Week 13: Day 6 - April 02, 2016

• bike ride commute to work = 38.55 miles round trip, time = 3:28:34, pace @ 11.1 mph
• easy walk with dogs = 2.5 miles

I need to figure out a way to eat a very hearty breakfast if I am going to bike to work. I went to work just fine, but I got very hungry and a bit shaky (low blood sugar) on the way home. Good thing I stashed some twizzlers in my bag because they helped the low blood sugar thing, but I feel like I didn't have enough energy to ride home. Going to work was fine and it took me 1 hour and 35 minutes, but going home was harder because of some long, very gradual inclines that it took me two hours to ride home! I don't work enough hours on Saturdays to get a lunch break, and it's hard to eat a real meal in a ten minute break. So I need to figure out how to properly fuel in the morning so my energy can last for many hours until I get home. Not this Monday, but I was actually considering riding to work starting next Monday morning because I want to ride two times a week! I'm reconsidering this decision because I feel like I need to conquer one day a week first. On the other hand, I like the fact that the ride today made me tired, in a good way, and I really needed this. I'm always angry about nothing and everything and something. If a vigorous exercise like this can drain any extra energy to the point that I feel tired and sleepy, I would be less angry about something/nothing.

I don't feel sore right now, but it may be different in the morning. I will only tell when I wake up for my run. I am also doing another bike ride (with friends this time) in the afternoon. I am certainly crazy and a glutton for punishment.