Alligatorob's Diary

Yeah, I think most people track two out three of time, distance, and speed. Then you get a general sense of effort involved knowing the terrain or conditions that were present. Over time, you get better estimating and understanding how the activity impacts your appetite and weight loss, diet, etc.

It really is kind of neat to track your resting heart rate and then watch that go down over time as your conditioning improves too. Kind of a positive reinforcement. You can directly see how your diet impacts it too. I use a Fitbit and my understanding is it's mostly accurate most of the time. There was at least one research study I'm aware of that basically said it's good enough for most laypersons' needs.
 
My Fitbit seems reasonably accurate too. I compare it occasionally with my BP monitor.
 
Thanks Cate and Rob, I will see what I can find. I did ask Trusylver about it, she didn't have much good to day about any of the trackers, but I suspect she has high standards.

Today was a good day, ate well and did a reasonable amount of exercise. I got my protein up with 2 fish meals, I feel good. Looking forward to my ride tomorrow, it should be fun.
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1066 was a big year for William the Conqueror, also called William the Bastard. He invaded and conquered England, becoming the first Norman King of England on Christmas day. William married Matida of Flanders and it seems was one of the rare faithful medieval monarchs. William was descended from Rollo, the Viking made famous by the History Channel's show. Cate will note my correct spelling of medieval this time.
 
Great, healthy food today, Rob. Good for you! Enjoy the ride tomorrow. I suspect it might feel good being in a little more of an open area during your ride.
 
Rob best of luck with the bike ride today . Loved your last few diary entries , the birthday meal and the bar.
reading about William the Conqueror brought back memories of my history teacher trying to make us learn through fear. I love all the facts in history you share a lot we had to learn in school, the Norman invasion of Britain being one of them. But sadly our tutor was not into maki g it interesting like you do.
 
It was a good ride around the lake, 4.2 miles and easier than I had feared it might be. The weather was ok, about 45 F (~7 C) sunny, but with more wind than I would have liked. Fortunately I rode the first half of the way into the wind and had the wind at my back on the last half. It was probably a little further than the 41 laps I did the other day, but not much, and the riding was a whole lot easier. Mostly well compacted gravel and flat, the hardest part was a stretch of maybe a mile into the wind, but not too bad. When I got home I rode a couple of laps for comparison, and those laps were clearly harder than anything on the trail. Guess I'll be going back, until snow flies and sticks anyway. Its only about a 5 min drive from my house. They are forecasting snow tonight, but not a lot. Tomorrow will be colder.

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Well done, Rob. The wind would have been unpleasant, but that view is lovely. I like your bike!
 
Thanks all for the support, it helps.

Today was a good day, didn't get as much protein as I should have. Will try to do better tomorrow.
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Macbeth MacFinlay, King of Scotland (some of it anyway) came to power in 1040. A few hundred years later he was made famous by Shakespeare. Unfortunately Shakespeare based his Macbeth on Holinshed's Chronicles, published in 1577 and wildly inaccurate. Result is the Macbeth we know and love has little to do with the real Macbeth, no witches so far as we know. It maybe just as well, a historically accurate Macbeth may not have made the great story Shakespeare wrote. To be honest until tonight I didn't know there was a real Macbeth behind the character.
 
Shakespeare was also trying to please his queen with the piece, which would have influenced his writing as well. There's a great documentary about the real Macbeth on Youtube if you want to know more. He was pretty spectacular in his own right and some might say his claim to the thrown was a rightful one.
 
alligatorob said:
It was a good ride around the lake, 4.2 miles and easier than I had feared it might be. The weather was ok, about 45 F (~7 C) sunny, but with more wind than I would have liked. Fortunately I rode the first half of the way into the wind and had the wind at my back on the last half. It was probably a little further than the 41 laps I did the other day, but not much, and the riding was a whole lot easier. Mostly well compacted gravel and flat, the hardest part was a stretch of maybe a mile into the wind, but not too bad. When I got home I rode a couple of laps for comparison, and those laps were clearly harder than anything on the trail. Guess I'll be going back, until snow flies and sticks anyway. Its only about a 5 min drive from my house. They are forecasting snow tonight, but not a lot. Tomorrow will be colder.

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Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant about the ride - I love the photos, and love that you've had the fun at last of riding on a good firm surface - yes, I should jolly well think you will be going back while the good weather holds - this is SO good, Rob! I'm truly loving reading about it! Huge smiles here as I read!
 
Thanks for all the nice words and support. Petal, LaMa, Sunflower, and Amy, it is a nice place for a ride, I just don't think we will have enough good weather left this year to get back too many times. But I will try. Sunflower, seeing Macbeth at the Globe theater must have been amazing. LaMa, your knowledge of history never ceases to amaze me, I did look at a Youtube video, there are more than one on the real Macbeth. It was interesting, the truth about him is also an interesting story.

Today was a good day, but the weather wasn't. We had a blowing snow in the morning, when the sun came out in the afternoon I rode 10 laps, but that was all I could do in the cold wind. The wind was so strong I had to peddle on part of the downhill run, into the wind. Felt like I was getting frostbite in my fingers, so I decided to call it a rest day. I need to figure out a winter wardrobe to keep this up. I will.
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Umberto II, the Fat died in 1103. I could not find much on Umberto, but do feel some connection to his name. Umberto was the Count of Savoy from Carignano, Italy, near Turin. Apparently he was a champion of marriage and the family. Don't know how fat he was, or even if he really was fat. Not to be confused with King Umberto II, the last King of Italy, a title he held for only 34 days in 1946.
 
In the armory here in Vienna you can find all kinds of suits of armor, some of them clearly for people who would be considered obese today.
About cold fingers on your bike: I used to prefer mittens over gloves when biking because the shared space seems to keep more heat in. My mom would put them on the radiator in the morning so we could leave with warm hands - and by the time they cooled off we'd be warm from biking.
 
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I could not find much on Umberto, but do feel some connection to his name.
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