Shouldn't have stopped

I'm 56 yrs old and have lifted weights, played sports, ridden bikes etc. on and off my whole life. I never was really good with my diet and I let "Life" get in the way of caring about how I look. Now I'm trying to get my body back, I've recently discovered IIFYM (If it fits your macros) and the coaches at Flexibledieting.com Tyler and Le Ann have been a huge help.

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Today was the cleanest air we’ve had all week so I tried the 60 mile Birthday ride. Got to about the same place as last week, 25 miles and started to cramp. It wasn’t as bad so I kept going. Stopped at 30 and refilled the water bottles. Took off again and came to my fist game today d climb at 33 miles. 1/4 of the way up I started cramping. By the time I got to the top both tear drop muscles were in a knot. I barely got off the bike and sat down on a curb so both legs were bent stretching out the cramps. Drained a water bottle, got back on and started going again. My right foot wouldn’t clip into the pedal. I stopped and found I had lost one of the screws for my cleat. Got that straightened out and started off again. Got to the next climb and got about 200 yards up the 1.2 mile climb and was completely locked up again. So I threw in the towel and headed back to the truck. Only got 40 of the 60 done.

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Road to the top of Grand Teton then down the 215 trail to Trop and back home 2600 feet of climbing. Legs started cramping about the 30 mile mark. Next week will be less climbing but more time in the saddle. 🤞

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Went to the top of Gand Teton then over to the 215 bike path to see if they had cleaned off the rocks. It was all clear. Time to try Grand Teton to Tropicana and back. I’m pretty sure that will be more climbing than the bike path twice.

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Did the 215 bike trail, scouting it out for the 60 mile ride. Felt good after. Not sure yet If I can do 60. We’ve had a lot of rain and there was a lot of dirt and rocks on the path. I had to get off the bike and carry it twice through loose rocks and dirt.

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Okay, I’m starting a new fitness craze. Hot Yoga is done inside at 90 to 105 degrees. I’m starting Hot Cycling! Done out doors in Las Vegas when it’s 102 😂 works great to sweat out all the stress of the day. Let me know if you’d like to sign up.

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Went up Grand Teton then I’ve Shaumber to the bike path along the 215. Didn’t feel very strong today but made it with out getting over fatigued and feeling like I hit the wall.

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Back on the bike. Seems like it’s been a month off. Scouting out a route for the birthday 60 mile ride. Going to try and do part of it this Saturday.

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I don’t remember it being this windy in the past. This year it seems like the wind blows every day.

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Felt good and pushed a little harder today. Still nervous about doing 60 miles in August.

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Felt really good this morning. I was surprised to see that my heart rate never went over 147bpm.

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After two weeks off, got in 12 miles this morning. Felt really good. Heart rate never went above 147. There have been times in the past going up and over the over pass I’m at 180-190 bpm. Not sure why my cardio is so much better. I haven’t been doing cardio.

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Today was one of those fun rides, where no matter which way I went it felt like I was riding into the wind! Of course the strongest head wind was when I was riding up hill. Unfortunately that wasn’t just perception. The wind was coming from the west. Still managed to do almost 15 miles. Started tracking calories again on Wednesday. See if I can’t get down to 240 by our trip in June.

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I was going to do Jerry’s Birthday ride with him yesterday but was up during the night with diarrhea. 🙄 felt better during the day so I went out this morning and rode the road bike. Everything is sore! Guess I’m not 100% yet. 🤷‍♂️

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Today’s ride was eventful. I felt really good, a little too good. Took a turn too fast and washed out. First crash in a long time. 😬 Strava was being weird too. It stopped when the crashed then didn’t want to start back up. Had to close out the app and start it up again.

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Jerry’s back amongst the living so we headed out for the hills again this morning for a Mt. Bike ride. I saw this sign on the trail and thought it was funny, but remember always wear your brain buckets kiddies!

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I forgot to reset the bike computer today. Strava says it was 11.74 miles. So we’ll go with that.

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Ughhh, got a flat tire. I have a spare tire and my spoons to change it but I took the CO2 inflator out of my saddle pack and put it in my Mt. Bike pack. My adapter for the gas station inflator isn’t in the bag either. 🙄 I guess it’s time to update the saddle pack.