The Word for the Day is Sore

It's really something when you've got a tailwind, tucked in behind a decent number of riders, and going 30 miles per hour (50 kph, for my family/friends in Oz)...AND YOU STILL GET DROPPED!! Of course, it also gave me a fairly good idea where my fitness is compared to everyone else. Patrick told me last weekend that there are the years when everyone's not quite in shape for the season, but then there are those special years when everyone is in great shape. "And this is one of those years", he said.

Except for me, since I didn't do all that much over the winter. I had no desire to do a single spin class or trainer class, and I went outside on the bike when the weather was decent enough (not enough times though). At least I ran a lot! I had "only" 129 miles of running for all of 2007. So here we are at March 13th and I already have 97 miles so far in 2008! I'll have over a hundred for sure after the duathlon in Opelousas this Sunday.

My record for mileage in a calendar year was 269 miles in 2004. Not bad considering I don't run all that much and only train up for certain runs, so it's definitely not a habit for me! However, this year I'm going to try to do at least a couple of runs each week, somewhere in the 3-mile range each time, and that'll increase for those certain runs during the year. At that rate I'll beat my 2004 record easily.

My old house will be occupied this weekend with our first renters! Wheee! We've done a lot to fix up the place lately and I keep spying things that should be done. But I'm at the point now where I'll fix up things later now that renters will be living there. The place is looking good, new carpet was put in earlier this week, the bug-guy is visiting on Friday, and I'll get some electrical stuff done next week.

Sorry I haven't posted anything lately. It's been busy but I'll try to do better. It's has been active around here but both Jonnene and I are having to deal with the new time change plus the soreness from our increasingly active lifestyles. Age might have something to do with it but I'm not buying that excuse...yet.