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Mid-winter update 02-07-2009

Photo by Playingwithbrushes There’s been a break in the cold here in northeast Kansas, but I haven’t had time to get out on the bike yet.  That might change this afternoon–my wife has asked me to get her bike out and air up the tires today, because we’re […]

Merry Christmas, everyone 12-19-2008

Another “before & after” 11-25-2008

My lovely wife and I went on a ride in early October, and before we left, she snapped a photo of me that was similar to a photo she took back in May.  On days when I’m feeling discouraged, these pictures really help. The shot on the left is from May 19, 2008; the […]

Gorgeous November ride 11-02-2008

It was a bright, sunny, warm day yesterday (70 degrees or warmer), with very little wind, and it was November 1.  This is crazy.  So my lovely wife and I decided to get out and go for a ride in the afternoon.  We took the 14-miles “scenic river route” that […]

A “before & after” 10-20-2008

This has little or nothing to do with biking, for which I apologize profusely in advance, but it does have to do with my weight loss, which is partly due to my biking, so I’m going to toss this in here anyway.  I am now down to about 235 pounds (give or take the two- […]

Eating to live 10-10-2008

Photo by j_bary My wife took the day off today, so in a few minutes we’re heading out for a longer ride—maybe 20+ miles, depending on how much time we have.  I’m looking forward to it, because it’s a beautiful day, sunny and warm, but not too warm.  […]

What a difference 65 pounds makes 10-05-2008

I took a short (6 miles) ride with my lovely wife this afternoon—it was a beautiful day, even with a stiff wind from the south, and she wanted to get outside, so off we went.  I wanted to get back in time to get a little fishing in, so we rode north about three miles, […]

22 cans of Crisco missing… 10-02-2008

Crisco comes in 3 lb. cans (photo by VirtualErn) I’ve lost 65 pounds, as of today.  After I’ve lost one more pound, I will have lost an amount of weight equal to twenty-two 3 lb. cans of Crisco.  When I visualize what that stack of cans of pure vegetable shortening […]

Two more milestones reached 08-30-2008

There’s this big hill on a nearby street that I’ve attempted few times on my bike, but prior to today I had always had to get off the bike and walk up the hill–it was too long and too steep.  Today I did it.  It’s been a month or more since I last […]

Beautiful ride 08-11-2008

This evening my lovely wife and I went on a long (for me) ride of 21.3 miles.  The weather was perfect—sunny, around 85 degrees when we left around 5:15pm, with a light breeze from the north.  We chose a nice route north of town that wanders past a private fishing […]