Between May 18th to August 7th – I biked 941.6 miles. 2 weeks were at 130 miles. Average week miles was 78.8 miles. Least miles per week was 41.4miles. My training days are governed by the weather – I don’t bike in the rain but I did get caught in the rain twice (soaked up shoes aren’t nice). On a day were I could not bike I did not use a trainer. If I had insomnia I did not bike. If I biked less than 25 miles one day I would be ok for me to bike the next day. Otherwise, the next day would be a rest day. I do not do on easy recovery rides.
On my 41.4 mile week I biked 36.2 mi on Monday, then biked only 5.2 miles on Saturday. Did not use a trainer on my days off. What a bad week. – I’ll switch to using a trainer on bad weather days and watching Tour De France dvd’s on from now on.
I learned after my first 30 mile ride that a 30+ mile ride will make you lose considerable weight (at 86% MHR, -- for me).
Yeah, after a long days ride to lose weight I tried not to eat a heavy meal. I only drink diet soda (Diet Barq’s or Diet Sunkist). I have to make sacrifices and not eat too much cookies, cakes, or candies. At most I would eat 260 calories of anything like a cookie or doughnut (per day), but I would limit myself to one big 160 calorie Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked cookie and a glass of Soy Chocolate “milk.” If I made a mistake in eating one day – I gained weight the next day – I would not repeat the same eating mistake. Most of the time I ate a decent lunch and dinner and skipped breakfast. If I woke up early I would eat a light breakfast – like a Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked cookie and a glass of Soy Chocolate “milk.”
It really hurts your motivation to ride when you gain back the weight you lost by eating.
My training bike -- a 2002 Giant TCR Aero 2 (105, R535 wheels) -- has a polar power output kit. But the Polar Power kit isn't too accurate -- I would believe the numbers I get from an SRM Professional.
