Yes, today is my Birthday and I have survived unscathed. I heard they closed the expressway in LA today. I hope it wasn't on my behalf. Misao was inspired by Master Chef to make me a cake from scratch. The whipped cream covers her attempts at writing Happy Birthday on the cake.
I made the Wednesday Night time trials this past week. A good one lap run of the race lap for next Saturday. Under an hour gives me confidence to race in Sport class. A lap people's fancy GPS systems have measured anywhere from 6.3 to 7.5 miles. Two laps for the Sport race should have me at the ski hill before the Elite racers start. Should be well off the course by then. have been feeling good recently; strong on the bike though my average speed is only about 7mph on the trails. Will ride near everyday and hit two laps next Wednesday before the big race. Then three days of rest, sobe noodles, oodles of noodles, the night before the race, some Gatorade and I should be in good shape to perform well.
WORS has redesigned their site (very nice) and I really enjoy Cycling News; I get their updates via facebook. Some controversy in Milwaukee over a half marathon they held for Summerfest. The director caught some heat but it is as always. If you're popular, part of the in crowd, anythings OK, if you're not, you never work again. And what about the BBC World Service covered music festivals some weeks back and not a word about Summerfest; the largest music festival in the world. What I really want to know is, what happened to Peter Day?
My parent's will take us out to Red Robin for lunch tomorrow. I have wanted to try their burgers for a while now. This robin is from the nest in our garage this year. Very friendly and eager to pose, his adult feathers still to fill in. The baby rabbits hardly give us notice when we come out. None of the lettuce I planted is coming up this year.
As we get out of our financial distress we have been able to afford more supplements. Fish oil being the big one that seems to have made the difference. Also not much fast food for the last five years might be helping some. Well over five years on the CPAP machine and I think my body is finally rebounding strong. Still need some medical tests I don't have money for, but I'll eventually get to that. Feeling good to be getting back into racing after nearly two years without participating in one. My weight is still too high, twenty pounds more than the last time I raced, but I feel stronger in some ways than before.
I have opted for contact lenses, as they are much cheaper than a new pair of eye glasses. Bought some $15 reading glasses for ...reading. They are much better for riding and I can now get some nice shades to protect my eyes and clear the glare. People seem to enjoy my latest book.
The fourth of July was another grill day. Burgers the general shape of the state of Texas were called Bubba Burgers. We road down to the Harley Davidson Museum where we had a good view of the fireworks. the fireworks feature on my camera didn't seem to work well, but the battery was very low. A small crowd made it all that much better. God Bless America.
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