Silver's Epic (there's that word) Ride!

[Velobambina]

I've been thinking about you, Silver!! The other day I was wondering if you had achieved your 2008 goal of getting faster (if I recall right, you were focused on your speed, not mileage, this year). Congrats on the job---I bet you meet a lot of interesting people. I hope you're still doing your jewelry. Speaking of which, do you do any work in gold?

Jo, it's good to see you back, too. Is your shoulder back to 100%? I hope you didn't get any of that NY snow. S-N-O-W---the worst four-letter word of all in my opinion!!

Back to work (prison) for me tomorrow, after 8 weekdays "time off for good behavior." Luckily, I have several more weeks of "use or lose" leave to burn off before 3 Jan, so there's reason to be happy despite the colder and darker days.

[Jo-n-NY]

Thank you Velo...it is good to be back. My shoulder has been fine. Thank you for remembering. It was my husband that had a medical problem, but he is on the road to recovery. It was a rough summer.

8 days is a nice amount of days to be off from work. Time off is a wonderful thing. I am already looking forward to my vacation days next year

~ JoAnn

[silver]

Hiyo!

Yes, I do meet lots of people in my new job. It's very interesting. I'm enjoying it more than I expected.

Sorry, I don't work in gold. I'm not trained in it and it's a little too expensive to teach myself the trial and error method

I'm not doing much jewelry work at all these days. It's gotten squeezed out with the work, teaching spin classes and exercise. But I do still want to do it.

Goals.....I can't say that I've met my original goals this year. But I'm very pleased with what I have accomplished....

I became an LCI. I'm teaching 2 to 3 spin classes each week. I was a triathlon bike training instructor this summer. I took a seat on the executive committee of the local triathlon. I've ridden some longer rides; RAIN 160 miles, New Harmonie to Louisville 144 miles along with 10 other century rides. I've ridden a few rides with the guys and kept up. So, even though I still haven't logged a ride at 20+ mph (my goal) I'm still happy.

I have been frustrated at the limitations on my riding time since the new job started. I'm still working on that. I think that I am around 5,000 outdoor miles so far. I still am not commuting to work....I haven't found a good logistical way to do that....

Velo....You commute, don't you? And I think that you ride in any kind of weather? right?

Hi Jo! How you doin?