About Me

I'm a bicycle rider. More to the truth I train on the bike to stay fit as I get older. I train to fight off the age. Diebedes, high blood pressure, trigeminal neuralgia, unwanted weight and the problems from that to. There is a host of other age related fun to. I let myself put on 110 pounds over about the last 12 years. Then the body just had enough. I was falling apart. So I started doing the only thing I knew how to do. Train on the bike. I was a competitive Cyclist from 1979 to about 1992. I gave it all up. Bad choice. In the end I would have been far better off on the bike. Oh well. The lessons continue. That's really the truth of it. The lessons continue. Everyday, every moment. Everything is connected all the time. Well, that's how I see the Universe for me. How you see it, is your business. Ah freedom of thought. I got married to a wonderful woman March 21st 2007. The love of my life. It's true! It took all these 58 years to get ready to love this one beautiful woman. A writer of poems. A writer of pros. So many people know her already.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Boldly Go


Back to the page after a few days off. I love to put the words down. It's been a bit on the busy side around here. I put Mary Anne on the plane for a non stop "RED EYE" to NY NY to film on the Hallmark Channel Network. Wow! She gets 7 mins to talk about her book. That's huge! If the producers like everything, she may get invited back to do more segments for this years taping. Go Mary Anne!
I get to take care of everything around here. The big dog that I am re-training. He still thinks he is a puppy at 130 pounds of muscle. He is a smart dog though and is coming around fast to the old school "sit and stay". I think he will be a good citizen in quick order. He is just to big and strong to be running around and pulling on his walks. Plus he makes guest uncomfortable sometimes. All in all, with the "sit stay" program he will be much easier to be around.
I get out on a ride today. That's news. I am having a lot of fun with the new gears on the Campy Compact Double. I'm doing hills today. All hills! Next week is the Mountains. 12,000' of climbing over 2 days. If I take a right turn on the first day it will make 16,000'. One extra pass. I'm thinking about it! I only get to do these mountains once and a while. These long climbs change me. I'm never the same after I have climbed them. I'm always stronger. It does something to my soul to. Single climbs that last over 1 1/2 hours one will last 2 1/2 hours. These are strait climbs, no flat sections at all! I love this stuff. You have to climb at a pace. No sprinting or you will just die. It takes discipline to climb these mountains. It take discipline for me at least. I'm getting all excited just writing about it. I'll take a camera and share some photos. Summit shots. If I can find anyone, a shot of me next to the summit road sign. Look out road here I come! The photo is of me the last time I climbed the McKenzie Pass, 3 days before it was closed for the winter, in the worst storm of the season. Wind and rain going side ways. Wow what a great day for an epic ride!!
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