Today's Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
What with bad weather and travel, I have lots of useless excuses for not getting regular exercise.
Cycling and cutting firewood are the basic forms of exercise recently (all winter), and cycling is certainly more enjoyable and more aerobic. Busting firewood makes me huff and puff and produces sore joints and muscles but does not seem to keep the blood glucose as low as a few miles of pedaling does.
Yesterday I rode the relatively few miles to the Post Office and back. Though short in distance, it is intense in required effort and perhaps even more effective in sustained heart rate than my longer but less stressful 10-mile rides.
Today's ride was one of the flatter but longer 10-milers, and quite enjoyable as usual.
The weather forecasts for both yesterday and today called for snow and freezing temperatures.but both were mildly cloudy and cool. Actually perfect weather for cycling. Yesterday I encountered no other cyclists but today I was passed by two and encountered several others going the other direction, so I wasn't the only one enjoying the mild weather. California has been getting hammered with heavy rains the last couple of weeks so undoubtedly it will eventually make its way here, but we'll enjoy the great weather while it lasts.
I rode my recumbent 2-wheeler both days and enjoyed the ride on the old beater. Of course while climbing the hills up our goat-path dirt road towards home and other steep hills I was reminded of the advantage of the catrike: No wobbling no matter how steep the hill or how slow the speed.
Yesterday's Mileage: 5.51 miles
Today's Datum:
Ride Started: 12:15 PM Ride Ended: 2:17 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 14.2 Ending Voltage: 13.1 Lowest: 13.1
Lowest Temp 57 F Highest Temp: 60 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.55
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.2 MPH 7.5 MPH 26.6 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 1 min 1 hour 24 mins 37 minutes
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