I've been in the riding doldrums the last month or two, so I let myself slack off, and gained over 5 pounds in the process ! gah.
So after the abject sluggitude of October I decided I'd start up again in November.
Today LeeBob and I went on a short ride from our home, along the bike path, up Mission Blvd to Mission Coffee (where we split an oh-so-excellent turkey/cranberry/walnut sandwich), and rode back. A whopping 25 miles.
I was starting to get tired in the ever-present headwind on the way back home. Kind of frustrating that only a couple of months ago I was able to barrel into that headwind without much trouble, today I was pretty sluggish. Oh well, I'll be back in shape, eventually.
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11-03-2007, 08:35 PM #1
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11-03-2007, 09:15 PM #2
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"Abject sluggitude" is a totally wonderful phrase, Jobob. Gee, I hadn't realized someone had invented an actual diagnostic category for my condition on certain days.
And it sounds like a fine ride for getting back into it."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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11-04-2007, 05:03 AM #3
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After riding a desk since the last weekend in September, I rode with a group yesterday.
Easy pace, moderately hilly course, moderate wind and temps in the mid-sixties. My group was great and let me catch up at turns and stop signs.
We are just now having some marginally chilly days and due to extreme drought and warm temps, our foliage is about as good as it's going to get this year.
We're not in the mountains, but we rode some hilly, curvey and narrow roads around a monadnock peak. I could easily imagine I was pedaling in Vermont in autumn. It was bliss.
Not bliss: riding 25 miles on a new bicycle after not having ridden in six weeks.
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