I took my first swim class last night. Well, not my first ever. I’ve had lessons in the past, you know. Most recently I took swimming lessons at the Stewart Park pool in 1967, with my brother and this kid named Joey who must have always had a fever because whenever I swam through an [...]
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Water Logged
Posted by uphillrider on February 29, 2012
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Approved
I spent the day home sick today, so I missed the call. Workers Compensation has approved my running foot. This week or next, I’ll be starting the process. There will be fittings, and some training, but probably by February, I’ll have a specialized running prosthesis. There’s a point in every adventure where you realize you [...]
Posted by uphillrider on January 9, 2012
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Sunday, May 22
This morning’s ride: 1:44:42 Distance: 27.44 miles Wow. I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I’ve been on my bike. Well, actually, it hasn’t. I’ve done a couple of short trips, but nothing of substance. The weather has not been agreeable to riding here in the past week–especially in the early morning hours. [...]
Posted by uphillrider on May 22, 2011
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Thursday, May 12, Friday, May 13
Thursday’s ride: 42:21 Distance 10.9 miles. Friday’s ride: 50:08 Distance: 11.93 miles Cherry blossoms hurt. Yes, they do. I discovered that during today’s very disappointing ride.* The wind picked up and was blowing fiercely in my face, and when that wind included cherry blossoms, oy. Talk about your death of a thousand cuts. I had [...]
Posted by uphillrider on May 13, 2011
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Tuesday, May 10
This morning’s ride: 40:12 Distance; 10.22 miles I’m riding Tuesdays and Thursday mornings right now. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I take a 5:30 am spin class. Once the weather gets consistently warmer, I’ll probably drop the classes, even though they do give me a good workout. I just feel that even the hardest spin class [...]
Posted by uphillrider on May 10, 2011
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Saturday, April 30
Today’s ride: 1:47:56 Distance: 30.67 miles I’m buying a lot of gloves and tail lights. The tail lights I’ve talked about. I broke one hitting a pothole. Another one fell off hitting another pothole.* Since I ride a lot in the early morning, I really want to make sure I’m seen, so I’ve gone and [...]
Posted by uphillrider on May 1, 2011
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Wednesday, April 27
This morning’s ride: 37:26 Distance: 10.26 miles I’m a ditherer. I dither like a mother. When I went to bed last night I told myself that if it was raining, I’d go to the spin class at the Y, and if it wasn’t, I’d ride. This morning, I dithered. It was cold and wet, a [...]
Posted by uphillrider on April 27, 2011
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Monday, April 20
This morning’s ride: 1:23:05 Distance: 20.57 miles I got up at 5 this morning to do a spin class. That felt good. Want to know what felt better? Going back to bed afterward. That felt awesome. It’s something I’ve wanted to do just about every morning that I’ve gotten up this early. And today was [...]
Posted by uphillrider on April 19, 2011
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Tuesday, April 12
…it is April, right? This morning’s ride: 40:15 Distance 10.25 miles Not my best time for this particular route, but certainly not my worst. A nice pace for early in the season. It was quite cold this morning–upper thirties when I started out. My new cold weather gear really helped a lot. I should take [...]
Posted by uphillrider on April 12, 2011
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Friday March 18
This morning’s ride: 59:56. Distance 13.94 miles. Back in the saddle again! About freakin’ time. I had planned on going to the gym and spinning at 5:30, then thought ‘screw that!’ I’ll just get up later and take a real ride! It helps that I took today off. It felt great and awful at the [...]
Posted by uphillrider on March 18, 2011
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