012609 - Bike

Spent an hour and a half on the trainer this evening and I have to say it is so boring to ride on that thing for that long.  I felt really good for the first hour and then my concentration started to go.  In the first hour I did a good job of keeping my cadence high and I spent 1/2 hour in the aero position to try to get used to that.  I have been spending a lot of time sitting up and I figured I need to get used to riding in the aero bars again.  My max HR was 150 and my average HR was 140.  

I also had a successful day on the Zone diet.  I had a nice breakfast (yogurt, cottage cheeze and fresh fruit) and I ate the shrimp salad with fruit that I made the night before.  This evening, I had a really good chicken stir fry with lots of green veggies and for my late afternoon snack I ate a couple of hard boiled egg whites with an apple and banana.  I think the diet is working out so far and I felt I had enough food to get me through the long workout in the evening.  I burned over 1,000 calories on the bike an I think the late afternoon snack helped me get through it with enough energy.