Month: August 2022

Beautiful Weekend. Didn’t ride

It’s a little bit ironic. I’d lubed up the bike, laid out the kit, made time in the schedule. And I didn’t get in a single mile outside. Yet I’m still joyous over the weekend.

Let’s begin on Friday. I thought the day was going to be short-ish, and that I’d be out of the office by about 2. But, finally had a really productive meeting with one of my teams, and ended up pushing through til 4. And, so rather than standing my wife up for supper, I did a quick run, a quick asana, and jumped in the ocean on Friday.

Saturday, I slept in (Friday was a really good night), and started rebuilding the boat rack in the backyard; then spent the afternoon floating in the Mystic River for FloatElla. Music and beers with some other friends about to be college empty-nesters, and life is all sorts of good.

Today, finished up the kayak rack (It’s <chef’s kiss>), actually took parts I didn’t use back to the hardware store, got the convertible washed, picked up fish for supper, and cleaned the rubble out of the back yard. By the time I was done, it was almost 5, so I sat on Zwift and watched She-Hulk #2. Felt good.

So, beautiful summer weekend, but I didn’t actually get any miles in on the bike. Part of me is really going to regret this in January, but most of me is going to be happy every day when I leave for work and the back yard isn’t a mess.

Dog Days

Boy, has it been a summer. Graduation, lots of family visitors, vacations, new colleges, and soon to be an empty nest. No injuries, thankfully, and I’ve actually been running reliably again without a ton of pain.

The bike has really been my joy, as usual – Southeast New England is probably one of the best places on the planet to ride. Not enough mountains to really turn out phenomenal riders, but enough great terrain to put lots of people on bikes.

Today’s ride wasn’t anything special – just wanted to try out a new pair of shoes and actually put some sweat out. It’s been a busy week at work, with Monday having been off dropping a kid at school, and with the end of the fiscal year rapidly approaching. But it was a ride, it happened, and it was good.

I suppose I should have gotten out earlier, but it the Vuelta was on, I’d had a beer or two too many, and Mrs. Jank and oldest kid wanted to go stroll with the dog, so that was out. Oldest kid and I also spent some quality time running errands – really looking forward to him graduating college in December and the future ahead of him; but spending some time with him now is a gift.

So, I headed out in the heat of the day, about the time that people started heading into town for supper. So, traffic was a little bit heavier than I’d like, and the legs were leaden after about a week off. But the ride got done.

The bees buzzed,, the breeze blew, and the sun beat down on my ears. Miles rolled by under my wheels, the new shoes were great, and there’s corn and steak on the grill, a great bottle of wine waiting, and all is good.