Three Things Thursday

• Blizzard has close to 1,000 kilometers of road miles on him since March 1st.  He even has some trail miles too.  Last Saturday we did a 66K ride along back roads, trails and busy roadways.  I'm starting to be more confident riding with traffic, but trust me, I will never become complacent.  I'm considering taking the Can-Bike Program that is put on by Canadian Cycling Association, Transport Canada and the Ottawa Police Department.  Of course this will be something I will do after I finish putting the 20lbs of Sh*t into the 5lb bag.
  
  
• Speaking of stress, I'm just about at the point for saying the Fbomb with respect to submitting taxes.  After working all day on a computer, the last thing I want to do is go home and figure out CR's software program.  After completing over 43 submissions towards medical expenses from when I blew my meniscus and had pneumonia this past fall and winter, (yes, each invoice has to be done individually with date, amount, what it was for and who is was paid to), they said I had a small error, click here, so I did and it deducted OVER $300.00 from the total it said I was going to get back!  GRRRRRRRRRR.  So I dropped the Fbomb, turned off the computer, had a glass of wine and watched some mindless T.V.

• I forgot to mention that last Sunday I took a bike maintenance course, it sure looks easy when you know how.  Needless to say, I still don't know "how" and am dreading the day I get my first flat tire.  (I need a Man-Servant).  After the course we were to go on a nice Sunday ride with the group and enjoy the day.  Well, I'm not too sure if I was still tired from the 66K the previous day or whether the wind (which was blowing at 45K) bonked me out, but the group took off and dropped us.  When we finally kinda, sorta caught up with them, I yelled to them to just go ahead and not bother to wait for us.  After that pressure was taken off of us.  We had a perfect ride!!!

Life's fun if you don't weaken,

Lily

Three Things Thursday

Ever so slowly I'm working my way out of my slump, life goes on and there are new bright horizons, with the opportunity to make new memories.  Looking back is a good reminder of what you were and where you came from and how far you've come along, but looking forward is endless, a clean slate and new direction.

So..........

• Leave it long(ish)?

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  Go short?

• I've been getting a lot of cycling done, but what is with the wind?? Holy schnittzzzz, it has been incredibly windy.  Last Saturday we battled against 40K + winds, well, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. 

Life's fun if you don't weaken,

Lily

Three Things Thursday

Short and sweet:

• Hill training on a bike is HARDER than hill training while running.  With my cold still very much present, I sound like a porn star when I'm trying to breath and gorp is stringing from my nose.  Not a very nice visual nor audio, and even worse when cycling for the first time with someone you hardly know.
• Why is it when I look out the window and see trees blowing at 90 degree angles, I just don't want to go out on the bike?  The other day the wind was gusting at 60Kph and I was just about blown off the road.
• How come I'm not finding the time to blog lately? 

Life's fun if you don't weaken,

Lily