I'm ready for winter! Got everything put away, turned off, shut down and appropriately anti-freezed. I think I can risk a bit more time before I hook up the snowblower. And I probably forgot a few things, but after all, they're only things.
One small task I still have to do is clean my bike. You may recall my confession this past spring that last year it got put away dirty. I remember the shame, and promise not to let it happen again.
Once that's done I'm gonna start the important winter preparations, and those are the mental ones. I'll trigger that by putting away my shorts and most of my t-shirts, and then getting all my water running stuff to the front of the rack. I'll also get my winter bike set up on the trainer, as well as making the small adjustments necessary to simulate the changes I made a few weeks ago to my primary bike.
I kind of have the first of November in mind as the launching point for my next adventure. I will try to go into it with an open mind as if I'm starting from scratch. If 5 kms is all I can run, then so be it. That will simply be my starting point. After all....been there, done that. My resolve to do an Ironman next August 16 has not changed.
The other thing about Nov 1 is that by then I'll be able to get my TSH checked again, and hopefully get off these drugs.
So a couple more weeks of coasting and trying to relax, and then hopefully a new bout of enthusiasm. I suppose I get to decide that part eh....
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."---Albert Camus
Love
Peter
One small task I still have to do is clean my bike. You may recall my confession this past spring that last year it got put away dirty. I remember the shame, and promise not to let it happen again.
Once that's done I'm gonna start the important winter preparations, and those are the mental ones. I'll trigger that by putting away my shorts and most of my t-shirts, and then getting all my water running stuff to the front of the rack. I'll also get my winter bike set up on the trainer, as well as making the small adjustments necessary to simulate the changes I made a few weeks ago to my primary bike.
I kind of have the first of November in mind as the launching point for my next adventure. I will try to go into it with an open mind as if I'm starting from scratch. If 5 kms is all I can run, then so be it. That will simply be my starting point. After all....been there, done that. My resolve to do an Ironman next August 16 has not changed.
The other thing about Nov 1 is that by then I'll be able to get my TSH checked again, and hopefully get off these drugs.
So a couple more weeks of coasting and trying to relax, and then hopefully a new bout of enthusiasm. I suppose I get to decide that part eh....
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."---Albert Camus
Love
Peter
If you're going to be in the area and want a relaxing break from your winter duties, my bike, which I've decided not to replace right now, could use an overhaul, tune up, spruce up by a fanatic like yourself...just sayin'!
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