Decided to renew my love affair with my mountain bike, and do my am cardio outside today! 'Twas loverly.

How empty do you have to be for "empty stomach" cardio? I have a severe coffee addiction, and couldn't do my am cardio without the java first. With cream.

So far this am:
5:00am....... wide ass awake. Sad Thank you, carbs.
5:15-6:30-ish..... drank my 2 big mugs of coffee and cream.
7:15-7:25........10 minutes warm up on my mountain bike

Then wasted 8 minutes rushing into the house to defrost hands, and get gloves.

Back on the bike, clocked 33 minutes, some gentle inclines to jack up the HR every now and then.

Great ride; no cars or people in the way, so I was free to gawk at the houses and peer into backyards. Lots of roosters crowing,