Outdoor Addict

So yesterday was my first major day for physical therapy.  I always thought it was just for seriously injured people out of serious accidents and little old ladies.  Well, I am wrong.  I have a bit of a back/hip problem, and we didnt even do much with those parts of me.  We concentrated on muscles [...]

I think I need to move south.  This cold weather is just wrong.  Today the high was 10 degrees before the wind chill, and I have no idea how cold it was with the wind chill.  As I write this now, I see that it is -0.5 before wind chill.
I didn’t ride tonight.  I was [...]

I just updated the Goals page, and I must say, I am looking rather pathetic at this point in terms of my goals.  I am about 7 pounds behind and also about 300 miles behind on my bike.  I’m not concerned.  For the past 2 weeks, I was unable to ride.  That keeps the weight [...]

I think Aerosmith said it best when they sang “I’m back in the saddle again…..I’m Back!!!” Today was my triumph return to biking. Here are the stats.
Activity: Cycling
Distance:33.62
Time:2:00:25
I think it was a good ride. I woke up in the morning with the temps near 37 degrees. That was good news. [...]

Today was quite the day. First Kelly and I went to the hospital for a little while because my boss and his wife just had a little baby. Little Cooper. Here is the little guy with a proud new papa.

After that we went out to eat and I came home and started [...]

My back is finally feeling good enough for me to swing my leg over a bike and of course it gets freezing cold and drops an expected 20 inches of snow on us.  What kind of crap is that?  I am laid up in the house all week not able to ride and it is [...]