Riding and Rambling

4 Sept Saturday  

8 sept Thursday

9 sept Friday 

12 Sept Monday

14 Sept Wednesday

Thursday 15 Sept

I sure am getting lazy about updating the blog.   BAH.
I also haven't done any lengthy rides recently....  Remodeling and "construction" take me unbelievable lengths of time.  I get involved, thinking I'm going to get something done in "a few days", and often weeks later I'm shocked how slow I am.  Tired and sore feet somehow seem to slow me down, requiring frequent rest breaks that often take more time that I actually spent doing something productive.  Old Age....
Hang On.

Currently I'm in the middle of rebuilding out "guest bathroom", which has taken all too long.  Thankfully 
Jacque isn't cracking the whip on me, though she certainly is entitled to.  Riding the trike for some of the pickup chores for tools etc. helps give me excuses to do the cardio exercise thing.  
Slaving on "projects" gets me wonderfully hot and sweaty but doesn't do much for "cardio" needs.
Occasionally I've wound up taking TWO showers in one day to slosh off the sweat and grime, even without a bike ride under the belt, so to speak.  September is bringing slightly cooler temperatures --
Which is a WONDERFUL thing, even if by only a few degrees.
I've had several queries about the trike recently, some with real intent to be interested in such a contraption.  One truck driver fellow outside our local Big Box Store was really interested until he realized it didn't have a motor of some kind.  SIGH
Hoping to take a longer more enjoyable ride - say up at the famed Katy Trail - sometime before cold weather sets in.  We'll see.  
Meanwhile, pedaling around town is still enjoyable....

Today's Ride Started: 10:57  AM           Ride Ended:  11:27 AM 
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.8  Ending Battery Voltage:  12.7
Lowest Temp: 72 F Highest Temp: 80 F
Beginning Blood Glucose:  200   Ending BG: 127
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  3.647

Overall Average Speed      Moving Avg       Max Speed
 7.1 MPH                             7.8 MPH           15.0  MPH
Total Trip(s) Time             Moving Time      Stopped Time
31 minutes                        28  minutes         3  minutes 

Huff & Puff

 Sept 1st GPS Trike Tracking 

Busy, busy, busy...
To avoid boredom I will neglect to try listing the projects I'm trying to finish.
Which are tiring enough, but not in a cardio - helpful way.
So I still try to pedal a few miles a few times a week.
What's "funny" about this effort is that I actually had MORE time to ride around with such
enjoyable exercise when I was NOT retired and was working fu  ll time.  Mostly because I pedaled back and forth to work:  A great excuse for daily riding.
I remark again how retirement has felt to me and many others:  It means MORE working for FREE than we used to do for PAY.  Oh Well....
Yesterday, for instance, I rode the trike across town to our local Big Box Store and noticed a Tree Trimmer busy whacking big limbs from  the customer's tree.  I stopped and asked them if they could find time to take a look at OUR yard full of too-tall trees.
The nice man said he'd try to drop by sometime and give us an estimate.
Lo and behold, as I was getting ready later in the day to get busy, the tree man rang the doorbell  vigorously and was ready to look at our jungle of wood.  As hard as it is to find service nowadays, I couldn't ask  him to "come back later", so he and I walked around the house as he gulped at the size and number of our trees.  I expected him to tell me a price guesstimate and leave, but he gave me the estimate - I told him it was acceptable - and he said he could start NOW.  Mercy.   Good Stuff.  So I put on grubbier clothes and helped his helper a bit as they whacked the tops and sides off a few house - threatening trees.
Of course that ate up most of the afternoon.
So thankfully I'd already done my "cardio" for the day before I got distracted.
But not getting any pre - planned work done.
Gotta sign off for now, the rain has slowed down a bit ;-)

Yesterday's Ride Started: 9:51 AM           Ride Ended:  10:52 AM 
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0  Ending Battery Voltage:  12.7
Lowest Temp: 72 F Highest Temp: 78 F
Beginning Blood Glucose:  170   Ending BG: 65
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  5.37
Overall Average Speed      Moving Avg       Max Speed
 5.7 MPH                             7.8 MPH           24.1  MPH
Total Trip(s) Time             Moving Time      Stopped Time
  1 hour 1 minute                  45  minutes         16  minutes