Well…it looks like it’s going to be another cold day today with the temp just barely to 30…and I am still cold from doing 3 rides downstairs where I have most of the heat turned off…no need to heat it to 66 like up here…298 miles left to go and a full month to do it so it looks like an anti climatic end to the riding this year…should get there with a couple of weeks to spare….just put the laundry in the dryer and that is really all I planned to do today…I did finish “Ringworld” last night and I’m going to start “Ringworld Engineers” this afternoon…didn’t remember the book at all it’s been so long since I read it for the first time…have read all of the first tier books I got at the sale so I’ll start looking at the nice to have ones to find something to read…okay…need to put the heating pad on and get ready to suit up to clear the walks after the race…

Well…damn, I’m already tired of the cold weather and having the furnace running almost constantly…and having to put the heating pad on just to tolerate it…not going to be a good winter if this keeps up…slept about normal for me with waking up at 5am and out of bed just before the coffee maker started at 6 and need to get moving and on the bike by 7 to get two rides in before the F1 race starts at 11…not going to do a double ride today after the effects of doing it yesterday so the third ride will be in the afternoon…need to keep grinding it out at 24 miles a day indoors and I should hit the goal with a week to spare…it has done nothing but snow here for the past few days and it looks like it’s going to continue all this week with some rain and ice mixed in…will have to go out at some point for a grocery run with the turkey running out and I’ll need to make turkey soup from the carcasses I have in the freezer and I’ll have to look and see if I have enough containers to put it in….I do have to do laundry today but I’m not sure what else I’ll do…probably clean a bit or just read…who knows? More later….

Well…as I said earlier, I needed to get three rides in before the Michigan game started at noon and the only way that would work is to not take any time in between the second and third ride so I did 17 miles without getting off the bike…and that was a mistake…the lactic acid buildup in my legs was so severe I could barely get off the bike and they still hurt right now…and that is weird since I do more mileage than that all the time outdoors with no affect at all…I know riding indoors is quite different than outdoors since there is no coasting in it but I sure wasn’t ready for how it felt today…but it was the first time this year that I rode more than 8 miles without a break…will probably do it again tomorrow just to see what the deal is and see if I can repeat the effect…other than the 24 miles, I really haven’t done much today but read and watch football…but I will need to do the weight work before the game is over and then dip my toe into politics again but tomorrow might be the day to do that with December starting…okay, weight work time….

Well…damn, woke up at 6 this morning but didn’t get out of bed til after 7 and that has put me behind for the whole day already…not enough time to get on the bike before the F1 race at 8am so I won’t be down there until 9 or so and then will need to get three rides in before Michigan plays at noon…or two rides before noon and then one later…I guess we’ll see…it’s still cold out here at 25 degrees and I don’t think I’ll be back on the outdoor bike again this year and that kind of sucks but it’s Michigan in winter so I shouldn’t be surprised….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and probably won’t today but I’ll need to go out and do the snow again with the wind making drifts along the side of the house…have been trying to eat more without gaining weight but I don’t think I have the balance right yet…and only doing 24 miles a day leaves me 600 calories I have to cut out and I don’t know where they will come from…not much to do today…just not very motivated to get moving today and I should have expected that after riding for almost 450 days in a row….need more coffee and to adjust to the fact that I won’t be on the bike for an hour and that is really hard for me…I may even need to get the french press out and make more coffee if I’m going to get the 24 miles in I need….more later…

Well…crap…it’s been snowing all day put here and I’m not too happy about that…okay, there isn’t anything I can do about it but I haven’t gotten to that resigned point yet that I can just let it roll of my back..I did take an easy day today and got some reading in but ate way too much…had two full meals and some toast for breakfast but I needed that after 3 days of one meal days…forgot to turn the hepa filters on today and I’m feeling it from my allergies and probably should do that right now…man, I remember when my allergies only flared in August and then were okay the rest of the year and now they are constant all year round and I don’t like it one bit…and taking medicine for it every day is getting really old…oh, well…I think I’m going to try to find some insulated hiking boots to wear this winter if I can find any that don’t break the bank…okay, maybe I’ll take a look online and see what I can find….

Well…woke up this morning to a few inches of snow that I’ve already gotten out to shovel and it is cold out there…27 degrees with NW wind of 20-25…and that sets up the lake effect snow that will probably go on most of the day…and it’s going to be another cold one tonight and tomorrow with a low of 24 and a high of 26 tomorrow…oh, well…have three rides in already and I think I’ll leave it at that for today since I’ll have almost 9,700 in before Dec 1st and will only have to average 10 miles a day to make it…I think I’ll stick at 24 miles a day since it’s pretty easy…don’t have a lot to do today and I’ll take an easy day to make good use of it…going to read a lot today and watch F1 qualifying that is on right now and I may watch some football later…but reading right now…

Well…not sure if I’m on time or running late today but I do know that I miss the days of taking it easy and not having anything to do…but I do need to get on the bike here in a half hour or so to get the 24 miles in that I need to do today…I knew it was going to snow overnight but it’s still shocking to look out this morning and see everything covered with a few inches of it…ick…but it’s almost December and it’s a month later than the first snow last year when Halloween was a a disaster for my trees…got a text from my daughter last night letting me know she is leaving to go to Peru Saturday for two weeks…hiking to Macchu Picchu and spending time in an Amazon ecolodge…sounds pretty cool and I am happy she is taking some time off and relaxing…with the snow out there, I’m surely not doing any outdoor rides anytime soon so the only decision I need to make is 24 or 32 miles indoors today? Man, I’m tired even though I did sleep okay last night and I think I’ll try to take a nap today…okay…I haven’t been able to nap in many, many years so I’m sure I won’t be able to this afternoon…not much to do today…have 20 minutes to get on the bike so I should pour more coffee down and get to it….more later….

Well…not sure if I’ve ever done one of these before, but there are a few things I’m thankful for and thought I’d talk a bit about them…first of all is the 17 months of being cancer free since my surgery in July of 2023…and I still marvel at all of the things that had to fall into place to have that happen…and to have the outcome I’ve had, being back to almost normal so fast that today I really don’t think about it much…and to have my own home that had the same kind of things fall into place there, too, for me to have it…and to be making money on the place every day and I may have enough equity and cash to give each one of my kids 50K when I go…and to have enough money in the bank to not worry for the first time in my life…but I still can’t bring myself to buy a new stove and spend the 700 bucks it will take…maybe later…and a big one…to have the good health I have to be able to have only 370 miles to go to get to 10K for the year…and that’s not bad for an old guy…so yeah…I’ve been pretty lucky over the past 4 years…and let’s hope for another 4 at least…

Well…did three indoor rides today and I may go down to do another one after the Lions game…but I’m down to 370 miles to go so I don’t really have to…I may just take the day off and watch football and clean a little…not even thinking about an outdoor ride with how cold it is…and it’s snowing a little so that just makes it easier to sit here with the heating pad on me since I just can’t get warm with the colder temps…but if I do have a bug, I’m not feeling it today…no sore throat or anything so who knows what the heck it was..did do  a little cleaning already today with taking a scrub brush to the inside of my shower curtain that had a lot of soap scum on it…touchdown, Detroit! Now up 10-0…it’s nice being able to watch the game on Canadian tv…no American news…more later…