Great Lakes - You didn't ride today, sooo, what did you do?

Thought this would be a fun thread to see what occupies our time when the weather, or life just doesn't cooperate!!

- well, i don't live up in your neck of the woods, but i watched th 2007 Ford Ironman from the comfort of a lawn chair in the front of the house (it was hot outside!)...

:-)

(winning time for 1.2mi swim, 56mi bike ride, 13.1mi run was 3:42 by USA's Mike Potts)

pic of bike ride leader:

Went out to the farm and started building a new entry door for the barn, winterized the new (ancient) Tractor.

Helped to run a corporate Management Retreat :rolleyes:, and went to see a production of Annie (don't ask).

Good day.

i ran the gobbler hobbler 10k and did it 2:42 faster then last year. for the metric impaired that is 6.2 miles of running in 47:17, which lends a 7:37 per mile pace. i think i had more to give in the middle miles, but i am still learning this running thing.

then i ate at red robin, watched bourne indentity and drank beers.

later.

Went for a hike after work this morning at 8am, then caught up on lost sleep.

Movies watched this week from Netflicks (click on titles):

Vive Le Tour (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056662/) - shortish French film about the 1961 or '62 Tour de France with Rik Van Looy, Federico Bahamontes and Jacques Anquetil. Excellent footage with those tough old buggers in wool jerseys and shorts. English subtitles and HIGHLY recommended!!

Red Light Go (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360920/) = Documentary about life as a bike messenger in New York City. Including their 'Alley Cat' racing in the city. NO BRAKES! Full of interviews and really gives a nice perspective on what it's like. THose guys are nuts! Again HIGHLY recommended!!

:D

I've been doing side jobs for cash, and eating a lot of bacon to celebrate my low cholesterol. It's been a pretty lazy week...think I'll go for a ride right now! ...ok after my nap;)

Finished loading my Estabrook Park Cyclocross pics to PHotobucket. <LINK (http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/ESTABROOK%20PARK%202007/)>

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The order is backwards (Edit: fixed. Order is correct)

weather went bad this morning sooo, cleaned the basement, it really needed it too! Went to the local backpacking shop and got some warm stuff for the coming winter and a new ski rake for the car.

Organized all my ride maps and put my home bike shop in order, have some projects for the winter to do.

The real bummer is I have tommorrow off and the weather looks even worst, aughhhhhhh!!!

I've been doing side jobs for cash, and eating a lot of bacon to celebrate my low cholesterol. It's been a pretty lazy week...think I'll go for a ride right now! ...ok after my nap;)

side jobs? any thing construction related??

i spent sunday cleaning out my basement. its the first on a couple weekends of basement duty in prep for having it finished.

and i walked eddie vedder (the dog) which is practically like running. he is fast.

later.

Went for a ride this morning since the weather was cold but sunny. If we had ice coupled with wet leaves, it would have been a run on the treadmill at the excellent Y.M.C.A. near my home.

Should have ridden today, but I slept in, raked the leaves, and preped the mower and generator for winter. Next up - making sure the snow blower works. :mad:

Coached my sons hockey game, went for a 5 mile run, Bears then Blackhawks.
Kenal0

No time to ride. :mad:

I'm running low on beer so I brewed a batch (another hobby), then shuttled the kids around.

Wheel barrowed nearly a thousand pounds of log sections from my neighbors' back yard to my wood-pile. Why, I do not know, as I will be moving back East long before I can burn it. Any one in the Bay area want several tons of firewood?

we were at my inlaws house in Pittsburgh (Murrysville) PA this weekend. They live at the top of a VERY VERY steep climb. My son wanted to see if he could climb the hill on his mountain bike so he and I went out for a little climbing session. After that we watched the Steelers beat up on the Browns then we drove the almost 3 hours home. I did some work on our basement construction after we got home and know.....here I am.

No time to ride. :mad:

I'm running low on beer so I brewed a batch (another hobby), then shuttled the kids around.

note to self; invite this dude to my next holiday party. later.

side jobs? any thing construction related??

i spent sunday cleaning out my basement. its the first on a couple weekends of basement duty in prep for having it finished.

and i walked eddie vedder (the dog) which is practically like running. he is fast.

later.

Sorry, aham, the only contruction projects I'm proficient at are making birdhouses with my 7yo. I know a guy that does a great job finishing basements if you're interested though. Pics and references available. I do "car" jobs...anything that doesn't require pulling the engine out...if anyone needs anything done ;)

Today I swam 5 miles.

Jeff

i rode this unfortunately...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/1991938274_2e25afc65c.jpg?v=0

nietsmas, dude, that thing looks painful, LOL

Lets see. Work, a little more work. Eat, play with the kids and then algebra homework. We cant all be math whizzes like Psimet

Lets see. Work, a little more work. Eat, play with the kids and then algebra homework. We cant all be math whizzes like Psimet

I'm no wiz. Math is what computers and calculators are for. :D


....oh and algebra ROCKS! I wich I had me some algebra to work on. Oh, and tell your children that you do actually use algerba in real life. Just yesterday I was trying to estimate tooling needs and used it do solve for some quick ratio estimating.

Dug out tanks at a winery and gave my co-workers nearly 3/4 ton of firewood.

no riding today, had to go to the dentist, of course he found a bad tooth so now I have to find $500 to get a crown. Maybe I'll just get it pulled, got to be cheaper! Then I can Spend the money on a nice pair of ceramic bearings, got to be better than on my teeth, they grow back, right? Just kidding!

Got home, checked email, slept. Just got the mail in, small snack ... boy, I think I need a nap.


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Doesn't look good right now, windy,rain, and occasion snow. The only ride will be the basement and the trainer, or maybe just lay on the couch and watch TV.

No ride today, it's sleeting. :/ I worked on my freelance art, sent it in, now I'm waiting for it to be 11 pm so I can spend time with my husband after he gets off of work. Wee what a "fun" day. ;)

Since this was asked on the 10th, I'll refer to what I did that day...

Nope. Didn't ride. I did pick up my parents and took them out to breakfast for my dad's birthday though, then spent the afternoon shopping with my wife at an outdoor mall - the weather was awesome!

However, and this is the juicy part, a week earlier I did do my cardiac stress test.

The results show I hit 184bpm at a max test duration of 15 minutes. Woohoo!!! This is compared to only a max HR of 169 and duration of 13 minutes in July '06.

:D

Fellow member Leinad and myself watched a movie at my house. Any guess on what we watched?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/garysol1/IMG_4947.jpg

^^^^ cool theater. i am actually in the begining process of finishing my basement which will have a dedicated HT. later.

^^^^ cool theater. i am actually in the begining process of finishing my basement which will have a dedicated HT. later.

Thanks...It is almost done. Not a bad day to spend a windy cold day.....not as as nice as being on the bike but......

Well thanks to Gary you all know what I did today, I thought the 20 dollar cover charge was a little steep, but the seats where very comfy and the sound spectacular. BTW Gary pops a mean bag of corn!!

:eek:

Dude !

Freaking sweet room!!!

American Flyers FTW. No greater misrepresentation of cycling in a cycling movie has ever been made. Still rocks though because it has boobies in it. :D

Hey ... don't mix business with pleasure. ;)

Visited some friends near Cedarburg, WI ... leaving for home around midnight I got to scrape an honest inch of ice and snow off the car.

:D

On Saturday, spent a wonderful time out in the Ohio countryside with good friends. We had a great lunch at "The Barn" in Smithville, Ohio. Just a nice way to spend a day.

While running errands in the car, I shot this pic because of all the bikes. Later I noticed the flag.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/piratebikers.jpg

Arrrrrr ... them be PIRATE bikers !!

Pirate walks into a bar with a bike handlebar sticking out his bottom. Bartender says "Whats with the bike handlebar there buddy?" Pirate responds....








"Arrggh, it's driving me nuts"

Badump bump

Sat 11/17 bought a new trainer from Emery's, on Sun 11/18 went to W & S and bought a sweat thong.
As for today I was to sick to get out of bed. Maybe tomorrow maybe I will get to use it.

Wilke:
I watched Red Light Go on the spinning bike tonight. Good flick and a good recommendation. I'll snag Vive Le Tour from Netflix as well -- may even put it in front of "Live Free or Die Hard"

Finish building my new woodworking table....

Pirate walks into a bar with a bike handlebar sticking out his bottom. Bartender says "Whats with the bike handlebar there buddy?" Pirate responds....








"Arrggh, it's driving me nuts"

Badump bump

I resolve to use that joke at least once....now...to find the audience.

Wilke:
I watched Red Light Go on the spinning bike tonight. Good flick and a good recommendation. I'll snag Vive Le Tour from Netflix as well -- may even put it in front of "Live Free or Die Hard"

Cool. :)

I'm watching "Pumping Iron" with Arnold Schwartzenripper. I *LOVE* this film. Yeah, they used steroids, but they pushed themselves too. Arnold and another guy squatting massive poundage, the guy falls to the ground in agony, and Arnold calmly says in his Austrian accent: "C'mon, lets get zerious now." http://www.freedomcrowsnest.org/forum/images/smiles/blink.gif I also love the way Lou Ferrigno's dad talks: "THis is your only chance Louie, give it all you've got".

"Pumping Iron II - THe women" is a good one too. Netflicks doesn't have that one, but I taped it off DTV once, so I've got that one around somewhere.

Not cycling, but good motivational material, which is what I need during the winter.

My Queue:

Have now:

1 Pumping Iron 3.5 Stars
2 Lance Armstrong: Racing for His Life 3.2 Stars
3 MTB Fundamentals 3.3 Stars

Next up:

Caravan/Prague: The Uneasy Road to Change 1.6 Stars
The Flying Scotsman 3.5 Stars
A Prairie Home Companion 3.5 Stars
A Prairie Home Collection: Disc 1 3.7 Stars
A Prairie Home Collection: Disc 2
A Prairie Home Collection: Disc 3
Radio Bikini (about atom bombs ... get your mind out of the gutter)
Border Radio
The Unheard Music
American Hardcore
The Amazing Race: Season 1: Disc 1
The Amazing Race: Season 1: Disc 2 NR Television Now
The Amazing Race: Season 1: Disc 3 NR Television Now
The Amazing Race: Season 1: Disc 4 NR Television Now
Stalingrad
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Harlan County, U.S.A. (After cycling down there last spring... I've gotta see this)
Off Road to Athens
The Amazing Race: Season 10

I resolve to use that joke at least once....now...to find the audience.

That joke is kind of a running gag in our roll call. Not sure why other than the Sgt. told it and of course we all laughed, (we're such suck ups).

11/22/07 2007 Thanksgiving, Eat and Eat and Eat, you get the idea!! Happy thanksgiving all!!!!

1. Stayed away from the stores.
2. Worked around the house and yard. Washed the car, still gotta get those snow tires on.
3. Cleaned up the MTB and rode it around the neighborhood a little. Remembered that I
still need to build a new rear wheel. "Oh yeah! :rolleyes: " Could use new tires on it as well. I finally got around to seeing that "MTB Fundamentals " DVD from Netflicks. It's focus is mostly on
downhill, but lots of good stuff that's general in nature. It's well done - I recommend it.
4. Will still get a few KM in on the Nordic Track this afternoon. I scoped out the ski trails at Minooka Park yesterday
after the snow ... saw a few ski tracks, but it's too early around here really.
5. Stayed away from the stores ... did I mention that? :D

Stuck at work right now doing nothing (no one else is working, makes it hard to find news)... Will hop on the spinning bike when I get home (and another two hours tomorrow AM with a Netflix movie). Hope to squeeze a real ride in Sunday when high temps are forecast in the low-40s.