It's the week before the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride (STP) and things are GETTING SERIOUS. BudandKurt have naturally focused a ton of their training to the bike for the STP. One thing biking has to offer beyond being fun, challenging, and hurting your butt, is time consuming. We are still trying to get used to working full time while getting adequate sleep, so training has been challenging. Kurt has done a great job planning out time to get a good workout in. Bud....well I've been trying, but a change had to happen. My grandma's sisters just flew in this week from the south (I haven't seen them in 5-10 years), which is just perfect for a guy struggling with time. Fortunately, I just have to turn my head to the person working beside me on practically every avenue of life (Kurt) for inspiration. Learning that he did a 20 mile ride yesterday with an average of over 18 mph made me realize I have to do something different. Today was my first bike ride before 11 am since the last STP a year ago. I just went about 20 miles, but it was pretty amazing hearing cheery bikers say 'good morning' as they blaze by me and seeing the sun from the east for once. I stopped in a local airport to see a truck tow a seaplane to Lake Washington to prep its take-off. Here's pic of me half asleep by some old boats and a couple ducks :P. Overall, I could get used to the morning thing; Not so much because of the freezing temperature, but because of the feeling afterward (and the fact that if I don't continue to do this I'll keel over during the STP).
Feeling stronger and stronger, almost iron,
BudandKurt.
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