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365 Day Photo Challenge 237/365 “I Did as Promised”

23 Sunday Aug 2015

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I stated yesterday that come Hell or high water I was going to ride today. When I woke up it was storming here.  At first I believed that the ride wouldn’t happen.  But, as fate would have it, the skies cleared after lunch and I was able to get a little over 22 miles in.  This coming week the weather looks good for riding each day.  I know Friday evening is out due to a football game and Saturday morning is out due to having to take one of my daughters to a music class.

It really felt good to get out on the bicycle today.  It was a bit windy and I had a headwind for most of my ride.  I had several dogs that tried to attack me today and I have yet to understand why people allow their dogs to run loose in a community where there is a leash law.  I’m just wondering if one of these dogs cause me to have a wreck and it causes me bodily injury who is going to be responsible for my medical bills?  I would think it would be the dog owner but with today’s laws who knows?

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365 Day Photo Challenge 236/365 “I Ride Tomorrow”

22 Saturday Aug 2015

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Come Hell or high water I will ride tomorrow.  The only ride I got in this week was on Monday and that’s because either rain or other obligations got in the way.  Tomorrow is my day.  Nothing is going to stand in my way to get out and ride at least 25 miles.  It’s been a busy week and everything I’ve done I’ve done for others.  So, with that said, I’m riding for me tomorrow.

365 Day Photo Challenge 149/365 “The Great Cycle Challenge”

31 Sunday May 2015

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Tomorrow, June 1st, will be the start of my 500 mile challenge.  With an average of a little less than 17 miles a day, it will indeed be a challenge.  I do average more than 16 miles every time I go riding but I don’t go riding every day.  I also would like to make my goal of $1000 but I think I would make the 500 miles before I make the $1000.

Today was a good day.  I was able to get a 25 mile ride in.  It started out sunshine, then rain then sunshine again.  Typical Alabama weather. With tomorrow being 60% chance of rain I think we will get a decent amount.  We shall see.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 146/365 “Flooding in the Ham”

28 Thursday May 2015

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Another rainy day in Birmingham today. Had several areas in town had a little problem with flooding.  Nothing like out in Texas though. With all this rain today that meant that I didn’t get to ride any.  Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

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My twin daughters will be going into the 12th grade next year and they had their pictures done yesterday.  My wife was able to take them to their session.  There were several other seniors there at the same time along with their mom’s.  The wife told me last night that most of the other mom’s couldn’t handle the thought of their kids graduating and broke down and sobbed like babies.  My girls were glad that their mom held it together.  I for one am not looking forward to them being seniors but I’ve accepted the fact that there is nothing I can do about it.  They’re growing up on me.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 145/365 “Weather Day”

27 Wednesday May 2015

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On a normal afternoon during this time I would be on my bike getting some mileage in.  Unfortunately this is what is happening as I write.  I’ve ridden twice in the rain and both times it didn’t end well.  The first time I wrecked, popped my front tire and scraped the skin off my left arm and my right knee.  The second time was a little worse when I bent the rear rim, busted both tubes and spent several in the ER checking doing some xrays.  As you may have guessed I”m a little concerned when it comes to me riding in the rain.  My problem was going too fast in a turn and I got too close to the edge of the road while going down hill and over corrected.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll be able to get some saddle time in.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 104/365 “Liquid Sunshine”

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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Another night on the treadmill because it got kind of messy today.  It rained all day and the radar shows that more is on its’ way. I was hoping that the rain would let up by Saturday but as of right now it doesn’t look like it’s going to.  One report is that the rain will return on Saturday afternoon around 1pm.  If that’s the case I might be able to get my ride in before it hits. I’ve only ridden in the rain twice and both times it ended badly.

I’m really debating on whether or not to go on this ride Saturday.  I went yesterday and bought a rain jacket just in case I decide to go.  One thing I’ve got to consider is that it’s an over an hour just to get to the start of the ride.  If I’m going to go that distance I might as well at least attempt to ride and just take my time doing it.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 102/365 “More Treadmill Time”

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

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With the threat of rain I chose not to ride this evening.  It’s supposed to rain all week here in the deep south.  I’m trying to do some sort of exercise six days a week with one rest day.  So far it seems to be working out for me.  With the weather like it is I’m spending a lot of time on the treadmill.  If it’s pretty out I’ll hop on my bicycle and ride for a couple of hours.

This Saturday is the Old Howard, (http://howard.samford.edu/oldhoward/),  When I first started checking the weather a few weeks ago it show thunderstorms.  Then a few days ago it started showing up as partly cloudy.  Today when I checked it was 80% chance of rain and thunderstorms.  If the forecast still shows rain on Friday I will not be going.  I’ve ridden in the rain two times and both times I ended up in a ditch with a busted rim and bruised bones. Simply not taking the risk.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 94/365 “Another Rainy Day”

06 Monday Apr 2015

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I’ts rained just about all day today.  In fact, there’s a chance of rain all week this week with storms moving in on Friday.  Because of the rain, I got on the treadmill and did 2 miles this evening.  I’d rather have been on my bike.  In less than 2 weeks I have a 46 mile ride down in Marion Alabama and I’m not ready.  I believe that if the ride was today I could do it, it would be rough but I could do it.

Have a safe week everyone!!

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365 Day Photo Challenge 75/365 “I’m Getting There”

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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My goal is to do 20 miles every time I go out.  But right now it’s not realistic.  It gets too dark for me to safely ride before I can get the milage in.  I have a bright headlight and I have a red blinking light on the rear but I’m still concerned that someone will get too close to me.  Tomorrow it’s supposed to be raining so I guess I’ll have a night off.  In fact, it’s supposed to rain all the way into the weekend.  I guess if it’s raining I’ll get on the treadmill for a little while.

365 Day Photo Challenge 74/365 “No More Eye Doctor”

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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It’s not what I wanted to do but it got dark on me.  It felt good being out there on my bike and feeling the cool breeze.  If I’ve learned anything the last two days is that I am out of shape.  I’ve signed up for a 46 mile bike ride in less than a month and I’ll tell you, I’m not ready.

Tomorrow the rain returns and it’s supposed to rain until Saturday morning.  Should be nice on Sunday.  My plan is to ride 20 miles this weekend.  We shall see.

I went to my eye doctor this afternoon and I got a good report.  I don’t have to go back to see him for six months.  The best news is that I’m done having injections in my eyes.  Those were tough to deal with.

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