#cycleblt

It's been a few days so I thought I'd share my newest piece of news on the health and fitness front.

I think it was last Thursday that I reported the derailleur of my bicycle came off, jammed my chain and made my bicycle unrideable. I said then that I was through with Walmart bikes, that they have their place but I needed something more durable for the long run.

Today I got a ride to Tom Sawyer Bicycle Shop (check it out if you come to Wichita) and got the bicycle in the photo above. It might have cost a bit more than the discount store's offering, but it rides like a charm and, frankly, has put the fun back in biking for me. The temp today hit 97°F, but I was happy to be out in it if it meant getting in a 12 mile bike ride!

Today’s bicycle ride was pretty routine, to the bank and back. But I got in a couple extra miles the best way possuble.

After too damn log -- months, literally -- I finally made my way back to the gym!

I had planned this for Monday, but some excuse - OOPS, I meant reason - came up and I missed it. Today I was resolved nothing was gonna stop me. I finished getting change for the office and then biked over to the YMCA. Stran ge though it may seem, I had kept my membership up all those months I was absent, so I keyed in my member number and went to the weight room.

Serves me right for being absent so long. They bought a lot of new equipment and rearrange ti location of the ones I usually use. I found most of them and was able to get in a good weight training session while I was there. One thing I was surprised about: I was able to use most of the machines at only slightly less weight than I was setting them at the last time I was there.

Well, today was pay day at work. And for me, that means riding out to the nearest bicycle shop and getting a correct-fitting seat post for my bicycle!

This week was kind of lousy anyway. I got in some biking on monday, but then the next three days there was a string of no-shows at my work, so guess who had to cover their shifts? (Hint: Salaried employees don't get overtime.) So today, a co-worker with a shred of loyalty to the business comes in and I finally get an afternoon off.

After a trip to the bank (with the seat at "motocross" level) I make my way to Continental Cyclery and get the seat post put on at a decent level. And it wasn't too expensive, either.