Yoy! Today has taken me back to my ol' college days...when stationary biking was first introduced into my life...in the college's fitness space...I didn't know then that five years after sitting on that first bike, I would be buying one of my own...One that would end up 3/4 under water in a 4' flood three years after entering my life.
Nevertheless, rather than tossing it along with much of my other "destroyed" possessions, Dad did his best to clean it up & in the process convinced me to keep it in my life. It's a manual, but it's always had a sound when in use; that sound is just louder now that water has gotten into the interior. Just got to turn up the volume on the television, that's all.
I did get home in time for Nightly News with Brian Williams, but only by a bit & I was still hungry even though I had been eating as I drove home. I think I realized during my last few stop signs that I'd have my feet on the floor & not on bike pedals during Nightly News.
Ironically, as today is Friday, I realized it was also when Rock Center would be on. Although I really didn't want to wait until 10 p.m. just to have a sure-fire television show to watch while I biked, I knew that I could muster myself into biking at 10 p.m. for this reason.
Incidentally, 10 p.m.is the exact time I used to bike while attending college. Well, eventually I mixed it up, but initially 10 p.m. just happened to be when I would happen to be able to make my way over to the hall where the bikes were lined up. I realized that I made for a decent cool down simply by walking back to my dorm room upon finishing my ride. Sometimes I think fondly about that walk (it's a small college; it wasn't a huge walk), especially when I'm forcing myself to do stretches (something I don't think fondly of at all).
So, this evening I watched a little television, then a movie. All the while working on some internet research & progressing on one of many crochet projects that should already by completed before the clock struck 9:55 p.m. & I knew I needed to go change into my sweating clothes.
If it weren't for accounting of my activity I don't think I would have made it today. I really don't think that tonight's bike ride would have been completed if it weren't for this blog & my desire to keep at it until August 29. I'm worn out & have spent an hour typing this post as I've been constantly distracted with fatigue & news stories online & on the television.
As for accountability, there's a good chance I'm going to need to begin accounting for my food intake, but that'll be pretty intense, so it's really still to be decided.
June 7 accountability: Bike 5K at 10 p.m.
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