Well…after talking about how reliable the bike has been this year, today a pedal broke on the way back from the third ride…just seized up and started screeching and I wonder how? These pedals have sealed bearings so there shouldn’t have been any way that grit could have gotten in them…only had about 8,000 miles on that set but I did have another new set that I bought for the black bike and swapped them for the bad ones…still going to see if I can take it apart and look at it…maybe to salvage them for the black bike…I did get three rides in today and felt pretty good doing it but the wind almost got me off the bike after ride two…it was blowing 20-25 out of the NE so that meant straight into it on the way back…I did get the tacos made today so I’ll have leftovers until next week…okay, have some cleaning to do before the France/Italy soccer match…

Well…I feel like I’m running late today since I didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 or so and need to get back on the bike by 8 or so…it’s not as cold as forecast but tonight is going to be in the 40’s…but next week is back into the 80’s so I may get one more trip out to the beach…it was nice to get a swim in yesterday and I would like one more…slept okay last night but I still feel worn out today…with taking an easy day yesterday, I was hoping I’d get some relief from the pain and I did get a little, but I’m going to hurt myself again today…25 or 38 miles? Not sure yet….I did get errands done yesterday so today is just a normal day with more cleaning and cooking in it…going to make soft tacos but I do need to control my calorie intake if I’m not going to do three rides…darn, making the goal on the bike has taken away the motivating factor for dragging my butt out and getting on the bike so I guess I’ll have to switch to  calorie counting again…not much to do today…it rained for a whole 10 minutes last night but that won’t help my lawn much…oh, well…it’s getting light and I need to get moving….more later…

Well…earlier I promised a few stats on getting to the goal on the bike today so here they are…first, the bike has been pretty darn reliable with how many miles it has on it…nothing mechanical broke but I did have 3 flats on the rear and replaced 2 tires so that needed 3 tubes and I had to replace the front tire, too…rode 4,803 miles out doors and divided by the 12.5 miles in each loop makes it 384 laps around the loop…and I rode 2302 miles on the indoor bike at 8 miles a ride and that means I climbed on that thing 288 times since the start of the year and tomorrow I go back on 38 miles a day…maybe…who knows? I am going to order the new driveline for the bike this week so I can replace it all in a couple of weeks…will probably install the used stuff on the black bike sine I won’t ride that one much…

Well…with the first and only ride in this morning, I hit the goal of riding 100 miles for each year of my age…7,105 miles so far and I still have almost 4 more months to ride…still have the goal of riding every day to meet and if I can get 1,500 more miles in, I will have ridden 20,000 miles in the last three years…lots more than I’ve driven my car…I’ll come back later for some stats on the year but I need to make lunch and go to the beach…more later…

Well…damn, running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 7…have been sleeping pretty well…for me…and that is just so unusual I’ve been trying to figure out what the heck has changed to allow me to do that…it’s been 30 years since I’ve slept well and I wonder if it has something to do with the weight I’ve lost? Whatever it is, I still feel worn out today and it’s going to take a while to get moving….have a lot to do today even with just doing one ride to get to the goal today…can’t figure out why I’m sore from head to toe with a dull aching pain that is punctuated with sharp ones from my knees and elbows….just old, I guess…need to get on the bike in 30 minutes or so but I’ll be juggling time to get everything done today…I do want to hit the beach for the last time this summer but need to go to the library, city hall, depot, and Kohls so I’ll be pretty busy…and I do need to cook today but I’m not sure what that will be…want to make some more pasta salad and I took the last of the burger out of the freezer to make tacos but that won’t be til tomorrow…it’s going to be cold starting tomorrow with highs in the 60’s and lows in the 40’s but then it will warm up again….summer is winding down and I wonder where it went…more later…

Well…after doing three rides today, I only have a little under 8 miles to ride to get to the goal of 7,100 miles…and I still have almost 4 months to continue to add miles so it’s easy to say that this will be the record year that I will never attain again…it has been a heck of a lot of work to get to this point and I am so darn sore today since I only came back here to refill the water bottle and then right back on the bike…and I went pretty hard the whole way…I do need a light day with how badly I hurt everywhere so I’m thinking I may just do one ride tomorrow since I have a lot of things I need to get done…have to hit the library, pay the water bill and taxes at city hall, and I want to go out to Kohls to look for end of summer clearance sales since I do need some new shirts and maybe a pair of shorts that actually fit me…and the soles  my riding shoes are worn down to flat so they won’t grip the pedals anymore so I’ll take a look and see if I can find a new pair of those, too…

Well…damn, I’m sore this morning and I could barely pour coffee my right elbow hurts so much…I should be on the indoor bike right now but I think I’m going to skip it today…I’ll still hit the goal this week but need some healing time by only doing two rides today….I need to do the grocery run this morning but only two stores since DD doesn’t have any bargains I want…it’s only 50 degrees out there so I wonder if I’ll put the top down on the car? Of course…don’t have a lot to do today but I want to make pasta salad again so I’ll have a side for whatever I cook…I think I’m going to make tacos with the pound of burger I have in the freezer and use up the tortillas I have in the fridge…don’t have a lot of stuff to do today after getting the lawn mowed yesterday but I really should clean the bathroom and kitchen and I just might…it’s going to be weird to just sit here and have coffee until I need to do the grocery run but I’m so damn tired that I need it….and that’s even with sleeping okay…oh, well…more later…

Well…damn, having a hard time getting started this morning even with not getting up til around 7…have been sleeping okay lately and even still had the covers on me and that says I didn’t toss and turn like normal or they would have been on the floor…I am happy that life is getting back to normal after the holiday and I can get back to my routine….it will be nice to know what day it is again…going to have to do an indoor ride again today with the temp only 50 again this morning…I left the front door open last night and that makes it a little cool in here right now but I can live with it after the heat and humidity….I do need to figure out what to eat this week since I only have enough leftovers for today and I do want to change it up a bit after chicken, chicken, chicken for weeks now…and there is no protein on sale again this week and the freezer hasn’t been so empty in weeks….have lots of canned goods so I’ll probably use some of those…not much to do today…need to get on the bike in 12 minutes as I wait for the temp to come up enough to ride outdoors…more later….

Well…made it to 7,000 miles on the bike for the year today and now only have 78 left to the goal…and that should be early Thursday…I did go out to the mall today to look at the car show and it was a big one…over 1,000 cars and there had to be 5,000 people there while I was…it took me over an hour just to walk down all of the isles and see all the cars…lots of Mustangs and every other kind of car you could think of…there was a 56 Pontiac Chieftan wagon restomod that was just gorgeous and you normally see the 56 Chevys that sit on the same frame instead…not many of the Pontiacs made…I even got to park right next to the show in a parking spot that was just Miata sized and that was cool since the next spot was 200 yards away…I guess it’s an annual thing…pretty cool…

Well…it’s only 49 degrees out there so that is going to force me downstairs for the first ride today but that’s okay…I can use a later start to my day for a change…only have 10 miles to do to get to 7,000 miles for the year and I’m in the countdown to 7,100…just so damn worn out this morning that all I want do to is sit here and have coffee…but, I’ll get going before 8 as I always do…had a good day yesterday but didn’t accomplish much and I’m not sure what I’ll do today…I do want to head over to the mall to see the car show but I’m not really geeked about it…I’ve seen so may of them in my lifetime that there is nothing new to see…but it’s going to be a nice day so wandering around in a parking lot might be fun….we’ll see…I really do need to cook something today and it may be another batch of pasta salad…don’t really have any protein in the freezer so maybe some pasta and garlic bread? Haven’t made that in a long time and some spaghetti sounds good…not much to do today…going to get on the bike downstairs in 25 minutes and that gives me enough time to have another cup of coffee…more later…