Cycling, A Group Sport?

This morning, I woke up bright and early to drop Long off at BART.

When I got back home, I quickly jumped into study mode!

Did you know that the field of Sports and Exercise Psychology began during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

Norman Triplett, a psychologist from Indiana, was the first to conduct a social psychology and sports psychology experiment.

He realized that cyclists performed better when riding in groups verses riding alone.

Being a cyclist…well not more of an amateur cyclist, I completely agree that groups aka a team, helps keep me on my A game.

When I fell behind from the rest of my team, I would stop pedaling and cruise more rather than challenging myself.

I will definitely make more of an effort to stay with the pack!

Breakfast:

Coffee & hot cereal

Hot cereal. 1/2 cup of cereal, 1/2 cup soy milk, 1/2 cup water, 1 medium banana, 1 Tbsp agave nectar.

Lunch:

Grilled Tofu & Portobello mushroom w/ greens, & mayo. Soup and crackers on the side. I LOVE the Roasted Tomato and Red bell pepper soup! I washed it all down with iced coffee and soy milk.

Snack:

My little sister and her BF, Ricky, are visiting for the weekend. They brought me a snack & iced chai latte from Starbucks while I was working.

Dinner:

Later we went out to dinner at King of Thai Noodle House. It was a chilly night, so I ordered hot tea.

Long and I shared two plates. He ordered Pad See Ew

I ordered Pad Thai.

Alright off to bed! Loomis and I have another Animal Assisted Therapy visit Tomorrow!