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Still at it... too boring to share...

Coral...almost matches the orange perfectly!
Still here folks, just haven't done anything noteworthy to share.  Work, go home, eat, exercise a bit or Zwift.  Fickle weather is keeping me inside after work during the week.  Vacation prep has kept me busy on the weekends.

I did sneak in a short ride to downtown and back on some neighborhood roads and the greenway (https://www.strava.com/activities/2252564550/overview).  I climbed the hill into Washington Park from Orange Ave... it's always been a bit of a grind, but more so now that I'm stuck in the saddle and trying to build my my strength.  According to Strava it's 4% climb for 0.25mile - I think that 4% is what hurts.  Ha.  Oh well, I've been through much worse.

I also got my road bike tuned up the other week.  It has snazzy new bar tape and new tires.  It appears ready to go...  I haven't put flat pedals on it yet, so it may make it's way back on the road around the anniversary of it's last ride.  Still entertaining the thought of Storming of Thunder Ridge (27 mi) on my crashiversary; but leaning more towards not doing it.  I may just go volunteer since Paula D. is so awesome and now suffering from her own brutal crash.  (5 ribs and a nasty gash on her forearm).  Yet another prime example of a helmet saving a life.

So yesterday, I put the front tire from my road bike on the back of my trainer bike and swapped out seats to see if I could one stop some of the noise from my trainer and two find a bit more comfort on the Zwift rides.  I don't know if it's my weight or if things are just different, but sometimes with the inability to stand and pedal the Zwift rides become brutal. I get frustrated and quit.

I don't know what exercise I will accomplish tonight tomorrow or Wednesday.  I'm leaving Thursday to go to Townsend and back to the campground I was staying at when I crashed.  No bikes are being invited on this vacation and I've been warned by my boss, my assoc. director and a few others to not take a 3 month "vacation" this time around.  Everyone is on the "don't do anything stupid Jen" bandwagon.  No worries - no bikes, though I do hope to explore on foot some.  We will see.  Of course they are calling for rain - this is tradition now.

Alright, can't keep blabbing, this is boring enough.  Later peeps!  Let me know if you're still reading.


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