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Saturday, June 18, 2011

A BOTTLE IN FRONT OF ME IS BETTER THEN A TOTAL FRONTAL LOBOTOMY



.....drank a few beers too many last night, was at "All that Jazz" first one of the year, downtown, outside. So upon awakening this morning, I told all complaining body parts we were going to hit it hard today. Air was warm, heavy and humid. Rode a Metric in the Gravel, thought about a few thousand things, things to do, things I've done, and days gone by, and days ahead.  Rode until I had no more legs left, felt good, feel zapped.
I wrote Nick and Cup-O-Dirt and told him that was #11 for the year. The crew at Cup-O-Dirt have elevated me to a deity status, somehow I blew right past sainthood, and into deity, good grief!!!

Last year I had 32 Gravel Metrics in at this time. I'm glad I am not doing such this year. Gives me more freedom, like tomorrow to ride hilly pavement on my road bike. The feeling of freedom I think is a big part of why many of us are always bicycling as much as we can. We really can't fly on our own power, so flying on two wheels is a close 2nd to those feelings.

Stopped and took a picture of all this beef cooling down in the creek.

 Oh, and Happy Papa's day tomrrow to all the Papas out there. Raising kids has taught me everything I know about life. Raising kids as a single parent showed me more about myself, good and bad, then any other experience could have. Thank you Melissa, Joshua, and Caleb for being who you are.

8 comments:

Craig said...

11 metrics? I've got some catching up to do.

TrevorW�� said...

Your thoughts on the 'freedom' of cycling touches a chord with a lot of us....

-Trevor

tainterturtles said...

Glad you are back to metrics! Enjoy the miles.

Happy Father's Day Davie G....

Dan O said...

No matter what configuration - you put some serious mileage in.

Happy Father's Day!

dawn marie giegerich said...

Yes, single parenthood is a true awakening. There's no one else to blame it on. Well written.

Harry Legge's Cycling Blog said...

Props on the metrics.

Unknown said...

Great job on the metrics again! How is the body holding up (Shoulder and sorts)?

Have a great day and Happy Belated Father's Day

Steph said...

Freedom:)


Happy father's day to you!