I forgot to mention earlier that I killed a Copperhead last night. I almost picked it up thinking it was a stick Colin left on the back porch. That would have been a bad move.......Luckily, I got to it before Colin toddled outside behind me. I shooed him back inside and grabbed that shovel to take out Mr. NoShoulders. The disembodied head still tried several times to strike at me, so I dug a small hole and buried his ass to fertilize my hostas plants.
"Get these mutherf'ing snakes out of my motherf'ing garden!!!"
Nice catch! I grew up in Daytona Beach Florida and was always trying to catch every animal in the yard (including rattle snakes). I definitely kept my parents busy!
Riding. I guess I'm too powerful:biggrin: I've slightly adapted my pedal stroke over the years and use a lot of hamstring and calf when I climb. I'm guessing the cold weather and steep climbs had somethiing to do with it. It's really odd.
Luna ride last night at a fun set of trails, nothing crazy, then beer and pizza. I didnt get home til almost 11, though. Huge group, maybe 20-30 peeps. Good times, im looking forward to next Wed. ride.
from what i'm gathering it seems to be raining a lot this year as well. although the temp isn't as cold. honestly...i prefer heat to cold. i'm not too worried about that aspect of living in Texas.
WOW...that is some scary sh*t right there. especially with a little one who has no idea. glad it turned out well. i hate snakes. that's the one thing that DOES frighten me about riding in the TX trails. (cue Loco for more stories to keep me from moving) :biggrin:
best thing you can do for that is something called "contrast bathing":
for 30 minutes alternate cold and heat pacs every 5 minutes, starting with cold and ending with cold. this will flood your muscle with nutrient rich blood which it needs to help recovery as well as ease the pain. the more times you can do this the better. and of course a good sports type massage would help greatly.
I'm a big fan of BJ's at lunch, well anytime really.
Not much to report from the evening. I did make it to spin class this morning, though I'm not sure I'll be doing that much more given that it is light enough to actually ride at the time class starts.
My wife ordered up the invitations for our kiddo's first birthday party, I can't believe it's almost been a year already.
well i wrapped the knees up and went for a ride this evening. it was GREAT. i got an email from a friend asking if i wanted to ride. i wasn't going to because of the knees but how could i refuse a request. i told him it had to be "casual" but his endurance is hurtin so it worked out well. and FINALLY i had someone to take a riding photo of me.
anyhow there were a couple of climbs that i was in the wrong gear and could feel a twinge in the knees but it's so much fun riding that i just pushed through it and kept going. i'll ice them tonight and hope i didn't do more harm than good.
it was fun to be in the trail at dusk. what a totally different experience. good ride!! I LOVE flyin down hills. i can only imagine how exciting it would be to ride REAL DH. maybe oneday.
Branford Supply Pond. it's a fun place to ride. some really fun descents like that and then there are some good technical spots too. i think there are about 5 marked trails and then there is one that isn't marked that is pretty cool with dips and logs and stuff that seems to go on forever.
anybody else surprised at how freakin COLD it's been in the mornings. i keep forgetting to close my windows from the day...this morning it was 68 in the house. :huh: texas weather can't come soon enough!!
68 is cold? That is really warm in our house. In winter our thermostat is set at 65 during the day and 58 at night. In summer we keep the a/c around 72. I would much rather have below freezing temps than 90+.
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