On The Road

Good Morning. Today was the start of my morning rides. I did it, got up at 5:50AM. I got dressed and went outside. According to my bike computer I did 7km, with knowing it is not right I think it was fore like 7 miles in about 25min. Was a nice peaceful ride being one of the few people up and out that early in the morning. Loved it, peddled hard. My legs are feeling it now, but its a good pain I hope. lol  My gluteus maximus still hurts cause I have not found the right seat and have not purchased a pair of those nice bike shorts(that I did not know had built in padding). This has turned out to be an expensive hobby/exercise. Like most hobbies, there is a good start up cost and always more things you need and think you need and just plain want. A good pair of bike shorts....$100 or MORE. WOW. A new entry level road bike from a bike shop minimum $750. I do not have that kind of money. :( Oh well life goes on, I buy what I can and just keep riding my used bike. I t looks like these early morning ride could work out well to build my self up to keep up with those ABES.

Cycling

Time to catch up with whats happening with my cycling. Have I gone out in the mornings before work? Sadly no.  I still want to(need to) get the extra time in if I want to build my endurance. I did get a new (used) bike. I picked up one from a fellow ABE. The fit it better.

So my old bike is up  for sale. I also bought a bike computer that finally got here. Only four weeks to get here ( from Hong Kong). Put it on my bike thursday. Had it set up and ready to go, but found out I put in the wrong tire size. It showed 10km for thursday's ride, when I found out we did about 10 miles. I will have to reset it and try again. The guys seem to be picking up speed, I was falling behind more. Really need more exercise.  Still has been a lot of fun. 

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Lets start with spring break. I did a little bit of paid work equal to one day. When I was not working I was working. lol I did stuff for my parents in Horndean. Things like fridge repair and water line hookup for the fridge. A computer setup in my mom's office and then for my dad I worked on his semi trailer. The work for my dad was the most laborer intensive. This required decking his step deck semi trailer. Decking- to replace the deck boards on the trailer. This turned out to take longer then expected(like normal). As most projects do. I worked on it part of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I had hopes of finishing Thursday, but as usual things took longer. The job carried over to Easter weekend. Saturday after doing my side job I was off to my parents place to finish the job. To my surprise my brother showed up to help. That allowed us to get it done in time for Easter Dinner. :)

On another topic, I still am doing my best at keeping up the the ABES. On average we cycle about 10km or more every Thursday night. Its awesome going with these guys. I made the mistake of buying a bike that is a little to small for my size. My hope is to list my bike on line for sale and purchase a larger bike from one of the ABES. I have a goal of going on the ride to Moose Lake this summer and I am in no shape for that kind of ride yet. The weather will be getting nicer outside, this means its time time to get out and ride a lot more.

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