I made it a week today

So this morning was one solid week in the gym. Got the whole work up with the personal trainer and a good plan so far to start working on a solid 3 month plan.

First its all about working on leg strength to trying to work out the horrible imbalance. I found out last year injury is sill very much with me. I can press 3 times as much with my left leg over the right. She said that is a huge imbalance and effects every aspect of my riding. Then the next thing, this maybe a shocker, core development with high repetition not strength. She said I have plenty of core strength but I am carrying a few extra pounds. I asked if she needed schooling to tell me that. She did tell is was 30 pound over weight and my bmi was 22 and that is a good sign that the weight should come off. All things to work on this winter. I am 100% committed to this plan to be successful for the race season and just getting healthy again. Well one last night tonight of eating and drinking whatever. Friday I start a eating journal, nothing to crazy just what and how much. No more 5 egg omelets with ham bacon and cheese. Hope everyone has a great and safe New Year in 2009

goodbye dimension

Well the old Dell desktop died after 7 years. So I went only line and got a new one today with all the bells and whistles and yes with the Microsoft Mojave project.

The Christmas hangover

Well its all over except taking out the trashing and taking care of the pile of boxes that need breaking down. We really scaled back this year, not because the next Apocalypse is on the horizon but because we just got rid of a ton of toys. We took a truck load of toys to goodwill and one to the local shelter in Elkhorn and they still have plenty to play with. We did break down and get Wii for the kids this year. We had both sets of grandparents over last night for Wii Sports and carnival games and it was a blast. We also got the Rapala fishing game and a Cars racing game and Mario Cart and Crazy golf and one other I can't remember. Shelly got a shinny new Yamaha Guitar to learn to play. Its a really trip trying to buy music equipment from a store that hires all the anti social high school band kids to work. I hate to say it but I didn't get one bike thing this year, not a one. I did get a new treestand and a new ice augur and some clothing of course plus a few other things. Hope everyone had a safe and happy holidays.

Just like big foot

I think I found Bubba. Last night they gave a quick preview of the next season of Biggest Loser. I think I seen him. That would explain his absence.

Ice cream buckets

Baked all day to fill 9 buckets full of:
Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Kisses
Oatmeal with Butterscotch Chips cookies
Oatmeal with Hersey chunks cookies
Frosted Sugar Cookies

That is what keeps a Clyde happy till the New Year

driving around

So today I started my voyage with plenty of stops ahead of me and the first one was in Hales Corners. Then I stopped in Caledonia before heading further south to Kenosha then over to Lake Geneva then back north to Spring Prairie for a short visit. I jumped back in the car and headed west over to East Troy and then a quick stop in Palmyra and it was time for lunch. For the first time I took Hwy E from Palmyra to Summit for another stop.( this road will be added to my long ride nice long big hills)Then I took one left turn on Hwy E to Johnson Creek. I took the back roads the whole way out to the Creek today, no freeways.

Here are a couple of things you notice on back country roads.

Thank a hunter because their license money has brought back the turkey like you can't imagine. It seems bails of hay are still the best way to insulate the outer walls of your home. A foot of snow makes every ones yard seem more peaceful, even the junk yard on hwy 20. You can see the deer tracks on the edges of every field. Lots of folks are snowmobiling even though the trail closed signs are still out. Some of the lakes have ice thick enough to fish on already. Every town has a bar open before lunch time and a gas station that sells beer. Seen two peasants and the dead sheep was still in the field and had a few crows pecking at it. Yes a dead sheep. Last week we stopped at a cell site fiber regeneration hut and talked to the farmer whose land it is on, wolves killed one of his sheep. The DNR confirmed the kill and he filled out some paper work and the State will reimburse him for his loss. Yes, two wolves in Concord, Wisconsin killed a sheep. That's about 15 miles east of Johnson Creek on Hwy E. I am not sure the fact that their is a known wolf pack 20 miles from Waukesha is an eye opener to anyone but it is to me. That pack will double in size every year with the amount of food in this part of the state. Guard your dogs and small children. The farmer was told two of the wolves have collars on and they traveled down from the portage area 3 years ago and established the pack west of Oconomowoc but has since moved west and south.

I grabbed a Carmel apple at the Pine Cone and headed back towards home. Oh, I was checking the temperatures in all the building to see if the heaters were working. Somebody has to do it.

goals for March

http://www.midwestfattireseries.com/

its falling

Wow the sky is falling all of the sudden. I woke up to heavy rain, now I cant see across the street. I hope the jag offs cancel school midday so see can all suffer all the way home again.

enough already

Have you ever thrown up so much that you need to start taking ibuprofen for the sore back muscles. This is starting to really suck. On Friday I thought I was done with this, I guess not and now Cole has a fever and feel nauseous. Great

uuuhhhhhhhhhhhg

Well it appears the crud is going around. It‘s my turn this week it seems like, it a hell of a way to take off some of the thanksgiving extras I put on. On the home front it is go time on the play for Shelly and the kids. They did a full run through on Wednesday night and did two performances today for the high school. They all have dual rolls in the 2008 production of The Nutcracker by the Mukwonago players. Josh is a toy soldier and the North wind and Cole is a Mouse and the North Wind. Sounds like my bike frame has made it to the project one painters booth and should be completed shortly. I can’t wait to slap it all back together. First family Christmas party of the year this weekend I hope I feel a little better. I guess that why god lets fruit rot or should a say let corn turn into mash and boil.