Bah Humbug

This is what happens when I'm stuck in Normatecs.

Bah Humbug

Those are actually banned after the Great Smartphone War of... 2011? Sometime, anyway.

gc3

even stupider than running...perhaps the dumbest of all possible human activity on earth...

disclaimer: I did this once in a 42 story building

Bah Humbug

When I was stuck in the office every day I used to do three rounds of all eighteen flights of stairs (taking the elevator down in-between) twice a day. Good exercise.

gc3

yeah, great fun...until you experience anaerobic exhaustion and collapse in a steaming puddle of mucous and dog excretions with your heart screaming to get out of your chest after you raced straight uphill at top speed in a closed air environment...

Bah Humbug

Bah. (Humbug.) (Nailed it.) Get better lungs; it's fine.

datlas 

Just back from a short run.

Running is so not awesome, despite Hummer's comments.

datlas 

Weather forecast says more snow tomorrow and Tuesday. It's been over a week since my last ride, and it's looking like awhile until the next one.

Now is is the winter of my discontent.

Heathpack 

Well I am 70 degrees and sunny with 20 mph winds gusting to 35 mph, from the NE. Maybe the gusting will die down by mid-afternoon. But maybe not. I'm going to go out and see how it goes. If it's not too bad, I'll head out into the headwind on a slight uphill grade for 10ish miles, then turn into a canyon which should be sheltered, another 3 miles of slight uphill. Then turn into what should be a tailwind canyon with some short hills and head home from there.

In theory. But it never really works out like that. The winds in reality seem to go any direction they want once you get into the canyon-y bits.

Haha, I may be back home in 20 min, we'll see.

3alarmer 

gc3

I'll be sure and tell that to the one lung that didn't have to survive two spontaneous pneumothorax events and tuberculosis (mild)...

3alarmer 

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[h=1]‘Potentially historic’ snow storm takes aim at Northeast this week[/h]
...ouch.

Bah Humbug

Ouch. Might I suggest a non-aerobic activity?

gc3

sucks to be NYC

rpenmanparker 

That's what I was thinking you were going to say. A little sloppy I would think, but I guess close enough.

FLvector

When I lived in PA I used to love XC skiing. Great cardio and crosstraining. If there's enough snow.

Bah Humbug

rjones28 

I had a Smith Corona in college.

#oldie

datlas 

I did 3.5 miles of XC skiing on Saturday. Looks like I may be doing more in the next few days.

I would rather ride but it's better than nothing, and certainly better than running.

2manybikes

Gas for back up generator - check
move 2wd car out of the way to get 4wd car out - check
Ride 64 miles on road bike before snow - check
put road bike away - check
dog food - check

Check air pressure in studded tire bike - and move to the front of the line in the garage - check

Food, bread and milk - who cares
fill up the cars gas tanks - who cares
prescription medicines inventory - who cares
prepare to shovel snow plow berm at the end of the driveway - who cares. I can drag my studded tire bike over it if it's ten feet high.

Almost forgot, charge camera batteries, for bike rides in the snow. Just finished charging bike lights.

LAJ

My Mom had a Toyota Corona when I was in high school.

datlas 

Yes, not looking forward to this one. 'Tis the season.

2manybikes

On behalf of all the northeast forum members soon to be buried in snow - Thanks for sharing. Darn those canyon wind changes.

datlas 

Now that's a car I have not seen in a decade.

2manybikes

I have a photo of my mom when she was in high school, on her bike with the whole class at her house on bikes. 1938.

And with her siblings on their bikes too.