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Does it do any good?

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This morning Beverly took Sara to the Oral Surgeon to have her wisdom teeth removed. While they were gone, I took advantage of the warm morning to get in a ride of 15 miles. Sara did fine, she came home a little groggy. Now she won't have any more trouble from those teeth. Funny thing what some of these vestigial body parts can do to us. I guess she will be back on her feet by tomorrow.

I won't be able to ride in the morning. Mother has an appointment with her doctor at 8am. That will be a short night of sleep for me. I took a nap this afternoon to prepare for a short night tonight.

I wonder how much good these short rides each morning are doing? I could suppose that an hour of riding is equal to a spin class, and those do a lot of good. The other thing I wonder is, as one improves his fitness level, does the same amount of miles burn the same calories? There seems to be less effort there but that could be a factor of recovery or improved oxygen utilization. If not then as your level of fitness improves, you will have to push harder and harder to burn the same calories as before.

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