zero miles per hour

zero is not a number i see often on the anemometer, but that's what was there this morning. wind speed = 0mph! i sat there and stared at the crazy thing for a minute or two. it wouldn't budge. i shook my head and got dressed. zero? that almost never happens. when i was dressed i peeked again. 2mph! i felt better.

i hit the road just before 5:00 this morning. since i have a doctor's appointment later today, i didn't go all out. i've messed up more than one medical test by exercising too hard before hand. that made this perhaps the most boring ride of the month. at least at 24 degrees, it was warmer than yesterday. (20.19 miles @ 14.1)

olga is awesome!

you've got to love this lady! she's awesome! she holds a number of age-graded world records!

1.55 miles in 11'15"

i just had to run so my runner friends wouldn't call 9-1-1 and report me missing. i just had to burn another donut. i just had to get out in the warm sunshine. i just had to run a short scottie-dog-shaped loop. i just had to say something weird like that. i just have to take a quick shower and get back to work.

gifts are God-given

i just read james 1:17 this morning - "every good and perfect gift is from above..." - and felt the need to publicly thank God for the gifts and abilities he's given me. i could not run or ride a bike or type a dailymile workout or burn a donut without God's gracious gifting. how good He is to all of us!

gifts are God-given

i just read james 1:17 this morning - "every good and perfect gift is from above..." - and felt the need to publicly thank God for the gifts and abilities he's given me. i could not run or ride a bike or type a dailymile workout or burn a donut without God's gracious gifting. how good He is to all of us!

back into the teens

19! that's what the thermometer read this morning when i got up to ride. 19! it hasn't been in the teens at ride time since january 30 when it was 14. 19! is there any temperature at which i will not ride? not sure. i will say that the average temp on a bike ride has never been below 10 since i started keeping track of such things 8 years ago.

the ride itself was alright. the wind was sub-10mph, a great improvement after yesterday. i wasn't overly speedy, but at least i wasn't sub-15mph. i hate that. there weren't any new carcasses lining the road. no one buzzed by too close in their vehicle. my toes and fingers didn't fall off. my nose was nipped, but not bitten. i made it out and back. a good ride in anyone's book.

19! it was 19 degrees out! (34.07 miles @ 15.2mph)