Jan 20 - oh the pain

What muscles do you work skiing ? What muscles do you work sitting in a car ? Well, it appears that they are not the same muscles, or at least in the same combinations, as cycling. This was probably the hardest first ride that I've had ... perhaps I'm getting older ?

Anyway, it's over. The first day out is always the hardest. I now have to get some more rides in before February 6th, which is my first Brevet. It's "only" a 300k.

What else did I do yesterday ? Relatively nothing. Sandy did housecleaning. I'll help today by doing the vacuuming, which is hard on her back. It's a small house and doesn't take long. I did go grocery shopping first thing in the morning but didn't get out on my bike until noon. The plan was to leave earlier but I was catching up with Linda Wilder, who called around 11am and then Frank Tetz who called just as I was about to leave.

David & Kim & Meagan went to Busch Gardens yesterday. I didn't get a report-back at the end of the day but I'm assuming that they had a good time. The weather would have been even warmer than here on the coast. Speaking of which, it hovered in the mid-60's here but was warmer on the mainland. The wind was light, thank goodness, from the south, so I rode down to Merritt Island.

It's semi cloudy out right now, supposed to hit 80F with thunderstorms in the area. I'd check the Doppler but it doesn't seem to be responding right now.

That's it ...

Onward !