And one more thing, DeeGee. The biggest reason for taking a break, as someone above points out, is that you realize how much better things are when the cycling dimension is active in your life. Since I antogonized my butt and perforated my (much discussed) 'pendage last week, I've not ridden much. Just 30 mins. a day on the garage trainer. Things are getting better, but this may take another week. I rode (sad to say) my butt off daily during the Big Heat to the point where I was on the verge of getting stale-- or at least toasted. Because my head was stubborn, my butt intervened and said, "Enough! you jerk".

Except now, all thoughts of staleness are gone. I miss the sound of kildees and wind in the grass out on Old Sonora Rd., chugging Endurox as I leave a trail of cycling clothes across the house, etc. My friends are "out there" climbing hills and getting splashed by the 6:00 tallow truck and I'm stuck in the garage for a while. I want back out. So, Gary, take a few days and distract yourself....we all need it on occasion, then we re-discover what we really NEED. The ebb and flow of a human's life.