So how do you spend the time in the waiting room of the car dealership? I don't know about you, but I find it hard to concentrate on my laptop and even harder to talk on the phone. I began taking my bike with me and when you drop off your car for regular maintenance ask how long it will be then hit the road. Many times if I am without my bike I will just run, but since it's cycling season I will encourage all of you take your bike. It's a great way to squeeze some exercise into your busy day. Since yesterday I wasn't able to get my car in the shop early and had to go around lunch time I packed some extra powerbars and chomps.
Many times over the past few years I will just use my bike to commute home from the car shop then again to pick it up. This too is great way to get out and get your heart rate up. I also enjoy the challenge especially when it's 100 degrees outside. It will make you really appreciate that you don't have to ride,a bike but choose to. Get out and ride...
Parris Mountain Greenville, SC
You Made It! 10/20/2010
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Day 1: Motivated while riding in the GA countryside
So, today I decided that I wanted to keep an online exercise journal and share my thoughts and workouts with other traveling sales folks. I mainly travel GA, SC and NC so for those of you who travel in the Southeast I hope I can help you find some good routes. For those of you from other parts of the country I hope I can help motivate you to get out and exercise.
I woke up a little early this morning so that I could get a run in before having my mid-year review with my boss at 7:00. So after a late night of preparing my strategic plan and market segmentaion files I set my alarm for 5:30. Well, I just was not in the mood for a run as I did get in a short 3 miler last night before bed. I decided I would knock out some e-mails and do sets of push-ups instead. I completed 5 sets of 20 before I had to get to the lobby for my meeting. I love starting my day with a cup of Hampton coffee and some light exercise. I had a nice meeting with my boss while I ate a bowl of cheerios with strawberry yogurt and a banana. We started our day of sales calls around 8:45am.
After several calls and dropping my boss off at the airport I headed toward home and spent hours on the phone behind the wheel of the car (I do love the Sync hands free option in the Ford F-150). I met a contractor for lunch and ate a grilled chicken sandwich with an extra chicken filet from Chick-Fil-A and a mucle punch smoothie from Smoothie King in Atlanta. I keep my road bike in the back seat of my truck on most of my trips just incase the weather and time permits a ride. Today was one of those days. I had a little extra time on my way back to South Carolina so I stopped off in Greensboro, GA and parked at a Home Depot parking lot just off of I-20 interstate. Awesome ride. Hot, but beautiful and best of all I came up with the idea to start this blog.
For those of you who drive I-20 between Atlanta, GA and South Carolina I strongly recommend this route.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/42269992
I hope you enjoyed my first post and I look forward to sharing more with you as I develop this blog.
I woke up a little early this morning so that I could get a run in before having my mid-year review with my boss at 7:00. So after a late night of preparing my strategic plan and market segmentaion files I set my alarm for 5:30. Well, I just was not in the mood for a run as I did get in a short 3 miler last night before bed. I decided I would knock out some e-mails and do sets of push-ups instead. I completed 5 sets of 20 before I had to get to the lobby for my meeting. I love starting my day with a cup of Hampton coffee and some light exercise. I had a nice meeting with my boss while I ate a bowl of cheerios with strawberry yogurt and a banana. We started our day of sales calls around 8:45am.
After several calls and dropping my boss off at the airport I headed toward home and spent hours on the phone behind the wheel of the car (I do love the Sync hands free option in the Ford F-150). I met a contractor for lunch and ate a grilled chicken sandwich with an extra chicken filet from Chick-Fil-A and a mucle punch smoothie from Smoothie King in Atlanta. I keep my road bike in the back seat of my truck on most of my trips just incase the weather and time permits a ride. Today was one of those days. I had a little extra time on my way back to South Carolina so I stopped off in Greensboro, GA and parked at a Home Depot parking lot just off of I-20 interstate. Awesome ride. Hot, but beautiful and best of all I came up with the idea to start this blog.
For those of you who drive I-20 between Atlanta, GA and South Carolina I strongly recommend this route.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/42269992
I hope you enjoyed my first post and I look forward to sharing more with you as I develop this blog.
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