2 a days

alright, long time no post.

The holidays have been cruel. Not enough time to ride and way too much crap around the house to eat. I got on the Wii fit scale yesterday for the first time in 31 days and it said I had gained 7.9 pounds. Ouch! That seems a lot for a month, maybe it was the time of day (I hope).

Not too long ago I was a fat guy. Then two years ago I started biking. After a year and a half I was down 50 lbs. I am tall with a smallish frame so I was always a skinny fat guy. Then I transformed into a fat skinny guy. The goal for the upcoming year is to be a skinny skinny guy, ie. fast on the bike.

So 2 things need to happen for the new Year:

1. quit eating so much crap
2. more pedaling of the bike

I got a head start on #2 Sunday. I started by joining the group from the local bike shop for the 8:30 am road. Last year I did this ride almost every week, but this year I have been distracted by mountain biking. Riding there and back gave me 47 miles.

We had rolled back into the bike shop parking lot at about 10:45 and my phone rang. It was JE wanting to go mountain biking at 12. So pedal home, quick shower, load a second set of bike clothes for the day in my gear bag (the wife will love this), quick bite to eat and off again.

We went down the one of the nearby military bases where someone had left a visitors pass for us to get on base. The trails there are very rooty and eroded which adds to the challenge on the hills. Got in a good 3 hrs and I was cooked for the day.

After all that biking I finally felt like I deserved a few xmas cookies, and a piece of chocolate cake....I will have to start working on #1 next year!