Friday,
November 20, 2015
Looking at the extended forecast, it appeared that
snow and frozen ground was on the way.
I used to like such weather, but working in it on the farm has changed
that somewhat. The bitter cold of
the previous winter had made my existence for the entire month of February a
living hell. It helped
tremendously in propelling my thinking more towards retirement, how soon and
what it might look like. For now,
it meant getting as many outdoor things done as I could before the ground
became to frozen to work in.
I drove in more road markers for plowing and tried
moving some dirt to fill holes in the service roads. By day’s end, I’d had another reasonably physical day, but
not nearly enough to call it a work out.
I headed for home thinking I’d get Dakota while Copper was visiting the
neighbors and head up to the park for the first Survival Workout in a very long
time. As soon as I arrived and
began to change however, my neighbor returned with Copper and the park workout
was put on hold. Instead, I went
up to Red Box and grabbed the movie ‘The Water Diviner’ with Russell Crow, and
headed back home for a ride and a movie.
At the 50-minute mark, I decided to check my training heart rate and was
surprised to find it was speeding along at 135 beats per minute! Normally I ride at around 120, so I can
only surmise that I’ve gotten so out of shape that the simple ride was making
me work harder, or I was riding harder than normal. I made it to the one-hour mark on the trainer before
deciding I’d had enough fun and dismounted. The movie was good, but I decided I needed to have some
dinner and get to bed since I had a big day coming for work at Mimi’s. My stomach continued to bother me and
so dinner amounted to some homemade chicken soup Kathy had given me. I can’t remember ever looking forward
to getting scoped before, but I’m surely anxious now.
Bike
duration: 60 minutes.
Training
Heart Rate: 135 bpm.
Calories
burned during workout: 850.
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