Well, it has been a couple of months

It has been a few months since I last did some typing here, so here yah go . . .

Because I still can't run comfortably, I have been riding my bike like crazy. I average about 120 miles a week, 4 times a week, everyday but Monday. On Mondays I lug in 5 T-shirts, 5 pairs of underwear, a bunch of veggie burgers and cheese for lunch, oatmeal for breakfast, bananas and carrots for snacks. Life gets pretty simple when you break it down like that I guess. I ride in each morning, do some push ups, pull ups and core exercises hit the showers with Tan Man and the Zombie then head off to work. My rides home in the afternoon are nice and relaxing, I actually spend the same amount of time riding to work and back as I would on the metro, but I have a lot more freedom and it is much more relaxing.

I have a couple of bike rack buddies, we chat some in the morning and talk about routes and such. One of them talked me into doing a century last month - - the Civil War Battlefield Century Ride.

http://www.civilwarcentury.com/

Pretty cool ride, it started off just north of DC in Thurmont, Maryland , went through an area where there were a lot of smaller Civil War skirmishes around South Mountain, crossed the Appalachian Trail (I took the pictures below when I hiked the AT last year with Andrew; one of the rest stops was right across the road from the Civil War Correspondent's Memorial) wound through Antietam Battlefield, close to Sharpsburg, MD, then up north into Pennsylvania, through Gettysburg (riding right past the field that Pickett charged across, Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard and Devil's Den) very cool ride, outside of some of the big old hills. There were some fierce climbs, but for every fierce climb there is a good scream downhill. This was the first time I ever hit 45 mph on my bike, very exhilarating.





This morning I discovered a new route to and from work, cutting a few miles off of my route, down from 16 to 14, which takes about 10 minutes or so off my time. There is a little more traffic, but that is ok. I spotted a few other riders on the way in, so I figure it is good to go.

Fantasy Football update:

I have climbed out of last place and passed my niece, Sydney. She picked her team based off of the names and how they all rhymed, so I am not sure that is much brag about. I am also in a King of the Hill league with Wade, so maybe I can last longer than him in that one.

I have started to look for a house to buy in the area, I will let you know how that goes. I am looking for a nice place with a nice kitchen a few large rooms and a nice bathroom. It also has to have a larger backyard for Sam and Cheney to poop in. Cheney update: Her blanketectomy is catching up with her. My vet here thinks that her pancreas was probably damaged during one of her stomach operations, so she has been going through serous bouts of diarrhea and lost a lot of weight. A few tests and pills later she is back to normal Cheney poop, not quite as optimal as Sam's, but much easier to scoop up than before.