I had the foresight to bring a pair of shorts to wear, but not enough to check the temperature. It was a balmy 67 degrees for the ride home tonight; great for a ride, if a scoshe nippy for someone in shorts and a thin t-shirt. (Sorry ladies, this hunk o' man-meat is spoken for.) I sweated through my shirt still, because that's what I do, but I ( Read more... )

I should probably stop calling these attempts, I've done it what, four times now? I know I've done it enough to know what lights I can morally run, since my bike by itself won't trigger the lights to change. (For the record: Guadalupe at 51st, and Woodrow at Anderson ( Read more... )

Made it all the way home. (That'll be the last time I say that, unless it becomes unusual again.) It was warm (upper 70s) and muggy tonight, so I expected this ride to be a thin slice of hell, but it honestly wasn't bad. As far as these things go, anyway. Very sweaty, because that's one of the handful of things that I do really well, but it ( Read more... )

Made it all the way home. Wasn't too bad this time. Panting at the end, but not gasping; sweaty, but not soaking. (It's a cool dry night tonight, that could've had something to do with it.) Last time, I stopped and walked a couple times, I was hurting so hard. This time, just stopped for traffic lights, stop signs, and one incident with a ( Read more... )

Made it all the way home. Sucked pretty hard, and chafed pretty bad. Sweaty, panting for breath, I was feeling pretty sexy lemmie tell you. Total time: 70 minutes, give or take.

Might not do that again soon, depends on the bus schedule. But we'll see.

Made it to about 38th Street. From there I decided that this sucked and took the bus. Total time: about twenty minutes.

I anticipate next time will be better.

...ouch.

That's what happens when you bike 20+ miles when you're as out of shape as I am.

Let's take a moment for that distance to sink in.

...okay then. Approximate route going south is as follows:


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So after hearing my desire to get a bicycle, my brother-in-law gave me his old bike that had been sitting around that he hasn't been able to use with the kids and stuffs. I got it home, took it to a shop to get tuned up and such, and we're good to go. Here's the thing, though: riding through the parking lot, I really, truly, more than ( Read more... )

Current weight: 273.5
Moving average: 274.5

You ask, "But what happened to week 2?" I say, "Shut up Charles."

I get the feeling that there are some questions about the food log I posted two weeks ago (and again, just now, in this very sentence). First of all: I don't mark down every little thing. For one, vegetables. I usually put something ( Read more... )

The feasibility of selling my car and getting around with just a bike, a bus pass, and the occasional taxi or rental car.

That is all...yarr.