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365 Day Photo Challenge 207/365 “Hot Hundred”

25 Saturday Jul 2015

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They picked the perfect name for this ride because it was truly a very hot day today.  The ride started at 7am sharp.  I arrived a little later than I had wanted too so I was toward the back of the pack when the ride started.  It didn’t take me long before I was riding with the lead riders.  Not for long though.  It was a fairly flat ride but my feet started giving me some problems because I don’t have the clets set up just right.  I will soon enough thogh.

All the ones that preregistered got a goody bag which included your bib ID plus all you see in this photo plus a tee shirt.  Not bad.

The ride started off pretty slow.  I guess 700 riders leaving out all at once can’t be too quick.  Once I made it toward the head of the pack I was able to reach speeds of around 19 and 20 mph.  It was constant peddling though.  No hills to go down only a few to go up toward the end of the ride.  The ride was rough as the roads are were in poor condition in places.  I ended up having a lose spoke just before the first rest stop.  I didn’t have my spoke wrench so I had to listen to it all the way back to the start/finish line.  I’ll fix that problem tomorrow after I get home from moving my son.

“Life Goes On”

365 Day Photo Challenge 206/365 “I’m ready”

24 Friday Jul 2015

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I took the time to give my bike a bath this afternoon.  I have a bike ride tomorrow morning so I decided that I’d clean her up a bit.  Once I got everything put back together I went ahead and got everything I’ll need together so I won’t be in a panic in the morning when I get out of bed. I’ll be leaving the house around 5:30 in the morning so I can pick up my ride packet. I’ll be riding 29 miles which isn’t much but that will get me home in time to grill some steaks that my son wants for his birthday dinner.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 202/365 “The Heat is Unbearable”

20 Monday Jul 2015

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As much as I hate the winter months I will never complain about the summer.  Although the last few days just have been really hot.  Yesterday I rode my bicycle and the heat index was around 110 degrees.  It really wasn’t that bad as long as I didn’t stop for too long.  Today the heat was just as bad.  Supposedly there will be some relief toward the end of the week.

Didn’t ride this evening like I wanted too but I did stick with my diet.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 201/365 “Caution! Work Week Ahead!”

19 Sunday Jul 2015

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Tomorrow’s Monday.  It was inevitable but I’m really not prepared for it to arrive so soon. It’s going to take me working eight weeks straight without taking off, excluding weekends, to make up for one week of vacation.  Doesn’t seem quite fair does it?  The way I look at it, the time I spent with my kids will be well worth the time that I’m going to have to work to recoup my time.

My vacation is officially over with and I’m already looking forward to next year when we will be going on my daughter’s senior trip.  It’s in the works and now that this years vacation is over with we can start getting serious with the planning.

On another note; I was able to ride a little over 25 miles this morning.  I was able to control my eating somewhat and hopefully I’ll be able to continue into next week.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 200/365 “Time to Get Serious”

18 Saturday Jul 2015

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It’s been said before but I’ve got to get serious with my weight loss.  My son graduates college in December and I have promised myself that I would be at least 25 pounds lighter, more if possible.  As with most people who diet all the time, I have the want to but the will power is a bit lacking.  I’ve already instructed my wife that I will be eating more healthy including more salads and less sweets.  It starts tomorrow.  I’ll post updates from time to time.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 191/365 “Can’t Get Here Soon Enough”

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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The sand between my toes, the sound of the waves crashing on the beach and watching my kids play in the serf, this is what I’m longing for and it won’t be too much longer.  We will be heading to the beach on Tuesday of next week and after a day like today, it can’t get here soon enough.  I’m even going to take my bicycle and do some riding along the coast while we’re there.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 188/365 “Change of Plans”

06 Monday Jul 2015

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I had every intention of getting home and taking a ride on the bicycle this evening but with everything else I tried to do today my plans got changed.  I’m moving my son out of one apartment into another in a couple of weeks and being that we’re going to be out of town all of next week I decided that today would be as good a day as any to unload the firewood from my open trailer.  But first, I had to get to the trailer.  It seems that over a period of a few months brush had overtaken the area so I had to cut them down.  Once that was done I noticed that the tire was flat on the trailer so I’ll be calling the tire shop to order some used tires. The area that I have for my firewood was also growed up so here I go again cutting down more brush.  After about two hours I finally got my trailer unloaded and the firewood stacked.  I really need to unload my truck tomorrow but I think I’ll take a ride on the bicycle tomorrow.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 187/365 “Did a Little Riding Today”

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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And I do mean little.  A little over 14 miles to be exact.  I road to a friends house which lives about 7 miles from me in another city and we had a small meeting.  After about 45 minutes or so I left and went to another friends house and stayed about the same amount of time.  I left there, got about half a mile up the road and then the bottom fell out.  Stormed all the way home.

I got new pedals, cleats and new shoes.  I’m not sure if I have the cleats set just right but so far I’m not having any issues.  I am having issues with clipping in on my left pedal.  I’m sure it will come with time but I had a lot of trouble and in the most inopportune time.  I stopped at a traffic light and unclipped.  After the light changed to green I had to start up this steep hill.  I never did get that left foot clipped in until after I got up that hill.  I was wore out.  I stopped a couple of times trying to practice but it seemed to do no good.  I can do if fine while stopped but while riding it’s another story.  Like I said, I’m sure it will come with time.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 186/365 “Happy 4th of July”

04 Saturday Jul 2015

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Happy 4th of July everyone!!  I spent the day smoking some ribs.  I waited until my kids got home from work to eat with them.  It’s the first time I’ve ever smoked any ribs and they turned out pretty good.  I still smell of smoke though.  Kids are already in bed getting some much needed rest so they can go back to work tomorrow.

Tomorrow my plan is to put my new pedals on my bike and get my cleats adjusted and take a short ride into the next town.  I need to have a meeting with a scout parent and this will give me an excuse to get on the bike. I’t been a messy weekend and it doesn’t look to promising tomorrow but I’ll ride rain or shine.

I hope your 4th was enjoyable and I hope you got to spend it with your families.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 185/365 “Good Day Off”

03 Friday Jul 2015

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Spent the day with my wife of 24 years today while on my day off from work.  I really needed this time alone with my wife.  We went out to lunch, just my wife and I.  My two daughters were at work and we left my son at home with his Netflix.  It’s the first time that my wife and I had a “date” in many years.  Everytime we go out on our anniversary we always end up taking the kids.  We always enjoy the company of our kids but there comes a time when you need alone time with just the wife.

We went to Olive Garden, my wife’s favorite restaurant.  After we ate we went to Lowes and I picked up a smoker so I can smoke some ribs tomorrow and then we went to the cycle shop and I picked up my new road shoes.

After arriving back at home, I put my smoker together, put the new cleats on my new road shoes and spent some quality time with the girls once they got home from work.  The girls showered, ate supper and went to bed.  Not too much quality time there but I’ll take what I can get these days.

As with the canoe’s pictured, life can get confusing sometimes and it may seem that it will take some time to get untangled.  My advice is to take your time, have fun, spend some time with your spouse and your kids.  To me that’s the most important part of life.