Hey, Happy New Year to you all! I've survived the holidays (again) and the relatives (not that bad a thing) and the food (ate less but still too much). I am currently at the heaviest I've ever been in my life...it'll come off as the year progresses and I'm riding more...and I'm not that thrilled about it. Obviously my metabolism is slowing down as I get older and I can't burn off the calories like I used to. Sucks to get old but that's okay, I'm enjoying life and being part of it. In so many ways it gets better as time goes by and I wish (as probably all folks do) that I knew then what I know now...I would have better understood things and probably saved myself a lot of heartache and made fewer mistakes. But like I've always said: Everything you've ever done in your life has brought you to where you are now.
And I like where I am now.
Having someone who loves me is huge. Having someone who puts up with me is beyond belief. Having someone who needs me makes me really, really happy.
We closed on a new house in Shreveport and will be moving in soon. The tough part is deciding where to put the bikes and where to put my studio/office. We'll have the space. We want it to be efficient and neat and useful. So we're going to take some time to get it right...hopefully no more than a couple of months. We're expecting visitors from Down Under by mid-April and we need to have the house in reasonable condition and order by that time.
My bike riding has been minimal because I'm running a lot. I have a duathlon this Sunday and a 10-mile trail run in early February. I really want to do well on the trail run and I've heard that training for it is a good idea! Ha! I drew up a detailed run schedule which started in mid-December, beginning with a simple 2-mile run and is now at 5 miles. This is all volume work and my first intervals begin next week. It gets harder to get into shape as one gets older and things start to ache after a while. The ITB in my left leg has been a bother since last year so I've been getting The Wife to massage it every once in a while recently. It helps a lot but I'm wondering how it'll affect the bike riding once I get back into a 2-wheel training routine. Today I spent 40+ minutes on the Stoner trails...probably around 5 miles...and I feel really beat up and achy now. I love running on the trails...do they love me? Plus it's been really cold and I've had to make myself stay to my training schedule...I didn't enjoy getting out of the warm truck to tackle the cold air hovering over the trails this afternoon!
Still, I'm more excited about the upcoming bike racing season than I've been in a long time. I've got some goals to accomplish involving my time trials and road races, but I think I'm going to stay away from the criteriums unless I have to do them in a stage race...I'm realizing my mortality in my old age! I'll go into all that in the coming months.
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