Jesus built your ranch house

"Training" began in earnest yesterday.  In the loosest of sense.

Doubled my junk miles on the way to work, and by stopping at Bike Source for new tarck bike tires and the grocery store for beer, I pretty much doubled my homeward bound junk miles as well.

Allow me for a second to go on a Steve Tilford tangent.

The economy must be doing pretty well.  I pass through some really nice Charlotte neighborhoods on my extended route.  It's been quite a few years since I've seen so many old houses being torn down to make room for more McMansions.  That and expansions up and out on existing homes.  Good for them.  Jesus loves your big house and hopes you have a spare bedroom for him in case he comes to visit.

Sorry.  Steve woulda never dragged Jesus into the discussion.

Anyways... "training."

Not exactly as planned, but here it is.  I meant to up the gearing on the tarck bike by one tooth, but due to my extreme laziness, I decided to wait until my tires were here so I'd only have to take the rear wheel off once.  I'd also planned on resuming upper body work some time ago...

I know.

Yeah, I do "upper body work."  Something tantamount to Dancersice... which I think is called P90X now.  I've attempted to get it going again a few times, but then my back protests, and then I rethink my thoughts.

Other than bike riding, all "training" is off the table until I'm 100%, although I'll probably start up when I'm 90% because that's the best one can hope for at 46 years old.

At least I can ride.  There are two things right now that feel good, and being on my bike is one of them.  The other is taking a shower, but unfortunately, I can't stay in there all day.  Every time someone says "maybe your back would get better if you would take a break from riding" doesn't get that it's the one active thing I can do relatively pain free (and that I have to do it to earn a living).

"Relatively," because punchy efforts don't work out so well.  But sustained steady efforts?  Bueno.  Even better than sitting here typing... which is also a problem.

Blah, blah, blah.

When did I stop writing a bike blog and start a back pain journal?

Sigh.

I'm gonna ride a bike this weekend whenever and wherever the rain lets me... because