Crusty Old Excuse for Not Riding...
Originally Posted by
BobbyG
(Sorry for any grossness...)
Tuesday should be my second day bike commuting in 2-1/2 weeks.
First I felt like I was coming down with the flu, so skipped riding, and after a week I felt better, which led me to ride to work a week ago Thursday...and after riding home, I discovered I had a scab that had formed and torn IN MY NAVEL! It didn't hurt, but it was bleeding and oozing….
However, to play it safe, I will forgo any weekend ride and wait until Tuesday to resume. (Mondays I drive in order to make a meeting which occurs too far and too soon after work to make in time by bike.)
As many daily riders know, I have been cranky, irritable and depressed from not riding; although nowhere near as bad as my forced year off in 2010 due to a non-cycling injury.
But gazing at my navel, I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel.
P.S. Driving sucks!
Not riding is depressing, though I don’t get cranky, because I have the alternative of a convenient Commuter Rail commute (link). I did have a five month layoff in 2012 due to a cycling accident. On a recent thread, “So do you track? How do you track? and what do you track?,” I posted
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
On my Excell spreadsheet
I track:…[including]
- Excuses (not to ride): Too frequent…say no more.
Usually my excuses not to ride are due to work, rarely illness, and a navel excuse is novel. 
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 02-27-18 at 06:28 AM.