Well…another morning of getting up before 6 and I probably should stop talking about that…it’s pretty boring but it is part of my life that these are supposed to chronicle…the temp starts dropping today ending with a high of 25 on Sunday and I am so damn tired of the cold…it was a nice day yesterday but waiting for spring gets harder every year…oh, well…didn’t eat much yesterday and I’m still disappointed that I couldn’t get some reasonably priced corned beef to celebrate St. Patty’s day next Tuesday…I do have enough stuff in the freezer to substitute for it but it’s just not the same…I may do just potatoes and cabbage in the instant pot and then use them for sides for chicken or pork loin fillets…still have leftovers for today so I’ll think about what to cook tomorrow…not much to do today…I do have to wean myself off reading so much so I can get things done around here starting with my bedroom but we’ll see how that goes…more later…

Well…made a big mistake today when I put some trash out in the outdoor bin…okay, let’s back up a minute…after I got the indoor ride this morning, I suited up to get an outdoor ride in even though the wind was really blowing and it was only 42…so, I get to the point by the condos and got hit with a gust that literally stopped me dead…so I did what I very seldom do with my right thigh screaming, I gave up on the ride and came back here…then, this afternoon, I put the trash out in the outdoor bin and it was over 50 and the wind had abated a bit so I put my light thermasuit on with just my padded, fingerless riding gloves and a baseball cap and headed out…the wind was still blowing pretty hard but there was no way I was abandon two rides in one day so I gutted it out since I knew it would be fun coming back…and I flew back here after taking a minute to just relax at the water stop at Lake Michigan…and now I don’t have to feel guilty about being a slug…I did run an errand today and put the top on the car down and that was a lot of fun…but not getting the corned beef since aldi was already out of it…but I did buy a cabbage since I like steamed cabbage and I do have some pork loin fillets that will go with it okay…time to take my teeth out and clean them before I go back to reading…

Well…that was a little better…up at 4:10 but forced myself to go back to sleep until after 6 today and I needed that after the time change…and I’ve already had a bagel after only eating about 700 calories yesterday…need the fuel if I’m going to keep up the pace…with the easy day yesterday, I need to do everything today but I’m not sure if I’ll get outside for a ride with how the wind is howling today…want to run an errand with the top down on the car no matter how cold it is…it’s just time to get the third top down ride for the year before the temp plunges Wed and then we endure a week of 30’s…and even 20’s next week and that just sucks…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I need to clean the kitchen today from top to bottom and then do some meal planning…going to see if I can get some corned beef at aldi even though it’s 3.50 a pound so I can make corned beef and cabbage in the instant pot later in the week and maybe some masala…I should be able to splurge a little and not just make cheap meals…have no room in the freezer for more DD stuff so I probably should not buy anything this week and just use what I have…more later…

Well….with 4 days in a row of doing 21 miles a day and weeks of weight work every day, I could feel the wear and tear piling up so I gave myself and easy day today with just doing an indoor ride and calling it good…and the wind is blowing over 25 out there so, after the crazy wind I rode in yesterday, there was no way I was doing it two days in a row after the pain it caused in my legs…and I’m even eating more to try to get my energy up some…and I really needed to remember that I needed to ride since I am working on 871 days in a row of getting at least one ride in…okay, going to read before the race comes on at 3:30…

Well…up at 4:14 this morning or is it 5:14? DST just screws me up for a few days and I’ll be doing the calculations of time for a while…so I’ll crash later and I hope I can take a nap…didn’t sleep well at all last night and I’m sitting here in kind of a daze that I hope will lift after I pour some coffee down…not as sore as I expected to be today and I can even move my left elbow without pain and that is weird after how much it hurt yesterday…not sure what the food is going to be today but I should make a pizza so I can use up the pepperoni and green pepper that I have in the fridge…this one is a 4 meat that I’ve never had before and it may be a bit much…but I guess we’ll see…damn, I’m already tired and can barely move…I probably should clean some today but I just need to get through the weight work and the indoor ride to get the day started…probably won’t do an outdoor ride today since I just need a rest…more later…

Well…after the rain stopped this morning after dumping over an inch overnight, I decided to do an outdoor ride and I forgot to look to see how windy it was…so I get to the point with the condos, it blasts me in the face with 25 mph winds that were gusting to almost 40 that stopped me in my tracks and I almost turned around and came back here…but I didn’t and gutted the brutal conditions out…fog, mist, and wind was not fun going out…but coming back with the wind behind me was fun…I some damage to both hips into the wind and they both hurt and I am limping around here…since it was 52 when I went out I almost put shorts on but I’m glad I didn’t…I forgot that it is normally 10 degrees colder at the beach and I was freezing by the time I finished my water stop…and it’s only getting to 43 tomorrow so I may just take an easy day with just the indoor ride and for a little recovery time…now it’s race time and reading…

Well…damn, out of bed at 5:14 again but I was up around three and that is getting frickin old…so tonight I’m going to do some thing about it…it looks like I may not be getting an outdoor ride today with rain as far back to the west as I can see so maybe today can be that light day I’ve been needing…I guess we’ll see…didn’t eat much yesterday with just a bagel and a turkey sandwich but no dinner and I think I’ll be feeling that later…no, I’m feeling it right now with no energy at all so the coffee will have to fix that…the wind has been howling all night and it still is and I can hear it shaking the house…and we have a high wind warning on right now so maybe there won’t be and outdoor ride…I’m sure not going out in 40mph gusts…I did finish the first Clive Cussler novel yesterday and it was pretty good…kept me interested through it and I have another one of his to read…by accident I picked up book by Jeffrey Deaver who the tv show “Tracker” is based on so I am curious if it will be a good one…more later…

Well…just had a thunderstorm roll through here with tons of rain and that was a little weird since it’s only 46 here today…and we’re supposed to get an inch of rain today…I did get an outdoor ride in for the 3rd day in a row of 21 miles a day…felt good again to get out but today I had my rain gear on since there was a heavy mist happening the entire ride…supposed to rain again tomorrow so I’m not sure if I’ll get outside on the bike…getting close to 1,000 miles for the year that I should hit next week but I need to pick up the pace if I’m going to get to 8,000 miles this year…I’m enjoying my discovery of Clive Cussler and his books so I’ll have reading material for weeks and the wandering around the library worked pretty well Wed…okay back to reading…

Well…up and out of bed at 5 am and I feel just damn worn out today…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to pour it into me to get going…we’re supposed to get an inch of rain today so I’ll need to get out on the bike before 10 so I can get an outdoor ride in before the rain comes in…but that means I need to get on the weight work by 6am…it’s going to be raining for the next few days so I’ll be riding indoors but I’m not sure if I’ll do 2 rides or one…I think I need an easy day but that won’t start til tomorrow if I do it at all…didn’t get much done yesterday but I need to eat more today after only a bagel and a turkey sandwich yesterday…and that was only about 800 calories for the day and I’ll be feeling that today…so, I’ll toast a bagel in a few minutes with the 2nd cup of coffee so I’ll have a little fuel for the rides…not much to do today…just need to grit my teeth and get going but that seems like a lot of work right now…more later…

Well…got another 21 miles in today but came away from it cold and wet since it was only 40 degrees when I went out and it started to rain about 3 miles out on the way back from Lake Michigan…so, it’s a heating pad day but I should get off my butt and do a load of laundry and I will after I get this done…starting a new author, Clive Cussler, right after the laundry and I am a little excited…I have run across him but never read anything of his until now…this batch of books has 3 new authors in it so I have expanded my group and added a bunch more books to read…was running out with the other authors I have been reading so I hope these will give me something to pass the time…time for laundry…