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It's my daily exercise.

The weather here has sucked for several days (lots and lots of rain). So, I haven't triked since Wednesday. Today was supposed to be sunny. It wasn't, but at least it didn't rain.

I managed to get my 17.5 miles in under the perpetual gloom...

^ Yeah, I'm a crap swimmer. Can swim enough to prevent drowning but not enough to prevent embarrassment. I like to be on the water, not in it.

Cycled 7.4 k's, rowed 8.3 k's, walked 3 k's.

y'all put this old man to shame when I was young I could do those things you describe, but now all I can do is walk about the neighborhood "like I'm late for a meeting" [in the words of dr. Daniel Amen] and then ride my bikee recumbent up and down the hills in my corner of the woods, and today I mowed the lawn. that made me all sweaty like the out-of-shape person I am. but I do the walking and biking most days and I still am not in the shape I was when I was young. am recovering from a severe back ailment [popped lumbar disc, spondylolisthesis, sciatica, lumbar stenosis] that came to a head last summer and left me bed-ridden. I hope I can recover to where I was before. anyways, here's a pic of me ride-

nothing else bent beats it for riding on bumpy rutted country roads thank god for the suspension

^^^ That's pretty nice. I wish I had shocks on my trike.

Well, I did my usual 17.5 miles this morning, and despite much better weather, it was a fowl ride!

First, I encountered two wild mallards and a heron wade-fishing in a stream just north of downtown. Then I encountered about a dozen more domestic geese/ducks at a local pond. And finally, on my way down to the lake, I saw a HUGE flock of wild Canadian Geese...

As a non-fowl bonus, I did also see a young fawn crossing the trail in front of me down at the lake. At first, I thought it was a dog, but nope, it was a baby deer...

There's a HUGE herd of whitetails living in the area. I'm surprised they haven't had an urban archery hunt around here yet... (not that I relish the idea of hunters skulking around the park while I'm riding through...)

I alternate between stuff for my upper body mostly with two 20 lb. dumbbells with lower body exercises. For my upper body I do 3-4 sets of 10 Zottman curls, with two sets of 10 jori-like swings, with a set of jumping jacks. Also when no one is home I lift the couch in the house partially over my head, and proceed to some what bench press the couch. For my lower body I've a duffel bag full of cards, and I dead lift the duffel bag for four sets ten times to my waist.

Luckily I have a nice smooth paved trail system to ride on. So, I can get by without shocks for the most part. Although, if I could find some shocks for my seat mounts, I'd definitely invest in them!

I remember you posting about that wreck with the deer... Now I'm paranoid. There are TONS of urban deer in the parks around here!

So, I got up early and did my usual course this morning. It was nice and sunny. I was a bit disappointed in that I didn't see any herons fishing today, but there were a few other birds--They were about a third the size of a heron with long legs and beaks and brown/gray feathers...

Just back from a run beside the river, the surface was like a mirror, the song thrush was singing and the smell from the whitethorns in bloom made it a perfect run. So much better than a treadmill.

back from a busy walk about the neighborhood, a bit too cold and windy for biking.

Took an eight mile hike with one of my best friends today and brought my slackline across town to his place. Assuming my legs haven't gone completely numb in this beanbag chair, I'll get some balance training in too!

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