Soft, vintage pink buttondown shirt, fine cotton jumper, slim dark trousers, matching socks and the aforementioned Italian wingtips = some class of Sunday best on Easter afternoon and one can be found on a very old school multispeed racing bicycle. Okay ...except the Finnish-made suit jacket isn't really cut for riding. Problem is:

1. Bicycle is wrong ( Read more... )

... do not a sensible combination make. Of course there was no way of knowing that the sweet sunny almost 60F afternoon (Oh, the sun's lovely!) would drop 15+ degrees in the 65 minutes one had to wait to get a haircut - and then the 35 minutes it took for the actual hair cutting. And the quick ride to shop for supper ingredients and ride home. Yon ( Read more... )

• up at o-dark thirty, shift, a nice easy soothing walk
  
• home, snack, nap (wake without alarm)
  
• ride with 25 mph winds mid 50F, work, ride, quick shop

All before 8PM, sunset, and the day is done.

If your supervisor asks you to do a double, I guess you're doing a double. Afterwards instead of taking a well deserved nap walk a mile+ then prep for 9.38 mile bike ride with 35 mph headwinds. Score some nearly perfect hike/ride boots, a pair of sweet trousers and a fitness/lifestyle book. Make supper and chow down while waiting for tonight's ( Read more... )

Spasming back aches griefing you!? Nothing a full day at work, a mile walk and two bike rides (in rare mid 40F + 20mph winds) won't fix.

"Dude, dude, I love her," mini-Bieber proclaims as I whoosh by on bicycle. Mini-B has a girl pinned against the fence, his arms on either side of her face. They can't be older than 11, 12 tops. A trick bike on its side on the pavement, partly hidden by said fence. His wingman is busy playing ninja in some nearby bushes ( Read more... )

You'll be fine sans nap as long as you're riding in this fine weather. (You'll also find the bike lights previously thought lost in a cargo pocket of riding shorts.)


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Recovery from a strange dream that wasn't scary (none of them ever are) and not really disturbing took the better part of the morning. And by better part I mean the 1+ hour for

• getting out of bed
  
• hygiene
  
• breakfast
  
• clothes - all the usual + extra layers vs wind and water

And it's out the door, finally. The sun is nowhere and the day looks bleak. ( Read more... )

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8 October
day 365+ no-meat, stopped counting after a year
coffee-free day 265
bike miles 20.35 (20 laps on track)
2898 cals burned