It’s happened. The entire Fujupz crew has joined the gym.
All 2 of us.
“But,” I can hear you say, “you ride bikes to stay in shape! Wouldn’t you rather be out in the world, out in nature, riding over roadkill and narrowly missing getting hit by cars! The way nature intended god dammit!”
Indeed. Indeed we would hypothetical reader.
The great thing about living in Eastwestern Pennsylhio is that the weather sucks most of the time… especially on days off of work. Also, if you’ve read about last winter in our Advocare articles you’ll note that while we were riding last fall both I and Plonker lost about 30 pounds, but regained part of it back over the winter. Our plan was to ride through the winter when possible, and run when riding was impossible due to deep snow.
It turns out that running sucks. At the very least it sucks for 2 fat guys. Moving at greater than a brisk walk would leave us breathless, and pain in the side. No es bueno.
We did, in fact, attempt to ride bikes in the cold. One notable day was between 30 and 35 degrees Fahrenheit. The Hoodies, coats, gloves, and hats did nothing. NOTHING! On a positive note, once the intense pain of flesh freezing surpassed everything went numb. Which is how we completed 30 miles that day.
Once. That was the only attempt on a sub-50 degree day.
Also of note, iPhones apparently don’t like very cold weather. We use mapmyride for calorie tracking/route info while riding and both of our phones died, seemingly from the cold. Plonker had his in a phone mount. Mine was in a pocket in my coat. Very cold.
So, to hopefully counteract the disaster that was last winter, we’re getting proactive and (re)joined the gym. At the very least it’ll be warm and not raining on us. So maybe, maybe, we’ll waddle our way there.
Also, yoga pants. On the ladies. Not us. No one wants to see that.
Coming up is our planned Cedar Point bike ride tripstravaganza. Unless shit hits the fan in the next couple weeks… Positive vibes! Two fat guys! Minimal training this year! 130 miles there! 140 miles back! Amusement Park! Food Challenges! It should be a blast! or we’ll die on the side of the road. It’s the journey not the destination. Right?
..Right?
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