Well…hey, at least I didn’t get up til 5:02 this morning…and got another 45 minutes so that makes a whole 5 hours last night…I would just once like to get 8 hours in and see how that feels…I know I’m pretty worn out this morning so I am going to ease into it and watch the MotoGP and F1 race before I even think about getting out on the bike….I did get 30 miles in yesterday but I’m not sure if I’ll do two today….just starting to get bored with riding and I guess that’s to be expected after all the miles this year….but, I’m not too sore this morning so maybe…..didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will probably be the same since I don’t have much to do but look for houses….and I need to cook two meals today with no leftovers in the fridge….not too motivated to do that right now and I am getting tired of what I’ve been making….think I need to change up and start making some pasta and more veggies…need some different flavors and lower calorie foods….not much to do today….just don’t want to do anything right now and I’ll need to think about what there is to do later on this morning….more later….

Well…yeah, I know, I promised to do this one yesterday but I actually did some cleaning around here and that took up a lot of the afternoon…but, I’m here now so let’s go…got to 5,000 miles on the bike Thursday! Not sure how I really feel about it, though…on one hand, it’s pretty cool that I reached my goal, but on the other hand…why was it even a goal? Not sure what I was trying to prove…and who I was trying to prove it to….I think there were probably  a couple of reasons for doing it…like the reasons people climb mountains I guess…”because it’s there”…or because I can still do it….and to prove to myself that I not a washed up old guy waiting to die….okay, that’s a little depressing…and I do have to say it was fun riding all year and it’s only been the past couple of weeks that I’ve gotten a little weary with doing 30-40 miles every day and being on the bike for 2 1/2 hours every day….but, I feel that I’m wearing out some in those weeks, too, just fatigued and sore all the time…but did that keep me off the bike the past two days after I met the goal? Of course not…I am an idiot after all…and did 30 miles a day…the bike that I bought in the spring has been so damn reliable and comfortable and that has made this year so much easier…no flats or breakdowns of any kind and I figured out that you should never, ever lubricate the rear shifter…when it sticks, I just blast it with water and it’s good to go…I did have a back tire fail at about 4K miles but I had one on the old bike I could use but I do need to order a new one so I’ll have one here when I need it. So, it has been a good year on the bike and I guess that 5K miles is pretty damn good for an old guy….not sure what the new goal is going to be for next year…one thing that has been floating in and out of my head is doing 100 miles for every year of age…that would add a couple of thousand to this year and I’m not sure I want to I want to make that much of a comittment…after all, I’m not sure why I did the 5K this year and wherever I end up I may not have trails that are as convenient as the one here….hmmmm…

Well…this is starting to suck…have been regressing on wake up times over the past week and last night was the worst so far…went to bed late and still woke up at 3:35…but I will say I did get back to sleep in about a half hour and stayed in bed until after the coffee maker started so I guess I’ll have to live with it….I did get out to hang with T for a while yesterday and even had a couple of beers at LC which I didn’t even know was open….so that was fun to get out, put the top down on the car and have some laughs….and it is over 60 outside right now so I can get out on the bike as soon as F1 qualifying is over at 10…only did one ride yesterday but cleaned this place up some and it really needed it…you know, making it to the 5K goal has reduced my sense of urgency to get out and do two rides a day…I may still do a few as the weather allows but only having about 400 more miles to go for the last goal of the year and having 3 months to do it keeps the stress level pretty low….now I just need to start cutting the extra calories out that I was doing to support 30+ miles a day….and, I know how to but just don’t want to…need more fruits and veggies but doing that will be a long process….not much to do today…just going to veg it out for a while and have more coffee and watch MotoGP qualifying until F1 comes on….or not really watch it but have it on in the background as I read the news…I think there are races on later but I’m not sure about that yet…..more later….

Well…darn…back to waking up at 3:54 again but luckily, I was able to get back to sleep for a couple of hours and don’t feel too bad this morning…still have that damn cough that has been bugging me for a week now and the wheezing kept waking me up all night…I know it’s just allergies, though, so I can deal with that…I did make it to 5,000 miles on the bike yesterday but I’m going to talk about that in a separate one later so I won’t talk about it now….didn’t get a whole lot done yesterday but some gardening and that’s okay with how crappy I’ve been feeling…just so damn worn out lately and part of that just may be how many miles I’ve ridden this year…I’m not young anymore and I guess I need to really look at a training schedule that would have some more recovery time in it…just so damn sore all the time that I must be doing something wrong….and I need to be able to stop taking an ibuprofen every day to tolerate it…I am going to take Monday off if it rains and I need to start throttling back my calorie intake if I start riding less…I am going to miss having a bagel in the morning since I just added them to make up for not having enough calories when I ride 30+ miles in a day…..oh, well….not much to do today…have to meet up with T some time today and get the rides in but that is about it….I think I’m going to take the weekend off and just ride how much I feel and putter around here…I do have cleaning to do so that will be something to fill the time….more later…

Well…it’s 5,000 mile day today! Only have a little under 15 to go to get there so that will be done this morning…not sure if I feel relief or disappointment that I reached the goal for the year and there is only one more left to do….need to ride 415 more miles to have a combined 10,000 miles for the past two years…the funny thing is that it’s 6 times more than I’ve driven my car in that time…not sure if I’m going to do a second ride today or take the afternoon off…if it’s not windy like it was yesterday, I’ll probably go out for a second one and wait to take the day off I had planned until it rains Monday….I did sleep okay last night and only feel sore today…going into a 20 mph wind really puts a strain on the legs and I’m feeling it today…I did talk to my son who I’m fixing the house up for yesterday and we were on the phone for almost an hour and that was pretty cool…hadn’t talked to him in quite a while and I am happy he and his wife are so excited to be moving here in March…he seems tired of living in NYC and they are looking forward to less stress from just living….now, I just need to get my butt in gear and find a house for me…I think I have one more rehab in me even as old as I am….not much to do today…just going to take it easy this morning and wait for the temp to come up for the bike ride at 9…and have a bagel with my coffee and news….more later….

Well…running at about the new normal time this morning but the extra sleep didn’t help with how crappy I feel…damn, I thought I was over this bug when I quit coughing yesterday and felt quite a bit better…but, the coughing is back and now I feel a little warm again so I guess I’m not….oh, well….I did get two rides in yesterday and I’m down to about 40 miles left to go to get to 5K but I won’t get out until after the grocery run today since it won’t be light enough to go to be back here before 9….so it looks like I’ll just sit here feeling crappy and reading the news with my coffee until then….and that kinda sucks since it is over 60 right now and it would be nice to be out to see the sunrise on the bike…but, I don’t have the energy for it anyway….got the last of my gardening with the big plants done yesterday and now all I have to do is wait a little while to see if I get any more tomatoes before I start taking those out…I did get the lawn mowed yesterday and it is starting to look pretty good with filling in but could use some more seed….not sure if I’m going to do that, though….I do need to fill in the garden that I put in the lawn and put some seed in there to reclaim it as lawn before fall is over so I think I’ll save the remaining seed for that….not much to do today…just going to do groceries and the rides today…I may have overdone it some yesterday and that could be why the bug came back but I still need those two rides today….will just live with the consequences I guess….more later…

Well…I think I could get used to this not getting out of bed until 6:30…but that makes late coming here and I’m not sure if that means anything…after all, I don’t have a whole lot to do and most people aren’t  reading this stuff yet…I do feel a little better today but I still think I have a cold since I have a little sore throat and I’m coughing some, too, but I seem to have energy that I didn’t have yesterday…my normal allergy meds, the little red dots, weren’t working well enough last night so I broke down and used some flonase spray that helped quite a bit…but, I have to be careful since that stuff suppresses the immune system and with the virus still here I need to make sure I don’t use it too much…I did get 30 miles in on the bike yesterday but they were really hard rides with feeling so crappy…so, that gets me down to only 70 miles to go and I hope to do another 30 today and tomorrow and finish up the 5K on Thursday….it looks like I can get out early today with it already 49 degrees outside but I still have to wait for the sun to come up and that should be another hour or so…not much to do today…I do need to mow the lawn and get the buckets that I grew some crops in emptied but that is about it for the day…I should clean the kitchen floor since it is getting a little dirty and the stove and sink could use some work,too, but we’ll see after the errand I have to run this morning….more later….

Well…darn, I feel lousy today…feel like I have a cold…started to feel crappy Saturday with no energy and that continued yesterday and now into today….I wonder if it is a delayed reaction to the flu shot I got last week? Didn’t get out of bed until 7 and feel like I want to go back and sleep more…so today may be a wasted day as I figure out what is going on…my head is completely plugged up, too, but that could be my allergies that are just damn ridiculous right now…..oh, well….it’s pretty cold out there right now so it looks like no bike ride until after noon and that may be a good thing with how I’m feeling…don’t really have anything to do until then so I’m going to take it easy this morning and just sit here and read some news and have lots of coffee….I’m pretty sure it got cold enough to frost out the gardens so that may be something I need to get started on today…or tomorrow if I continue to feel lousy….or if I get worse…okay, I should stop bitching about how I feel…it’s not that bad and I hate to be a whiner….I do need to work on the furnace soon since the belt on the blower is squeaking some when it starts up and it will need to be tightened just a bit…don’t want to do too much or the belt will make other noises that I worked a long time to get rid of….not much to do today….just going to ease into it and sit for a while….don’t really have anything else that needs to be done right now….more later…

Well…..got a ride in today even though it was pretty darn cold when I went out…only 47 degrees but the sun was shining so it wasn’t too bad…and I got over 4900 miles today leaving only 100 miles to go to reach the goal of 5K…so it looks like I’ll get to it by the end of the week and that is only a week later than I calculated early in the summer so that’s pretty cool….but, I’m so damn exhausted today and just figured out why….only had one meal yesterday since I knew I wasn’t going to ride…so all I had was a small burger and some tomatoes and that is not enough to support getting back to riding….so, I need to do better today…since I know that I’ll be out for doubles all week if it doesn’t rain…just looked at the weather and it’s going to be nice all week after getting really cold tonight so I’ll make it to the goal by Thursday…and that will leave me three months to ride to add to the total…I may even be able to get to 6K if the weather stays good…we’ll see…

Well…hey, it’s Sunday and I remembered to come here! You know it’s not normal I remember it so I’ll take that as a win….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning other than the new pains from spending 5 hours on the downstairs project yesterday…my hands hurt the most but my right shoulder is bad too…I should probably take something for it but I’ll need to think about that for a while…didn’t get out on the bike yesterday with it being so cold in the morning and then raining when I was getting ready to go….and it’s raining again this morning so it looks like it will be only one ride today after Man U plays at 11:30….but this week looks perfect for getting two a days in so I will get to 5K later in the week…I can’t wait for my allergies to get better and working downstairs  didn’t help at all…my eyes are scratchy and my head is all plugged up and I am getting tired of it…went through almost half a box of allergy meds over the past three weeks and won’t be able to get more for another month so I need to cut back on those and just live with it I guess…not much to do today…I do need to clean up some buckets that I had plants in outside and but that will have to wait a while until the rain stops…it looks like we may get frost tonight so I’ll lose the rest of my tomatoes and peppers if it does…but my back yard is higher that the surrounding lots so I may be okay…won’t take long to clean up both gardens but it will fill my trash container so I’ll put that out later in the week….more later