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Nov. 28th, 2009 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynThing I said yesterday: "Don't worry. My workout of descending from floor 29 to floor 24, then climbing to floor 44, then descending to the first basement level may have caused me abdominal cramps that made me wonder if I was starting my period early, but I'll take it easy tomorrow!"
Thing I said today: "Hmm. My cats could use some canned food, and it's a nice day out."
Things I did:
1. Slung twelve pound bike chain across my torso
2. Took bike and chain down to the street and rode to the 9th Street light rail station
3. Rode the light rail to Port Imperial
4. Took a route of approximately 4.9 miles from the light rail station to the Edgewater Whole Foods market (this is about a mile longer than a straight line drive in a car, but there is this thing about bicyclists where we don't all want to die, so I took a lot of detours and side trips to stay on the Hudson riverwalk wherever possible rather than be anywhere near motor vehicles)
5. Chained up bike
6. Went grocery shopping
7. Loaded up three reusable tote bags (two of which I brought with me, one of which I had to buy on the scene) with three 16-ounce glass bottles of tea, one 15-ounce bottle vitamin water, half a gallon milk, a quart of chicken broth, two fifteen ounce cans of bean stuff, a quart and a half of vanilla chai, a box of corn starch, a box of mint and mate' teabags, a pound of rice, a couple of oranges, three pounds of pasta, a pound and a half of beef, half a pound of crispy onion bits, some cheeses I'd wanted to try, a couple of other random items, and twenty-four cans of cat food (you get a three cent discount per can if you buy 24 because 24 is a full case)
8. Rode a slightly altered route back to Port Imperial, resulting in a total distance traveled of around 10.5 miles
9. Took the light rail to 2nd Street
10. Rode home
11. Took everything up the stairs in two trips
12. Did not die.
So, um... taking it easy, maybe not so much. But at least there wasn't as much stair climbing.
Thing I said today: "Hmm. My cats could use some canned food, and it's a nice day out."
Things I did:
1. Slung twelve pound bike chain across my torso
2. Took bike and chain down to the street and rode to the 9th Street light rail station
3. Rode the light rail to Port Imperial
4. Took a route of approximately 4.9 miles from the light rail station to the Edgewater Whole Foods market (this is about a mile longer than a straight line drive in a car, but there is this thing about bicyclists where we don't all want to die, so I took a lot of detours and side trips to stay on the Hudson riverwalk wherever possible rather than be anywhere near motor vehicles)
5. Chained up bike
6. Went grocery shopping
7. Loaded up three reusable tote bags (two of which I brought with me, one of which I had to buy on the scene) with three 16-ounce glass bottles of tea, one 15-ounce bottle vitamin water, half a gallon milk, a quart of chicken broth, two fifteen ounce cans of bean stuff, a quart and a half of vanilla chai, a box of corn starch, a box of mint and mate' teabags, a pound of rice, a couple of oranges, three pounds of pasta, a pound and a half of beef, half a pound of crispy onion bits, some cheeses I'd wanted to try, a couple of other random items, and twenty-four cans of cat food (you get a three cent discount per can if you buy 24 because 24 is a full case)
8. Rode a slightly altered route back to Port Imperial, resulting in a total distance traveled of around 10.5 miles
9. Took the light rail to 2nd Street
10. Rode home
11. Took everything up the stairs in two trips
12. Did not die.
So, um... taking it easy, maybe not so much. But at least there wasn't as much stair climbing.
