Concentration before bed

Maybe because the next morning's bicycling image got strongly into my brain, I woke up more than an hour before the time I planned and just couldn't go back to sleep any more.

So I decided to bake coffee cake which is our favorite, but I haven't baked for a long time, because that is a little too much work.  So I changed to an easier way to bake the cake.   

Because of the smell from baking or noise of the stand mixer, he got up quicker than usual.  But he found it was drizzling quite a bit, so we waited for a while.  Meanwhile the cake was baked.

It was a chilly morning, but we dressed thicker than usual and went biking without eating the cake, just a glass of tomato juice. 

The air was too full of moisture;  I had a hard time to breath.  

I carefully rode without bending neck too much and stretching my neck from time to time, and tried not to grip the handle too tightly.  That is all my way of preventing pain in neck, shoulder and small back.

And after riding I did stretch for 30 min. which seemed to work very well; not too much stiffness and pain in my legs which I was always suffering.  I should repeat before going to bed.

Oh, my! We ate that much in a day all by ourselves!??

Wish I can continue...

We excused ourselves for two days riding because of the hot weather, I got really ashamed of myself.  I started early morning bicycling yesterday, accompanying with rising sun light.  That was extremely comfortable.  The air was not hot yet, and the road was almost empty.

And making salad in the morning, and eating for lunch and dinner cooled off our body.

Today I got up an hour later than yesterday, but it was still comfortable to ride in the morning. 

Some reason the body wouldn't get as tired as later time riding which is much hotter.  Because we decided to ride solo with each one's comfortable speed, maybe?

I should go to bed soon to continue this good ride. 

 

Walking made me tired, but..

When we biked 5.8 miles and just after that walked 2.5 miles on last Friday, we felt happy to have done something that was a new challenge.  But the next day we were totally in pain and stayed at home all day.

So today we walked first and drank water, ate a boiled egg, then biked.  
We barely could pedal at the beginning after 2.2 miles walk, so later we had some sprints for short distances to make up the average speed.  Biked 5.7 miles, aver. 8.1mph.  It came out slower than Friday, 5.8 miles, aver. 8.7mph.
We both got really tired, even though we did it in the morning.

After we took a half hour nap, we felt better.  The pain is still with me though.
At least we might survive another heat wave a little easier this afternoon.

I hope I will find a better way or right way to walk, so I might be able to reduce pain afterwards. 😒

Morning ride is better.

Because I wanted to photograph the sunrise, I got up this morning earlier than usual.

The air was so cool and clean.  I enjoyed it so much.
That feeling stimulated me, so I talked him in to it and after breakfast and other chores we went for a morning ride.  That was the usual short ride, but it was much more comfortable than late afternoon.

Mr. WhP hates to get up early in the morning, but I want to ride much earlier next morning.

Cool morning ride!

It was 65F.  We started riding bicycle about 8:15 am this morning.  The air was quite chilly, and it reminded me to order full bicycle gloves. The tips of my fingers were cold for a while.

Well, the air was clean and fresh.  I really enjoyed the morning ride.  

My right foot toes were getting cramped at the end, but I came back OK.  A comfortable 20 miles ride!

Knee & Elbow Pads

We had a cool and nice morning today.  So I rode very happily with humming and singing.  

I felt that I could ride more to 15 miles, but I controlled myself not to do.  Because I didn't want to get any pain later.  

At last my knee & elbow Pads were delivered this afternoon!  So even though I was a little tired after the morning cycling, I had to ride again to try them. 

Knee pads,

and elbow pads. 

They are comfortable and trustworthy.  And I felt secure with them to practice in our garden.

Mr. Whp was happily riding around here and there in our garden today again!  I will do like that in the future, but a little by little.

Riding with small number on rear

Folding bike has smaller wheels so that the weight is closer to the ground.  That makes handling easier, I found.  If I balanced well, ...

After practiced riding our garden trail, I got a little better for balance.  So the riding the folding bike this morning was easier than ever.  I purposely pedaled with small number on rear wheel.  That's very comfortable riding, and we both liked it. 

We don't care about speed any more.  We want to ride comfortably and not getting too much fatigue afterwards.  Physically we seemed not to fit road bike, trail riding will fit us nowadays.  Especially me.
We did cool down at the end, and did TV stretch.

I was so anxious to try riding in our garden again that I did it this afternoon.  I was OK on the east side, but when I tried the new part with big round tiles, I lost balance and fell....  This time both my feet and legs couldn't move flexibly to support my body.
I shouldn't have pushed myself to ride after 10 miles long road ride. I just didn't realize it.  

This is yummy, just pour coconut milk on the top of ice cream.

 I hope this heat will not come back any more.

Made a plan for trip, but ...

Found the easiest way to go grocery shopping.  If we can do it, I will feel more useful.  But... felt tired to try riding a road without bike lane and some traffic.

A comfortable easy morning ride.

In addition I tried our garden bike in the afternoon.  And I succeeded in riding through, only once out of 10 times.  Afterwards I watched the video to study.
If I don't swing the handle too much, and pedal more strongly not depending on arms so much, I might be able to succeed more in the future.  Which means if I don't get too nervous in my arms and legs, I will do better. It is always the same trouble I have! agrrr...

The whole sky was covered by mackerel clouds!

That was a good sign?!  I wondered when I got up and saw the sky in this morning.  Yes, it turned out to be a merciful gift for us.  We had such a nice cool morning that we could ride a few hours later.
Clouds were starting to bloom out a little bit. 

I was humming away while riding.  People with their dogs seemed happy and cheerful this morning.

So were those geese.

Finally we could ride over 10 miles, but we got tired suddenly, so we stopped.

Time, Distance, and Average&Max Speeds.

Yes, I remembered that we got into a main road and sprinted for a few minutes.  That sprint was a necessity to finish before the cars came.  Watmaugh road is always scary!