Motivation

I never intended this blog to turn into a cycling journal but I am going to use it keep myself motivated over the next few months.  I started riding in 2006.  This year has by far been my worst year about putting time in on the bike.  I haven't had any motivation.  I made a lot of excuses for why I wasn't riding.  In the spring my allergies were so bad and spending time outside made me feel horrible.  Then the heat of the summer came and gave me even more reason to stay off the bike.  August is almost here and if I don't watch it I will have wasted an entire season of riding.  This is likely the last year I will even have the freedom to go out and ride whenever I want.  Just after the first of the year there will be a tiny human demanding (and getting) all of my attention.  As the air starts to warm up next spring I will not be out pedaling the miles away.  That is for sure.

Happy 6th of July

I hope everybody had a great holiday weekend.  We had a good time here in Arkansas.  We normally make the trip up to Indiana for the long weekend, but this year we went in June and stayed home for the 4th. We're glad we stuck around cause we had some friends come into town and stay with us for the weekend.  Candace and Dave are about two of the nicest people I have ever met and it was really good to visit with them.  We hadn't seen them since they moved to Tennessee well over a year ago.  We didn't do anything too exciting... just a lot of eating and hanging out.

The Heat Is On

This past week has been a hot one here in Arkansas.  I definitely haven't been spending much time outside lately.   Thursday I mowed the lawn.  There was a storm a brewin'  which cooled it off quite a bit.  Don't get me wrong, it was still hot.  It doesn't take me very long to mow our grass, but it was by far the most time I had spent outside in over a week.

Lately I have been sitting in the AC and watching a lot of sports.  We have the world cup going on, last week was the NBA finals and the US Open golf tournament.  Now Wimbledon has started up, and next week will be the first stage of the Tour de France.  For some strange reason I feel the need to follow all major sporting events.  It isn't even that I necessarily enjoy watching it.  I didn't watch any NBA games all season, but I felt compelled to watch the finals.  I have never played, nor expressed an interest in soccer my entire life.  However, I am checking on world cup standings and looking forward to when matches are on in time-slots I can watch.