August 2011 in Numbers

It's time to give an account of the past month and see what's been achieved:

• 5h of meditation. It was actually more, but these are the times that I recored in my journal.
• 8h of spinning
• 25h33min and 497km of biking (including training, commuting and fun rides with my daughter and wife)
• Finished reading 1 book: Primo Levi's non-fiction trilogy "If This Is a Man"
• Had 2 visits from relatives from abroad

All in all a very nice month, notwithstanding exceptionally bad weather!

This Week's Accomplishments!

This week (August 15-21) I've done a lot of cycling and meditation:

• 2h 15min of meditation (including walking meditation, sitting meditation and body scan meditation)
• 2h of spinning
• 2h 25min (61km) of cycling training
• 5h 30min (101km) of just-for-fun cycling with Anne Sophie

I also spent a lot of time with Anne Sophie (played games with her, went with her to the beach, to the playground and to visit friends), and finally finished reading Primo Levi's 600-pages long book.

30 Hours of Exercise in July 2011!

Although this past July was quite a rainy month, I managed to do almost 30 hours of sport activities, including:

1. 9 long training bike rides (450km in 18h 30min)
2. 4 hours of spinning
3. 6 hours of strength training
4. 1 hour of squash
5. 1 hour of inline hockey

Although my plan was to do 2 spinning hours a week, I only managed to spin once a week instead. Let's see if I can do better in August!

With my wife and daughter back from their holiday, this may be quite a challenge. But I set out to bike with Anne Sophie on my city bike, sometimes accompanied by Luda. This doesn't go quite fast, but still it's a good exercise!

Tomorrow I'm going to bike the 100km Route des Legendes near Remouchamps in the Belgian Ardennes with a few Flemish friends. That should be quite a challenge!