dj whitebread
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Back at it
I am coming to my third week of really riding my bike consistently. I am starting to feel stronger, though nowhere near strong enough. The weight is starting to come off again, little by little, which is a good thing. I went under 200 lbs for the first time in a long time this week, so that made me happy.
I was feeling good this weekend on the bike, so I decided it was time for some humbling. I went ride up some of the hills near here in an effort to remind myself I'm still slow and heavy. Mission accomplished. Ladera Norte is still steep, they didn't change that. But in all honesty, it was good to get up it (however slowly).
I've been watching the stages of the Giro, and it is just so impressive how the leaders can power up those mountains. It is always nice to see the giant group that comes in many minutes down. It's nice to know that even professional cyclists aren't all climbers. (Though, comparably they can still fly up the climbs.)
Work is going well. I am excited. I should hopefully know very soon what the final destination is for next year.
Friday night we're heading to another cooking class at Central Market. Joanne Weir (a chef who had a show on PBS the year we didn't have cable, and thus we watched a lot of PBS) is teaching. I am really excited. I loved her show (I even have one of her cookbooks).
I am going out to the Driveway tonight to take part in our weekly crits. The series has been awesome this year under new management, and the addition of the 4/5 race actually gives me a workable target. We are doing the long course tonight and going up the corkscrew, so hopefully I'll hold on past the first time we go up the corkscrew. ;)
I'm going to get a little bit more work done before I get ready and head out on the bike to ride to the crits. I hope everybody's weeks end well!
Labels: cycling, driveway crits, Giro d'Italia, job search, Ladera Norte, personal training, work
3:46 PM |
Friday, July 04, 2008
Happy Half-Birthday to Me!
Oh yeah, and happy Independence Day! ;)
I am at school right now working on my stuff. Making progress, but it is still somewhat slow going. Just have to keep plugging away.
So I kept track of how much money I spent on coffee last week. Yikes. So this week I have been embracing the LASR espresso machine. At $.25 a shot of espresso, there really is no reason to go anywhere else.
I went ahead and formed a mini-league on velogames. So go pick your team for the fantasy Tour De France and join the mini-league Breadalicious. The activation code is: 04215952. I think I have a pretty good team this year, I'm looking to do some quality scoring. Courvilles, Alexanders, Roberts, whomever else, yeah, I'm looking at you.
I finally used the gift certificate that Carrie gave me for my real birthday to sign up for three personal training sessions at our gym. My first one is on Tuesday. With as much as I'm working right now, some forced exercise will be a good thing. I have signed up with a trainer with whom I took a class several times, and he's very nice and knows his stuff, but seems pretty calm and down-to-earth. I'm looking forward to it. As they say, sweet pain.
For as good as I've felt the last several times I've ridden my bike, I haven't been on it in over a week. I'm missing it severely.
Tried to swim this past week... that went poorly. I was dehydrated and started cramping up like nobody's business.
Okay, back to work. Happy Independence Day!
Labels: breadalicious, fantasy TdF, half-birthday, independence day, personal training, velogames
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