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Sore on Day Four

I started 30 days of cycling on October 4th, and have thus far kept to the goal.  I’m on day 4 and I’ve got to say that my legs are giving me a bit of a beat down today.  I’ll work past it, by taking a shorter less intense spin this afternoon.  Since I started this [...]

Can I do 30 days of cycling?

Last week, I’d made a commitment to myself that I would ride my bike every day in October. My first ride was yesterday, October 4th. Track record, 1 and 3. If there’s one thing I’m good at, its being hard on myself. There are a number of good reasons why I didn’t get a ride [...]

Irene

She was like most others, a little sexy, a little crazy and a whole lot of unpredictable. Irene could have been a real big mess for us. We were lucky, no trees fell on our house, no massive floods (though we live on high ground) and only the inconvenience of a power outage. And let [...]

You gotta take the ups with the downs

Losing weight, like investing, is a long-term goal.  Some weeks will be better than others.  I know this.  Still, last week when I stepped on the scale and was up a half a pound instead of down I had a sinking feeling.  To be fair, the first week of my Weight Watcher’s experience was unusual. [...]

Sometimes a workout isn’t just a workout

Six-thirty comes early on a Saturday.  Rolling over and going back to sleep takes a bit of resistance.  Not quite strength, but nothing short of strong will. As the alarm went off this morning I realized two things — this was the second time I’ve set an alarm since leaving Discovery and I really hate WYPR [...]