My Evening Commute
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Was not my finest. It started OK as I stopped off at Bikenetic to see Dirt and talk new cross/commuter tires as mine are completely shot and flatting all the time. Dirt was not around but Jan was glad to help out. I left informed but without new rubber for now. Back on the WOD and being careful to elude the dreaded FCPD I slowed at the Grove St. crossing only to be passed by a dude with absolutely no regard for the stop sign. He flew through the intersection just as I was getting clipped in without even a look. He then pulled the ultimate DB move, passing (and nearly clipping) two woman with strollers as they crossed paths with a gentleman walking towards them… yep, four abreast with him at speed. The gentleman yelled and put his hands out for protection and the ladies screamed. I slowed, apologized for his behavior and chased the scum down. As I got next to him (and gestured for him to remove his headphones) I became possessed by a sudden calmness (weird). I decided to politely explain what I had just witnessed and suggested better methods for future situations… he tolerated my intrusion and then I flatted. DANG IT! Luckily it was directly in front of the “Free Air” station on the WOD so I rolled my bike to the station, leaned my steed against the air machine (you can see where this is going), started taking off my back pack when I watched my bike slowly roll forward and fall against the pole…. result:
Needless to say, wasn’t a great ride home.
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@consularrider 89891 wrote:
Why was yesterday afternoon’s rain in Arlington limited to the period of 5:00 to 5:30?
Because the rest of it had already fallen on northern France. Ask Chris Froome about it. He’ll tell ya.
Also, because the weather gods knew I was planning on leaving work closer to six.
@Greenbelt 90128 wrote:
I just did a Chipotle calorie check on what I would get as my burrito, 1120 calories. Thats only about a 22 mile ride for me.
@consularrider 90172 wrote:
I just did a Chipotle calorie check on what I would get as my burrito, 1120 calories. Thats only about a 22 mile ride for me.
The Chipotle Nutrition Calculator is horrifying. 500mg of sodium in their red salsas? And sugar, too.
@Greenbelt 90175 wrote:
I prefer Boloco — and you’re right, always avoid the sauces, they’re mostly just glorified salt and sugar.
I’m always amused in the Subway sandwich line when people go for the low-calorie stuff and then pour on gobs of ketchup or honey mustard…
One of my favorite eavesdropping conversations was along these lines. A woman was talking to another woman in front of me at Chipotle about “going all healthy and shtz.” She proceeded to order the burrito bowl while lecturing her friend on how the bowl has less calories. But wait, she then order the flour tortilla shell on the side because otherwise “it’s losing coin.” Moving down the aisle, she then told the person I will get chicken to be healthier. Makes sense, right? It does until she asks for a double serving of chicken after telling the poor worker he hadn’t put enough on after her second request for more. Cheese? Of course. Sour cream? Double. Salsa? “On the side because that’s the healthy way.” After all of that, her friend asked if she was going to drink water and she explained “hell no” because she just given up all of those calories and then ordered herself a large fountain drink. I didn’t stick around to see if she got diet soda or not.
Not that I order all that much better, I just don’t pretend that ordering my carnitas burrito at chipotle is any way healthy except in me needing some proteins and lettuce. The rest is all junk, but good tasting junk.
@consularrider 90172 wrote:
I just did a Chipotle calorie check on what I would get as my burrito, 1120 calories. Thats only about a 22 mile ride for me.
Interestingly, my morning + evening commutes total around 1100-1200 calories when they add up to 36 miles (16 miles in AM @450 calories and 20 miles in PM @ 650 calories). But I can ride 55 miles in the morning at a pretty spirited pace and also only use ~1200 calories. I haven’t completely figured out whether my Garmin HR-based calculations are just buggy or there is a significant difference in calorie usage based on temperature, etc.
Personally, I don’t think Chipotle is all that bad — at least on occasion. Sure it’s high calorie, but if I’m gonna eat 1200 calories for lunch anyway having it in burrito form is certainly a delicious way to go. Maybe the salt could be less, but I tend to crave salt on my meals so it’s usually very welcome. What amuses me is when my coworkers look up from their Chipotle burritos at me eating 1/2 lb of pasta w/ tomato sauce (or equivalents quantities of rice + sauce) and express their amazement that I consume so much food. I generally have to explain that it’s not actually any more calories than the burrito they’re holding. My wife also finds it amusing that a year ago I would have had absolutely no idea how many calories are in a banana.
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