70 deg f
948 days left
70 deg f
948 days left
The last couple of days I've managed to get in some bike riding and it felt really good.
The weather has been perfect, a little wind but not bad, high 70's low 40's.
For those who have been following my page, Teresa had a stone removed from her Pancreas in Dallas and is now back home, life returns to normal.
One of my favorite races of the season is coming up this Sunday, the "Tour of Flanders," 165 miles of hills and cobbles, Sagan and Van Avermaet will be there and I'm hoping Sagan takes the win.
85 deg f
952 days left
16 miles
72 deg f
957 days left
72 deg f
960 days left
Hospital
Got up this morning and went by Teresa's and picked up a couple of things for her and then headed to the Hospital.
I pretty much spent most of the day at the hospital, the nurses seem to be doing a good job and hopefully within a couple more days Teresa will be able to go home.
I've learnt from Teresa that you don't want "Pancreatitis," very painful, so all you heavy drinkers listen up, ease up on the Alcohol it ain't worth it.
I got home before dark so I was able to take Bootsie for a walk in the woods, got that puppy in her and she needs to run.
I guess tomorrow I'll be heading to the hospital again after gym, hopefully Teresa's condition will be slightly improved, I don't really look for her to go home before Wednesday.
Everyone have a great week and take care of your Pancreas.
gym
82 deg f
961 days left
Redbud Festival
At the gym Friday Roger mentioned that they were having the "Redbud Festival" in Vivian, La, so Teresa and I decided we'd check it out.
The festival was one of the best I've been to in a while.
Lots of booths with lots of crafts, I believe the busiest booth was "Face Painting," and they did a good job of it.
I don't remember the last time I saw so many nice vehicles, on heck of a car show.
We also enjoyed the Music, with "Dixie Bent," a local band, really good group.
The day didn't end to well because Teresa's Pancreatitis flared up in the evening and she had to go to the Emergency Room in Atlanta and then was transferred to Saint Michaels in Texarkana.
I'm doing this update from Teresa's room at the Hospital while talking to Doctors at the same time.
Teresa should be here a few days, for Pancreatitis all they do is give fluids thru an IV and give pain medication until it settles down.
Below are a few pics from the Festival, I'll try to put all my pics on a page later, hopefully.
gym
82 deg f
962 days left
Hot
Winter to Summer in a few days, it was warm today, to warm for March.
I started the day off at the gym, good time, I think the squats are a good thing.
I got home from the gym, ate and got on my mountain bike for a short run down my county road.
I met a neighbor and her grandson that I hadn't met before, Dorthy and her husband moved here a couple of years ago from Louisana, then he had a massive heart attack, he's now in a wheelchair and she takes care of everything including 3 Grandchildren, life ain't fair or easy sometimes.
After my little stroll on the bike I took Bootsie to town for a walk, it was almost Hot, at least it slows Bootsie down just a bit.
At the gym today Bobby Burrow brought me another CD of his that he did several years ago and wanted to know if I could put a song on youtube for him, he wants me to be his "frontman," he's in trouble.
Bobby really does enjoy singing and songwriting, Teresa sits beside him on the recumbent bike at the gym and she said he's singing all the time.
26 miles bluboy
75 deg f
963 days left
Windy
I got in a ride today with Jerry and Roger, met up with then at the Sonic at 2:30, it was 75 deg and the wind was steady out of the South.
I managed to get in 26 miles and with the wind it was enough.
Roger was telling me that his Doctor told him he was as healthy as he's been since he's been seeing him, the benefits of cycling.
gym
65 deg f
964 days left
Slow Day
Kind of felt like I moved in Slow Motion today, felt good, just taking it easy.
It was gym day, a lot of folks were missing so I got in a workout but not a lot of social interaction.
I like the looks of this bike
Gym
65 deg f
967 days left
Gym, Zorro
Today was gym day, good visit and a little workout to boot.
A friend of mine at the gym, David Lester, asked me about Zorro, who remembers Zorro?
David and I like to practice our Spanish so he was referring to the Spanish word for "fox" and was wondering if it had one or two r's.
Then we got to talking about the TV show, Zorro, you young folks won't know this one.
Dave asks me if I know who was Zorro's sidekick, I couldn't even remember if he had a sidekick so that got me to thinking and researching.
Zorro
a 1957 TV series and Zorro did have a sidekick, Bernardo, who was originally mute and deaf but in this series he was only mute, he could hear so he could hear Zorro's enemies plotting against him and give warning.
Not to many folks will remember Zorro or his sidekick but everyone remembers the "Lone Ranger" and his sidekick, "Tonto."
Now your probably thinking about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, that was a good one.
One last bit of trivia, all these folks had horses, can you remember them, Zorro's was "Tornado," the Lone Ranger's was "Silver" and you probably remember Roy Rogers horse, "Trigger,"
poor Trigger, stuffed, mounted and put on display in a museum, just don't seem right, kind of surprised they didn't stuff and Roy and Dale, yep they got the dog.
And so it goes at the gym.
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In pro cycling there's a great race coming up this Saturday, Milan San Remo It may come down to these two again.
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky and Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe and of course I'm pulling for Sagan, should be a good one.
This race will see the riders in the saddle for about 7 hrs for a total of around 180 miles, plumb crazy, tell me cycling isn't a tough sport.
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Several years ago I was trying to figure out a way to get more folks in this area interested in biking, so my plan was to come up with a ride that would relate to them, with the main purpose of getting them on the bike.
I figured once we got them on the bike then we could start to encourage them to clean up their act and drop some bad habits and become, fit, beautiful and healthy like all us cyclists, well all cyclists aren't beautiful, I just got lucky.
So the "Cigarette and Beer Fifty" bike ride was born, we never actually had the race, some Liability issues.
Check it out;"Cigarette and Beer Fifty" bike ride.
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33 miles bluboy
67 deg f
968 days left
Wind
We had a little cold front come thru, nothing major, cooled us back down a bit which for me is a good thing, not ready for Hot, Humid, Buggy weather yet.
The only drawback is the wind, today we had a steady N wind at 12 mph, made it a chore getting to the house.
I managed to get in 33 miles, 17 with Jerry, made a stop at the Truck Stop after the ride and ran into a couple of folks.
17 miles mtnbike
75 deg f
969 days left
Old Favorite
I was moving slow this morning and then Roger called to see if I wanted to ride. I called him back a few minutes later and said to meet at my place at 12.
Since I've been riding the mtn bike lately I've been thinking about a favorite ride of mine north of 995 toward Cusseta Mtn, all backroads, pretty much like a wilderness area, not much out there.
I also texted Jerry to see if he wanted to join us, but he declined.
Roger shows up at 12 and we're getting ready to leave when Jerry shows up, changed his mind.
Click image below for ride report.
10 miles inside
73 deg f
970 days left
Gym Day
I started my day off by watching some Pro Cycling, it was a good day of Bike Racing, good clean wins in both "Paris Nice" and "Tirreno Adriatico".
I don't think I've ever seen so many riders abandon a race as they have in these two, makes me wonder what race had the most abandons, the least number of finishers, I'll have to google that, got it, in 1919, there were only 10 finishers, the least of all time.
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for more fun facts.
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After bike racing I headed to the gym, got in my workout and then had some fun with folks, showing them their "Biorythms."
17 miles bluboy
65 deg f
971 days left
Wheel sucker
I had a rather lazy morning watching Pro Cycling.
Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) takes stage 2 of "Tirreno-Adriatico," Sagan comes in 2nd and Giacomo Nizzolo takes 3rd.
Cavendish crashed out on Stage One.
At "Paris Nice" a depressing finish, the Wheelsucker, Jerome Cousin took the win, like the announcer said, probably the most hated man in cycling today, put me in that group. I realize it's part of cycling but I don't like wheel suckers.
15 miles mtnbike
55 deg f
972 days left
Mountain bike again
Today was gym day and it went fine, nice visiting and even got in a little workout.
One exercise I added about 3 weeks ago is "Squats," and I do believe that was a good move.
Joke from the gym, I thought it was right on.
A guy goes into a bar and buys 3 beers, drinks them and then leaves. He returns several times and always orders 3 beers, the bartender is curious so he asks the guy why he is buying 3 beers, and the guy explains that he is drinking a beer each for his two brothers who are overseas in the military.
Then one day the guy enters the bar and only buys 2 beers.
The Bartender concerned that something has happened to one of the brothers asks the guy why he only bought two beers, did something happen to one of his brothers?
"Oh no," explained the guy, "I've just become a Baptist and I had to quit drinking."
While at the gym I asked Roger if he was up for a mtn bike ride, I had a little hill I wanted him to climb, he was up for it so we met at my place at 1 pm.
It was windy and a tad cool but we had full Sun and ended up having a real good ride, and Roger made it over the mountain.
10 miles mtnbike
64 deg f
973 days left
A productive day
I had to go to Texarkana today to get a new windshield in my car, good old Texas chipseal.
The place I went to was really professional,
10 miles inside
65 deg f
974 days left
Rain and Sun
Gym day and trying to figure out what the weather will do.
Gym time was good, my friends Dub and Becky returned from S Tx, nice to see them.
No major breaking news at the gym, which can be a good thing.
Like I said the weather was up for grabs, there was dark clouds and clear sky but on the way home from the gym it poured down, couldn't hardly see the road then about 4 miles from the house, Sun, which pretty much hung around the rest of the day.
After the rain the roads were wet and it was windy so I wimped out and didn't ride, but I did get in 10 miles indoors.
10 miles inside
65 deg f
975 days left
Recovery day
After not having much spunk on Saturday I decided to take a break on Sunday. The weather was cloudy with a chance of rain but that didn't happen.
I spent the day reading, I finished "The Gauntlet" and started "Make Me" by Lee Child, another mystery.
I did get in 10 miles on the indoor bike just to keep the blood flowing.
In Pro Cycling TeJay VanGarderen has crashed out of Paris Nice, hum.
From: "The Gauntlet" by James Street;
The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,
In whatso we share with another's need;
Not what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is bare.
33 miles bluboy
65 deg f
976 days left
Out of Juice
Today was a great day for a bike ride weather wise, Sun, 65 deg F and 7 mph SE wind.
I sent out a text to Roger and Jerry, Roger was babysitting and Jerry was in Texarkana so I had a solo ride today.
It was such a nice day I decided I wanted to get in a few more miles so I ended up with 33 miles.
Today was one of those days where I just didn't have it, no spunk, maybe it was because I had such a full day the day before, got home, ate, and napped.
Aus dem Saft
Heute war ein toller Tag für eine Radtour wettermäßig, Sonne, 65 Grad F und 7 Meilen pro Stunde SE Wind.
Ich schickte einen Text an Roger und Jerry Roger war Babysitter und Jerry war in Texarkana, also hatte ich heute eine Solofahrt.
Es war so ein schöner Tag, dass ich beschloss, noch ein paar Meilen zu fahren, also landete ich 33 Meilen >> Heute war einer jener Tage, an denen ich es einfach nicht hatte, kein Sperma, vielleicht lag es daran, dass ich am Tag zuvor einen ganzen Tag hatte, nach Hause kam, aß und nickte.
10 miles inside
64 deg f
977 days left
Full Day
My day started off with a trip to the gym, enjoyable as usual.
After gym I headed to Texarkana to go to the Health Food store for some Gluten free bread and quinoa, for those of you who don't know, I'm a "Celiac" and have to go Gluten free, no wheat, rye, barley or oats.
At the gym Roger was telling me about this nutrition store in Texarkana he had went to and about this machine they had that gave you a muscle fat analysis.
It was interesting and I figured I'd need something, turns out I need, Testerosterone Booster, Estrogen Blocker, Protein powder and a 30 day Detox all to the tune of about 175 dollars a month. The salesman was good at his job and it was an interesting visit, maybe I still have a chance at the Pro Peloton, watch out Lance, I'm coming for you.
Of course I won't be dopping I'm just compensating for the aging process.
While in Texarkana I went by Wrights Auto Glass to see about getting a new windshield for my car, great experience, real professional snap from the lady running things, I like that. I go next Tuesday at 11 for new windshield and inspection, 299 dollars, what a deal.
When I got home I decided to take Bootsie to the Linden City Park for a walk and her "Chicken thigh" from Kims.
That did it for me, a full day.
27 miles
64 deg f
978 days left
Well I made another year
Yep today was my birthday, thanks for the Birthday wishes. I was a little upset that I didn't get a Happy Birthday from Direct TV, I hear from them weekly, don't know how they missed my birthday.
No rain and intermittent sun meant I could get in a ride.
I text Jerry and Roger, Jerry said he would meet me at Sonic at 2, Bueno.
The sun may have peeked thru a few times but mainly it was cloudy with a 10 mph N wind.
As usual it felt good to get out on the bike, I managed to get in 27 miles.
Tomorrow morning is theStrade Biancherace, I'm really looking forward to seeing Peter Sagan back in action.
The conditions are going to be pretty nasty, cold with rain or snow, should be a good one.
While Jerry and I were taking a break at the Truck Stop there was a guy outside working on the pumps.
Jerry decides to ask the guy about "Skimming" and how to avoid it, the guy said with the new pumps Skimming should no longer be a problem.
He did say something about the older pumps with a Black Box are the ones to be leary of.
Then we got to talking about Bluetooth and while playing with our phones we figured out how to bluetooth info from one phone to another, file sharing, pretty neat.
