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creekster · 01-16-2006, 02:23 AM

Sat:

Raining. Too cold & wet to ride. Sure, I spent all that money on a set of rain specific techinical gear at the closeout sales last sprign, but I will save them for some time when I need them. Decide to have carb heavy breakfast anyway, just in case it clears up later. Watch some TV. Have large lunch as Breakfast left me ready for more. Still raining. For some reason belt is beginning to bother me and pants have been a little snug after the last few washes. Decide to go to mall to avoid rain and get some new clothes. At mall, CInnabon smells too good to avoid but want to avoid having too much on an empty stomach, so I head to Maccie D's and then to Cinnabon. I am very pleased with my nutritional good sense. Sears has apparently changed it's sizing standards as all of its pants are the wrong size, making me buy next larger size. Oh well, at least Mrs Fields was having a sale on the day olds. Head home at dusk; too dark to ride. Watch "Lost" on DVD and eat some Ice cream. Sabbath tomorrow, but maybe I can sneak in a ride anyway.

Sunday

At 5:50 am I got up and packed my large personal bearings into some wool slacks and a sport coat and headed to a meeting for my new calling (every Sunday at 6am; ouch). It was a beautiful Sunday after a rainy Saturday and I actually thought about bike riding as I cruised to the church. The meeting broke about two and a half hours later and I headed towards my regular block meetings. THought about all the exercise I should be getting, then thought about how tired I would be and the carbs I would need to recover from that exercise. Even though I couldn't ride, decided to pack in the carbs anyway, just to be safe. CLif Bars aren't too bad, expecially when you're driving.

After meetings came home to spend Quality Time with the family. Loaded a few more carbs becasue I know that within no fewer than 148 hours I iwll need them as I am sure I will go for a bike ride by then. Weighed myself. I decide I might have a fine career ahead of me riding with guys like DHU and making them feel like Heras in the Tour of Spain.

Tonight I am depressed about not riding this weekend. Soothe nerves by having a little more ice cream and decide that tomorrow I iwll ride. D'oh! I need to work tomorrow to catch up from the holidays. This makes me feel worse, so I need more ice cream. Then I decide not to make specific plans to ride so I can be sure to avoid even more ice cream. Decide this is just kidding myslef and, really, I am not very good at it. So chase the ice cream with a few Oreos.

IOW, my winter training is at its typical peak right now.

01-16-2006, 02:23 AM	#5
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Winter training going very well, as usual. Sat: Raining. Too cold & wet to ride. Sure, I spent all that money on a set of rain specific techinical gear at the closeout sales last sprign, but I will save them for some time when I need them. Decide to have carb heavy breakfast anyway, just in case it clears up later. Watch some TV. Have large lunch as Breakfast left me ready for more. Still raining. For some reason belt is beginning to bother me and pants have been a little snug after the last few washes. Decide to go to mall to avoid rain and get some new clothes. At mall, CInnabon smells too good to avoid but want to avoid having too much on an empty stomach, so I head to Maccie D's and then to Cinnabon. I am very pleased with my nutritional good sense. Sears has apparently changed it's sizing standards as all of its pants are the wrong size, making me buy next larger size. Oh well, at least Mrs Fields was having a sale on the day olds. Head home at dusk; too dark to ride. Watch "Lost" on DVD and eat some Ice cream. Sabbath tomorrow, but maybe I can sneak in a ride anyway. Sunday At 5:50 am I got up and packed my large personal bearings into some wool slacks and a sport coat and headed to a meeting for my new calling (every Sunday at 6am; ouch). It was a beautiful Sunday after a rainy Saturday and I actually thought about bike riding as I cruised to the church. The meeting broke about two and a half hours later and I headed towards my regular block meetings. THought about all the exercise I should be getting, then thought about how tired I would be and the carbs I would need to recover from that exercise. Even though I couldn't ride, decided to pack in the carbs anyway, just to be safe. CLif Bars aren't too bad, expecially when you're driving. After meetings came home to spend Quality Time with the family. Loaded a few more carbs becasue I know that within no fewer than 148 hours I iwll need them as I am sure I will go for a bike ride by then. Weighed myself. I decide I might have a fine career ahead of me riding with guys like DHU and making them feel like Heras in the Tour of Spain. Tonight I am depressed about not riding this weekend. Soothe nerves by having a little more ice cream and decide that tomorrow I iwll ride. D'oh! I need to work tomorrow to catch up from the holidays. This makes me feel worse, so I need more ice cream. Then I decide not to make specific plans to ride so I can be sure to avoid even more ice cream. Decide this is just kidding myslef and, really, I am not very good at it. So chase the ice cream with a few Oreos. IOW, my winter training is at its typical peak right now.