole Foods in Naples (a neighborhood of Long Beach across Alamitos Bay from SGRT) during my ride today.

2008, Week Thirty-Two

Monday, August 4: Home treadmill for 1.511 miles; no morning bike ride (took the desktop computer to shop because the USB ports went crazy); no post-work stop at the Y because of crisis control.
Tuesday, August 5: Home treadmill for 1.276 miles; morning bike ride for 7.95 miles; no post-work stop at the Y because of crisis control.
Wednesday, August 6: Home treadmill for 1.426 miles; morning bike ride for 7.97 miles; post-work stop at the Y for strength training: all upper-body machines plus the two hip machines.
Thursday, August 7: Home treadmill for 1.503 miles; morning bike ride for 7.97 miles; no post-work stop at the Y because of crisis control.
Friday, August 8: Rest day: the water heater went out and Jill got married.
Saturday, August 9: Home treadmill for 2.1 miles; bike ride for 21.84 miles.
Sunday, August 10: Home treadmill for 2.101 miles; all-day class at the LNS.

Total distance for the week: 55.647
Distance from Bag End: 2964.464
Reached Isengard with Merry and Pippin; continuing to Minas Tirith with Gandalf and Pippin. Distance to Minas Tirith: 486.536

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I really, really dislike these late-in-the-shift crises that keep me at work past 8! Two nights in a row I've had to skip the Y. Bleah.

2008, Week Thirty-One, and July Recap

Monday, July 28: Home treadmill for 1.257 miles; morning bike ride for 14.84 miles; post-work stop at the Y for the predominantly upper-body workout.
Tuesday, July 29: Skipped the home treadmill this morning; headed to the park for the morning bike ride, and had a flat about 6.25 miles into the ride. Walked about a mile total, between walking the bike out of the middle of El Dorado Regional Park to the nearest bus stop, rode a couple of buses back to Liberty Park, and walked a few hundred more feet to the van. And left the office too late to make it worth my while to stop at the Y.
Wednesday, July 30: Home treadmill for 1.177 miles; no ride today because the bike was in the shop, and no post-work stop at the Y. I was able to take a “dinner break” and get the bike from the shop.
Thursday, July 31: Home treadmill for 1.503 miles; morning bike ride for 9.92 miles, and a stop at the Y after work for the upper-body (and, of course, the two hip machines) strength training.
Friday, August 1: Home treadmill for 1.367 miles; morning bike ride for 6.94 miles. No visit to the Y because I don’t finish up at work early enough on Fridays to get there. Shorter bike rides before work because I’m officially back on the 10-8 schedule.
Saturday, August 2: BFF-J’s credit union is celebrating their 70th anniversary (and it turns out this credit union includes my former employer’s credit union, the one at the old Long Beach Naval Shipyard!), and so we all went to the Santa Ana Zoo, and then spent some time at her great-niece’s 1st birthday. About 1.188 miles of traipsing around.
Sunday, August 3: Home treadmill for 2.007 miles; nice long bike ride for 30.32 miles; skipped the Y because the banana-and-granola-bar breakfast just wasn’t enough after all of that.

Total distance for the week: 77.769
Distance from Bag End: 2908.817
Distance to Isengard: 25.183

July Recap:
Walking Distance: 35.045 miles (June: 11.9)
Elliptical Distance: 11.37 miles (June: 6.6)
Biking Distance: 315.35 miles (June 347.29)
Cybex Workouts: 7 (predominantly UBWO) (June: 2)
Weight Loss: 1.5 lbs

August Goals:
Increase all distances, especially walking and ellipticalling. Increase strength training occasions. Take better control of portion sizes and snacking. Today, August 3rd, marks the one-year anniversary of joining the Y.

Oh. My. God.

Another flat!!!! This one in the middle of El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach, during my morning ride. So I hoofed it nearly half a mile out of the park, hoofed it another half a mile or so to the nearest bus stop, rode a bus to Del Amo and Norwalk, changed to a Cerritos bus, and took that to Liberty Park in Cerritos, where I park my van for my morning rides. Drove to my LBS, where Steve was utterly astonished to learn about the flat—remember, this is new tire, new tube, new liner, and new Slime! So Radagast the Beige-and-Black is in the shop again. I didn't even stop at the Y on the way home, just came straight home to blog about the earthquake (you'll have to head over to the Gathering Place for that account) and the flat.