Heinz Trucking

Weighed myself this morning. Came in at 241 pounds. Then I went and did some chores at the church, then embarked on a 40 mile bike ride in the June sun. During and after the ride, I consumed ~ 1 gallon of liquids. Then I went to get a shower.

Before the shower, I weighed myself. Came in at 236 pounds.

Including the liquids I drank, that means that I lost 13 pounds of water during my bike ride.

Admittedly, some of that was lost through respiration, but still. That's a lot of sweat.

Inside: More about riding my bike but, fortunately, nothing else about sweating.

I've been trying to get out to Lancaster to ride ever since Sue and I spent the weekend there a few months ago. Every week, something comes up to make it impossible. Sometimes it was the weather. Usually it was a scheduling conflict, which was starting to make me quite cranky.

This week, though, was shaping up differently (I thought). Did a "I wonder where that road goes" ride on Sunday. Took Monday off and spent the day riding with my baby sister - who had just ridden her first century (she wanted me to go with her, but I bailed). We had a great ride, puttering along at low speeds and catching up on each other - we haven't actually had a real conversation in years - although I blew it when I promised her we'd stop at an ice cream parlor I knew of - I had just been there the week before, but this time we couldn't find it.

Shrug. It was still a great way to spend the day.

Anyway, about the Lancaster ride - I could spend paragraphs about how long I've been trying to get out there to ride and all the obstacles people have put in my way about getting an entire day by myself, but I won't - and I didn't get a whole day this time, either, but Sue helped out by taking my cooking chores for the day.

Overall, it was a spectacular day. Hot and sunny (I had to stop and buy sunblock from a mini-mart for $10 ($10!!!) bucks) but with enough wind to keep me from feeling it too much. I also got some nice pictures, although the cheap P&S I had brought actually corrupted some of the ones I took - I'm going to have to replace it.

But, most of the ones I got were nice. I even got one for Hulver.