It continues...

My pledge to ride my bike everyday is already broken, but I needed a break as my bike/person interface is sore. I set myself up for success by getting my road bike to work to ride off stress up to three days per week at work. I enjoy riding at work when I don't have to spend 15 minutes putting on layers of clothes. This morning I was at 283 pounds and I hope to get down below 280 by Friday when I see the surgeon that did my ablation. The only chance for going off the wagon this time is because of my persistent arrhythmia that has come back after the ablation. Hopefully this is just a chance happening and everything is still healing.

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cd

It starts....part II

Last week I was over 300 at around #305. This moring I was at 284.6. I will ride every day this month and hopefully be down to around 270 by the end of July.

Happy Birthday America!

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cd

Trail Building in My Backyard

The past three years I have been riding in the field in the back over some paths that my father-in-law mows. Last night I grabbed a mower and started mowing paths for myself with some gnarly turns for mountain biking. There is no climbing, no rocks, and it's not very techie. It does however, give me a place to go anaerobic for short workouts and I don't have to take a phone with me. I will try to get it respectable by the end of the year with log piles, berms, and some actual single track sections. Right now it is about a half mile long and I don't think it could get much bigger. One half has lots of turning through pines and the other half is wide open with a half oval. I am going out tonight for the inaugural ride and look for other ways to build it up. I am a horrible technical rider and if I can build some skills slaloming and going over log piles maybe I could do some races again. I hope to have more work done this weekend and pictures up by next week.

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cd

Happy Father's Day!

Fathers day, a day set aside for everyone to appreciate dads. I got a card from Maddy today telling me she still loves me despite my broken finger. She loves that I make her excellent snacks and take her to get ice cream. It was the best card in the world.

Last year I wrote about my dad and how much I miss him. Today I am just gratefull to be a father to such beautiful kids and to share their lives with my beautiful wife. Maddy and Edison have so many of their mom's best qualities. They are sweet, kind, caring, funny, and they are all of this while still being high energy. They are truly a reflection of spending time with mom at home.

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cd

It can only get better

I haven't ridden a bike in over a month. Today I decided a man with five bikes has to ride at least one of them. I took the fisher with the new drive train and managed to ride the entire green circle today. It was painful, and I won't be able to walk tomorrow, but I have a baseline now and it can only get better.

I am in the same shape now as I was eight years ago when I started riding again, only eight years older and heavier. I have a follow up with my electrophysiologist in six weeks and I need to get in better shape.

The bones are healing and it doesn' hurt to sneeze anymore. The finger is still very sore and stiff, but I was told that could take years to get better.

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cd

Go time!

Monday I start my new fitness program. I've hired a coach with specific fitness and weight goals and an eating program too. I need to get healthy, and the structured program to get me there starts Monday. I am looking forward to it. By the end of the year I would like to be down to 225 lbs, a sustainable healthy weight for me. I am sure I could kick Hoenisch's ass in tennis at that weight.

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cd

I'm Done!

It feels good to be done with school. Last night I came home, played with the kids, grilled some chicken, had dinner, hung out with the family, and went to bed. Life as it should be lived. I would have gone out for a ride, but I wanted to stay with the family and I am still very sore from a harder than expected trip around the green circle on Sunday. Tonight I will go tool around in my backyard half mile track and burn the rest of the carbon out that has been accumulating in my lungs the last two years. Lost a few pounds so far, goal of 30 for the summer. It should be attainable without much dieting, just a lot of riding, lifting, and kayaking.

peace

cd