6/29/2016 9.57 miles

Was sitting at a coffee shop and the whole time I'm sitting their all I can thinking about is riding the bike.    So we did a very short ride today.  9.57 miles in the park.  It was a tad cooler then it was on the 28th.    Today is our break day, so no bike riding. We are also hold off going to Oroville until the temperature come down at lest to 90 ish to 80 ish, because the whole way going and coming their is no shade, were going to be baked potatos.  

STATIONARY OR BUST 6/28/2016 12.32 miles

6/28/2016
Decided to take the ride in doors today.  We really don't like the stationary bikes, but when push comes to shove were glad there,their and this is the best way to get our cycling fix.
We both did 12.32 miles today.
The Pro's and Con's of the Stationary bike.
Pro's
1. Their, their when you need them.
2. Your in doors.
3.  Air conditioning.  Well sometimes.
4. You work harder.



Con's
1. Their is absolutely no breaks, if you stop the timer stops.
2. You can't coast or come to a stop.
3. You can not stand up on the bike and peddle at the same time.   (for long rides that feels great)
4.  Looking at four walls gets really boring.
5. Out side you get the breeze to evaporate your sweat and make you feel cool.
6. The seats are literally a pain in the butt.   Because you tooshee is adjusted to your own bike seat.
7.  Getting off the seat is very painful, because your not use to riding on a wider seat.

HEAT WAVE 6/27/2016 8.56 miles

Well I figured out what's going on and why it's so much hotter than the last couple of times we rode out when it was really hot.  Their is absolutely no cool breeze what so ever.  Just a small little cool breeze really takes the burn of the heat off the ride and so far every time we have rode any where it's been their and it's been really nice.   But for the last 4 days or so it's been a horrible warm to hot breeze.  Well that solves that.  And guess what (sarcastic meter on high) The heat wave isn't going any were.     So all we can do is slather on the super glue, oh yeah sun lotion, drink lot's of water and hope we don't exploded into a fire ball.   
Their are two parts of our ride that I do not like.  Going under the freeway bridges.  When you enter under the bridge it's like riding blind, because one moment your in the bright sun and the next your in the dark and it takes your eyes a while to adjust.    Here I go underneath the bridge with Chris right behind me.  I see the top shape of a man and his arm his stretched out to the right.  Why would his arm be like that?  DOG!  And it was a small one too.  It was completely invisible to me, until I past it at a safe distance.    Whew!

1 mile was so crowded with people swimming, sun bathing and what not.  The time I don't take my camera is the time were it's so busy it's crazy.  

6/27/2016  We only did 8.56 miles today.    Yeah I know really killed it today.  ;)    

SIZZLING TO DURHAM AND BACK 16 miles

The heat is zapping our energy. 

6/23/2016 & 6/24/2016 we took a break.   It's been really really hot and even getting up in the morning isn't working.   Heat waves suck! Their I said it.   

Did a ride out to Durham on 6/25/2016 in the morning and it was the worst ride ever, even thought I did have a good meal the night before.   I was not feeling the love, but what I was feeling was just fatigue. Chris was in get it over mode.  When the weather gets funky he gets more focused on the task at hand, so of course he was zipping ahead of me.   What should have been a easy 16 miles turn into very hard ride.   And when you stop, you suddenly realize how hot it is, because all of a sudden it's water works.  When your moving your sweat evaporates while your moving.    Yuck.  

 From our rest area in Durham, which is as a school park, their was a lot of activity.  Even though you can hardly see it, their is a swimming trials going on.  We could hear on your mark, get set, BANG.  A lot of commotion and fun. 

 Took time to take some flattering mug shots.  So we can keep track of our weight loss.  
I call it the zombie stance.   I know it totally does not look like it, but 5 more pounds and I'll be a size 10 (tall). 
I'm 247 now.

  Here is hubby doing the Zombie.
He got the surprise of his life. We walk in mall regularly and for kick and giggles we decided to go into Jc Pen-wahs.  (Jcpenney's)  and try on some pants to see if we had actually lost more weight. It had been a while and his pants were really lose.   Low and behold he is now a 38x30 in his pants size.  He use to be a 48x30.     Good Job.
He is now 234.


I don't know if were going to do a bike ride today either.?   I can't wait till this heat wave is over.   

15.23 miles 6/22/2016

Hubby tells me oh we don't need any cliff bars, were not going to go that far, then five miles in he's like let's stop by Rite Aid and pick some up, I don't feel like we've done enough. :)  We were going to do just 8 miles and ended up doing 15.23 miles.  

Our next big Challenge is ride to Oroville CA.   That is exactly 26.2 miles there and the round trip would be 52.4.  

Not all 50 mile rides are the same.   So just because it's another 50 miles there will be a different set of challenges.  Google maps is a good reference, but we got to be careful  some times when you actually out on the rode you can easily pass up a route and add more miles on.
I'm really happy that the Cold Creek Crossing Gas Station in right in the middle.   That really helps.

Oh gee and I get to get zapped some more.  oh joy.  :(  oh well.   My hubby has no idea what he's missing.  

When we went to Butte College and back home to have lunch, we did take a half hour break, before going to It's a Grind.  So were going to probably going to have to bring lunch with us.   But were not going to do this during a heat wave.  Too hot.  

ZAP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had my own X-File for the last two week.  Note: My hubby is completely immuned to getting zapped.  Well I'm not, sigh.   For the life of me I was like whats going on.   First I thought it was a bee, fire ant or some sort of insect'(s)  biting the ever loving tarnation out of the bottom of my left hand thight.   Yeah and it was weird too that it only happens on the left hand side of my thight and not the right.   Well I can tell you this much it really hurts, because it does not happen just one time, it happens about 4 to 5 times.   And it makes me scream.   Coming back down Neil Dow Road from Paradise really fast I had the pain and it's not like you can stop really fast with some one behind you.    When I did managed to stop, no bite marks, nothing.     Ok not bugs then what?  Next idea we go really fast, so maybe the lose rocks were getting caught in the tire and being flung under my thigh?    Well it make sense for a bit and then nope that not it either, because the whole way is nothing but lose rocks.   It would be happening a lot, in fact the whole way.     Next idea and this was the right one.  Finally I had a answer, but it's quite shocking.       It's the high voltage power lines.   When we cycled out to Butte College I got zapped going underneath the power lines and that is when I put to and to together.
But why my hubby is not getting zapped that the next mystery?   All I have to say he's just lucky.
 Here a link to copy and paste and understand the why and the how.
http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/29016/cyclists-electrical-tingling-under-power-linesis 

50.02 miles 6/20/2016

On the:
6/17/2016  we did  12.56 miles.
6/18/2016 break
6/19/2016 break

I've been wanting to go to Butte College for a while now and we did it, it's that that far off the beaten path from Durham.   And the plus side is even if some parts of the college are closed their is access to water.   The climb up the hills to the college were not as bad as we anticipated, so that was nice.

Stop by Clear Creek Crossing Gas station for some much needed Gatorade.   mmmmmm    It was very hot.  The hill in the back ground is by Butte College.

We crossed 99 four time to day.   Two time at Durham Pentz Rd and Two times at East Eaton Rode.

Their is a very delightful creek we follow on Oroville Chico Highway.   Parts of it go though people front yards so nice and refreshing to look at.  

After 30 miles we went home and ate lunch, before heading back out to go to It's a grind. 

Well I'm glad we were not here when it fell.  Came around and corner and tree in the path.    We had to craw under it. 
I've lived in Chico for 26 years and when your on a bike their are still places to find.  We rode though a whole section of town today that had never ever been.   

 50.02 miles

 4 hours 8 minutes

 Max speed 23.4

Average speed 12.0 

2520.3   Now that some calories burned.  












Which make the coffee even that much more yummier.  :)   Tomorrow is absolutely no cycling.    Rest day tomorrow.