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26 Jan |
A better ending to a not so good week Cycling, Day to Day Life
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Although Sunday started out nice, the rest of the week did not fair as well.
On top of the seemingly relentless rain and cold, which only allowed me to get out on the road Wednesday of this week (Monday and Friday I did spinning classes), hassles at work due to unreasonable customer requirements, and a long time friend and tandem/triple riding partner passing away yesterday, I would not call this a particularly good week.
But even in the midst of a hurricane, if you so happen to be in the eye, there always seems to be that one glimmer of optimism to be found [even for the consummate contrarian/pessimist that I am]. And today was such a day.
If you’ve read my “Current Mood” plug-in on the right, you’ll note this day didn’t start out that good either, but after forcing myself out on the bike (something that often perks me up) things started to turn around.
First off, Rene and Amy (part of the old gang) were on the ride today. That doesn’t happen too often anymore, as Amy moved up north, and it’s hard to get Rene motivated, to ride 17 miles south, when she’s not around. But since Amy had a race tomorrow in LA, she made the 400 mile trip yesterday.
The ride was also relatively tame today (I guess no one wanted to push too hard since a lot of the guys were also racing tomorrow), enabling me to sit in with the first group. Something else that doesn’t happen too often anymore.
Afterwards, we headed off for coffee and tea, and talked about all the goings on, and even reminiscing about the “good ole days”.
All that would have been enough, but what really made the day was the view of the mountains as we rode home.
Although the picture from my bathroom window doesn’t do the view justice [I gotta start carrying a camera with me when I ride], it’s amazing for me when I think, while I live only 4 miles from the ocean, I can still look out my upstairs bathroom window, or walk about a mile to get an even more spectacular view, and see the snow covered mountains of Mount Baldy and Wilson.
I guess that’s just one more reason making living in southern California so great, and it did manage to cap off the end of an otherwise bad week on a good note.
Tags: Cycling, emotions, friends
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9 Jan |
I hate winter! Cycling, Day to Day Life
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Here it is Wednesday morning, the sky is totally overcast and the temperature is about 45°F. It was 42°F when I got up, so I didn’t go for my usual Wednesday ride with the club.
The ride leaves at 7 AM from the marina, which means I have to leave the house by 6:45 AM to get there in time. On days like this that’s just too early, considering the sun (when it decides to get up) doesn’t even rise until 6:58 AM.
So here I sit, contemplating riding on my own, trying to motivate myself. I don’t want to wait too long, because the wind
picks up as the day goes on (and I don’t like the wind), but I do want to wait till it warms up some.
One thing I do know, it’s way too easy sitting here doing absolutely nothing, and the longer I do that, the more likely I’ll end up doing absolutely nothing.
I just don’t know, maybe I’ll go to the gym and do a spinning class. There’s one at 9 AM.
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4 Jan |
I seem to be on a roll lately Cycling, Day to Day Life
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posting on what seems to be an almost daily basis.
Not sure exactly why that is, especially after threatening to stop posting all together back in September, but oh well, here’s goes my 3rd post of the year, and it’s only the 4th of January. I just hope I’m not boring too many people.
It’s on days like this, when it’s raining, or threatening rain, or I don’t plan on riding, or doing much of anything at all, I like to go over who’s visiting my blog. I don’t get names, or personal information, but I do learn where everyone is from, and how they came to visit my site.
I was surprised when I reviewed the stats from the last few days, not because of where visitors were from (85% US, 5% the UK, and the balance from Canada, Germany, China, Romania etc.), but because of how they came to visit my site.
It seems about half the visitors stumbled across my site through the Huntington Beach Blog, which linked one of their posts on the happenings on New Years day in Huntington Beach, to my story on the annual New Years day bike ride.
That surprised me, because I can’t figure out how the publisher of the Huntington Beach Blog, came across my site.
And what I’m even more curious about is how many of those people, who accessed the story, were on the ride, and how many may actually know me?