Claudette and I were watching the Rick Mercer show last night (he's a funny guy) and he was interviewing the lady who sings the above mentioned song. "Who is that anyway?", we said to each other. A little Internet research and we found out that her name is Leslie Feist, and that she won 5 Juno awards last year including single of the year for that particular song. I guess we're just not very up on things. But it is a very cool little ditty.
Anyway, enough trivia.
I did my long ride today and I think it was ok. Early on I was very worried, to the point that I almost decided to cancel and try again tomorrow. I had 3 hard days in a row and I just didn't seem to have any energy today. But somehow, and for some reason I kept at it and ended up with 128 kms at 31 kms/hr, and in actual fact stayed strong throughout. I then did the 4.5 km run loop in 22:13. All in all a decent workout, it's just so hard to decide sometimes if I'm doing the right things and/or if I'm truly making any progress. You're supposed to listen to your body, but my body constantly tells me that I'm tired and that I should lie down somewhere.
For some reason while out riding I had a flashback to a time 35 years ago....or maybe even a little more. Me and my wrestling buddy Dave, had decided to ride our bikes to vancouver as a summer vacation challenge. We did the math and figured that at about 100 miles per day, we could make it out there and back in time for school again in september. Of course we were going to carry packs and live cheap since we didn't have any money. Think about it! We seriously thought that we could ride our Canadian Tire 10 speeds 160 kms/day , across prairies and over mountains for aprroximately 60 consecutive days...lol! Thank god we never had the ambition to get started. We did end up going. By car on the way out, and by thumb and by train on the way back. It was still an excellent adventure. By the way, I have a 10 speed bike again, except now when they refer to "10 speed" it literally means twice as many gears as my Can. Tire bike had. There are actually 10 cogs on the back wheel instead if 5.
Anyway. my body may be tired but as the old expression goes "no rest for the wicked". Peter and I did some crosstraining this afternoon. We're digging out the basement at the farmhouse.
I drove the tractor and acted as general foreman. It's a seniority thing! Besides that boy can work!
I wish to dedicate day 262 to my old friend Dave Avery. I hope he's well and riding his bike as much as I am.
...on summer vacations...
“It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their lives."---Patricia Fripp
...and on digging...
“Follow the rule of holes; if you are in one, stop digging."---Dennis Healy
love
peter
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