Weekly Ride Report - 1/6/14 - 1/11/14

Date	Route	Course	Ride Time	Total Time	Distance	Avg Speed	Altitude	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Odometer
01/06/14	Rose Bowl Loop - Short	Rolling	00:55:25	01:03:14	12.3	13.3	558	909	25.5	30749
01/07/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	01:05:34	01:08:58	16.6	15.2	558	909	27.2	30765
01/08/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	01:05:03	01:09:25	16.4	15.1	558	909	28.3	30782
01/09/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	01:03:34	01:09:30	16.8	15.9	558	909	26.8	30798
01/10/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	01:02:06	01:06:36	16.6	16.0	558	909	28.3	30815
01/11/14	Huntington Loop - CCW	Rolling	01:01:24	01:02:46	15.2	14.9	813	919	34.8	30831
		Cumulative Time	06:13:06	Total Distance	93.9	Total Climb	3603

Starting up a whole new database, which means a whole bunch of headaches formatting the data to fit onto a blog post. Expect these tables to look better in the coming weeks.

The first 3 weeks of the year are for metabolism and cardio capacity. Basically reminding my lungs and heart that they can take several hours of increased metabolism. This also means I get hungry, and that last half hour before meal times is pretty brutal. Thankfully I've got pretty good discipline about snacking. I also gain a pound or two during this time because my muscle groups retain water from the increased activity. Weight and fat loss will come later. I was pretty good over my time away from the bike. Over 2 and a half months, and I only gained 3 pounds. I had gained about 4 pounds of muscle from the previous year, so I'm curious to see if that trend continues.

As a bonus, here's some shaky one-handed camera time around the Huntington Library.



That's a pretty nice camera for being able to just pull it out of my back pocket, but you can see that San Marino needs to do a little road repair around there. And here's an omake for anime fans.