Over a year...

[telophase]

...since I last posted on bike-riding. I've not really kept up with it since I moved into this place and broke the habit, but am attempting to get back to it, so I shall start posting again. Especially since I've now got the arthritis in my foot, so walking isn't something I'm going to be able to pick up on a serious basis right now.

So: same rules as before - the goal is 20 minutes a day, every day. I'm counting yesterday into today's post, just to make myself feel good.* I've never gotten around to replacing the electronic readout thingy on the bike, so I'm still going by my previous mileage - 3.5 mi/20 min.**


20 min. yesterday and today 7 mi. Total: 744 From Rivendell: 267 mi Mountains getting closer. Camping.



* Which is important!

** I also don't increase the amount of time I'm on the bike as I get more fit; I increase the resistance instead. Longer than 20 min tends to be exceedingly boring. My resistance has lowered enough in the past year that I shall not put it here, as it's embarassingly low. :D

Comments

[torachan]

When I got an exercise bike, I specifically got a recumbent because I can read on it better. If I have a good book, it's easy not to feel antsy and bored (I've tried with TV, too, but it can't hold my attention as well), though I still can't usually do more than an hour before I need to do something else, regardless of how into my book I am.

[telophase]

Mine's also a recumbent, because sitting on a regular bike for longer than, say, thirty seconds makes my butt hurt. :D But there's still too much movement going on in my body for me to be able to hold a book or magazine still enough for me to be able to read it well. So I watch TV instead - occasionally I listen to a podcast, but there's something about listening to them that makes me want to do something with my hands, so I tend to lose track of what's going on if I'm not fiddling with my hands.

[torachan]

Yeah, I like the book option because it keeps my hands occupied. I have a real problem with focusing on audio-only, so podcasts/audio books/etc. are never an option for me, bike or not. Audio + visual is only a little better. I prefer to be doing something else while watching TV, too, which is not really possible on the bike.

Now, if I could use my computer on the bike, that would be one thing...

[telophase]

Back when I was on the bike every day, I had so much art work to do for Project Blue Rose and Spindrift that I felt horribly guilty for watching *any* TV. But I got to watch it guilt-free if I were on the bike, so it worked out well at the time. I even occasionally stayed on the bike if it were an hourlong program and I wanted to finish it.

[torachan]

*nodnod* I always feel guilty taking time for reading or TV when I should be doing other stuff (and I always have other stuff I should be doing). But I've found that TV is excellent for romanising/translating lyrics, because it doesn't take my full brain power (especially romanising) and I can do it on half the screen, with a video playing on the other half. And now that I don't have a car and am walking/taking the bus more, that's an excellent time to get reading done.

[telophase]

I used to think I could watch TV at the same time as doing art, but over time realized that I was paying attention to one or the other, but not both. Speaking of which, I've got commissions I'm behind on. I ought to see if it's possible to sketch out composition ideas while watching Chopped tonight - neither of them is something that requires serious brainpower, like attempting to lay out comic panels does.

Re: Over a year...

[piranha]

same here; i can't read while biking on my recumbent. i catch up with anime while doing it, since i have to pay attention to the subtitles anyway, and that way i don't feel i am totally wasting my time.

yay for you getting back into it!

Re: Over a year...

[telophase]

My boyfriend can play his DS Lite while biking on his recumbent, but I can't. :D

Thanks!

[tammylee]

I agree with you about the 20 minute mark!
*cheers you on*

[janni.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me that I've been pretty lax about keeping up on the miles here, too ... must go post ...

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Don't sweat the resistance setting. You're still on the flatlands. I'm sure the resistance will go up when you reach the mountains!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Geeze I haven't done any biking lately either. My 8 am class has been killing me. I need to not be lazy and just do it at night. Hopefully I will be posting more as well.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Ganbatte!