three days

it's been three full days at my new job. i rode in two of the three, and i must say that i am very tired. the first day i rode in as an ex-cyclist, my old bianchi cyclo-cross tires and panniers. i was so tired that day. one thing that i learned from that day is that ex-cyclism is pretty fun if you're not trying to get somewhere fast. when i rode in that first day i was hammering. i was pretty much time-trialing the whole way. on the way home it was more of the same only then it felt like a slight head wind. btw, that's where the previous post's pictures were taken.

on thursday i didn't ride, because i had to hurry back to loveland for various reasons.

today, i used my road bike for the trip. it's been a while since me and my old friend had a good ride together. i put new tires and tubes on her this morning just before we left. i forgot how much lighter this bike is that my bianchi. we were flying. i was putting out about the same effort as i did on wednesday, only now i was going much faster. i got to work in about 46 minutes. i didn't know how far i rode, but i had guessed it was almost 14 miles.

later that day i was chatting with a friend of mine, and sent out a google map link of my commute. after i sent it i noticed that google claims my ride was 16.8 miles!!! i was really happy about that. no wonder i was so tired... nothing to do with me being fat and out of shape :)

the ride home was not very rewarding for some reason. i think that the new distance information kind of gave me an excuse for not trying hard. i just cruised home tired and out of water.

it's been a pretty hard week.... i don't know if will be able to ride in three days a week or not!?!?