Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Wow, Wi-Fi at Camp Ceaderwood in the Phase 3 section, and I have my own room, with a bathroom, awesome!
The picture is from my perch in the sound booth, which required that you climb a ladder up to a trap door to get into it. The band has just finished and they are playing a crazy game. And, it’s just getting started, snack at 11pm, outdoor games until 1am, movies until 2am, and then curfew, but not necessarily sleep. Should be a wild weekend.
That’s right, at about 6am, it’s snowing. We arrived last night and had the water on in about an hour with no major complications. It seems that the cottage of an age where there are more little things starting to show their age. For example, the upstairs sink tap won’t shut off fully. It seems that the internal springs and/or the rubber o-rings that shut the flow off just aren’t what they used to be.
Another new little mystery is the furnace. After running for varous amounts of time, several hours last night, and only several minutes this morning, the circuit breaker trips. Not right away when you flip it on which would indicate some sort of short or issue with the fan motor perhaps, but some time later. I’m thinking the breaker is just getting old and tired. We’ll replace it later today and see.
The shingles were on the driveway for replacing the 26+ year old roof, next weekend. I hope everyone has warmed up their muscles. Carrying 50 bundles up the ladder should be an excellent workout
OK, that’s not me, but another “Gary” from the FOG club, with a very nice bike.
Unfortunately, there was nobody taking photo’s as I crossed the finishing line at my first ever Time Trials race at Birds Hill Park today. The race was a lot of fun and it will be interesting to see my time when it gets posted. (Photos)
This weekend was really quite a high mileage weekend with 94km yesterday on the FOG ride and a warm-up lap and two race laps for 33.9km, a total of 117.9km. Still feeling good, but we’ll see how that plays out tomorrow morning.
I’ve kicked my 2 a day Starbucks habit! For a whole week I didn’t pull that shiny gold Starbucks card out of my wallet, not once!
Did I give up coffee? Not a chance, well at least not yet. I’ve replaced Starbucks by brewing my own at the office with a French Press and coffee ground at home. Mmm, good coffee at a fraction of the price. Sorry Barista buddies, you were just too expensive a habit to maintain.
Oh yeah!
Taking her out for the FOG ride tomorrow and possible a Time Trials race on Sunday. Zoom Zoom
A little more Photoshop practice. The manipulation that you can do is quite surprising the first time you do it. Even though I knew what was going to happen, the first reflection in the goggles gave me quite a jolt. I hear the little inside voice say, “You’ve got to be kidding!”.
The first FOG ride of the year was great. It was cool at about 1°C and a fair breeze, but still a great ride, well for most of the way. About 21 of us set off at 10am and several turned back at Lockport while the rest of us headed over to Birds Hill Park for a couple of laps. After 1 1/2 laps, I decided that I needed to head back and 5 of us started the return on Hwy 59 while the rest of the keeners headed of for another lap at 35-38kph.
Thinks were good until I got out onto Hwy 59 and we were cruising at about 37-38 with a tail wind. Aerobically I seemed fine, the legs were burning a bit but there was this feeling deep in the pit of my stomach that said “slow up or throw up”. I opted for the “slow up”, and drifted back from the group and limped into the parking lot, well off the group pace for a 74km ride. A little zapped, but feeing good.
Friday was my first cycle commute of 2009 and it was good to get back on the road with the mountain bike as opposed to idling in traffic with the truck. The first think I noticed is that I seem to have neglected the bike a bit from some previous winter ride and the drive train had a little rust on it and was a little noisy, but shifting was still fairly good. I’ll need to attend to that this weekend.
I followed my usual route downtown taking the bike paths to the Niakwa park area, detouring over the Fermor bridge as the Seine flooding had the bike path bridge well under water. Only the tops of the hand rails are visible. After that it was down DesMurons, over to St. Marys and into the heart of the city. Traffic was typical, and drivers were good to me.
At work when I entered the locker room I was greeted with a bit of a mess. Some co-worker treating the area like his personal space and there is a pile of towels and “other stuff” in the corner, and more personal items left in the common shower area. Time for a friendly reminder that this is a shared space.
Today should be my first ride with FOG this year, unless it starts pouring before the 10am start. I’ll ride in the rain is it happens after we start but I’m not so big on setting out in a downpour. Gary S. is running a great blog for the club and it looks like he’ll be keeping us all in line this year. Unlike last year, I’ve been training since January and have been out on the road several times already this year, so I’m hoping not to suck too much on the first group ride. It should be fun and I’m looking forward to seeing the group agian.
An incredible full red-orange moon on the western horizon and Orion’s Belt over the driveway, what a welcome to the lake on the first trip of the year.
With the fireplace blazing and the mild temperatures, the cottage was quick to warm but the first few minutes in bed were quite exhilarating!
