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.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

I love the birds



Not the 60s music group. I can still hear the songs and rhythm. No not those guys. It's the local bird population. We started to feed the little birds as the winter is tough on them. We have a feeding station near a back fence. Not to close to the house at all. We see the little friends real well from the family room and family dinning area. It's fun to watch as the little birds eat the sunflower seeds. Fun till you look down and see the RATS eating on the ground. Big rats! No poisons, no traps. Both will kill the birds and any dogs or cats in the area. We are not in for that. So for the first time in a bit I pulled the pellet rifle out from storage. I did a little cleaning and shot a few rounds off in the garage on a thick moving pad covered with a news paper. It works great. I'll sight the scope in tomorrow. Dead rats ASAP. Mary Anne is willing to take a shot or 2. We'll get the rats. Rats are a problem on this Island. You just have to deal with what has to be done. Kill the rats!
Oh that was fun. Now for the ride. It was wild turkey day. Yes the turkey's feel safe enough to come out. Twice today on a 40 mile ride I saw the same family group. One huge male and 2 smaller hens. Just striking animals. I'll try to get a photo up. My ride was a fast 40 miles. With all the hills it was under 3 hours. Push was the name of the day. 71" gear almost all the ride. Up hills to. That is not a huge gear but, I pushed the RPM so the speed was good. This was the first real hard push on some bigger gears in a bit. The heart rate was up to. 159 BPM is 85% to 90% rate for this old guy. On a few of the longer climbs the gears was 61" and 57" to just push over the steep grades. Normal in a more moderate gear is 44" and at more of a moderate heart rate to. 65% heart rate is 125 BPM give or take. This lower work out heart rate builds up power and endurance. So to push in the 90% heart rate is only once and a while this time of year for me. It was a great work out. I loved seeing the turkey's twice.
Also David at the local bike shop, Half Link, is now moved into his new larger shop. The place looks great. He looks very happy. Mary Anne bought me 2 of the new stainless steel water bottles. Just throw them in the dish washer and they are super clean. David at 1/2 link ordered some new non metal bottle holders for the bike. These SS bottles are a big up grade from plastic. Oh they weigh the same as plastic to! Plastic that hold odor and micro bugs. So I am real thankful Mary Anne knew about them and David at 1/2 link had them. Can't wait to try them out. Next ride will be a bit longer, 50+ miles.
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