Brutal! I know for you bike riders this will sound wimpy, but for me it was a challenge. I rode 7.5 miles in 39 minutes, burned 363 calories, and averaged 11 miles an hour. Just getting out of my subdivision is a bear. I am at the very bottom of a hill and it is very steep. So by the time I ride about a half a mile up hill to get out of the subdivision, I'm pooped. Of course it's all downhill from there.
Today went on my longest ride on my new bike. I've riden 8 miles on my exercise bike with various levels of resistance, but there is nothing like the real thing. I've found that the more coasting I get to do is only an indication of how much I have to ride up the hill. I'd love it if I could ride on some nice level ground, but living along the Yellow River here in Rockdale there are no nice flat roads.
I am still working up to riding the old Olympic mountain bike trails. In fact, I was very close to them today on my ride, but I was so tired that I didn't even think about riding the trails and then try to get home. Later today my wife and I plan to hike up and down Stone Mountain. I am still at 209 lbs and am looking forward to getting down to 205 by the end of next month.
Verse of the Day: Mark 11:22-23
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain , 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. NKJV
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