I biked 7.5 miles today. I biked 3.5 miles yesterday. I biked 2.5 miles on Monday. Each time I arrive at my destination, I am red in the face... even if the sun isn't shining (i.e. early morning sun hidden by mountains or in the evening after the sun set behind the mountains again but before dark). I don't feel red in the face as I'm biking with the wind (which stinks when I'm going against the wind), but I am certainly red and sweaty when I'm done. Appealing, huh? But, then I'm thirsty for more water, so I drink more of my day's amount when I go bike riding.
Of course, I am using my helmet. Safety first. And, since I bought a gel pad cover for my seat last week or the week before, I haven't had a sore butt from all this riding.
At city council on Tuesday the mayor read a challenge/proclamation about bike riding. He said that with once a week trips as short as 2 miles each, Provo residents could save 1 million 276 thousand pounds of CO2 emissions each month. He challenged Provo residents to take a bike instead of a car for errands at least one time per week during the month of July.
He talked about a bike he rented that had a battery pack and an odometer. The odometer would be nice. I have to mapquest my travels (which is hard when it's on the bike trail that those programs won't compute since cars don't drive on it) in order to figure out the miles I've biked. I did errands on my bike on Wednesday like Mayor Curtis suggested.
4 comments:
you can use mapmyrun.com to figure out distance, too. It's nicer than mapquest because you can pinpoint your routes exactly, even if they don't match up to streets. You can also include street crossings and other small things that might add up to more distance. You might be surprised how much extra distance you have when you actually calculate the curves on a bike trail, for example, instead of just the distance of the curb that runs alongside it.
Jen:
I've got a computer for my bike. They're really useful and not too hard to install. I found one here for just 20 bucks. I bet Jon could help you put one one if you wanted.
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1028636_-1_1531501_20000_400023
Thanks for the tips guys.
I'm rill glad you don't have a sore butt.
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