Monday, April 02, 2007

Basenji, bike--who could bitch?

It was 73 degrees and sunny today. Took Loki on a long walk thru the park and let her run loose across the field. Basenji's like to run. They like to stop and sniff the ground and dig a little and find a 10,000 year old chicken bone and attempt to swallow it before the attending human snakes her hand down the dog's throat. Loki was one happy pup!

CatBird could not stay in the basement one more day. Put air in my tires and get me out of here she screamed. I tried out my new cycling shoes (don't have the new pedals on) with the toe clips. WOW! I wasn't expecting to notice anything and, well, wow! I had a lot more stability and power.

I struggled to keep it simple today. First ride since mid November and I haven't addressed the knee pain yet. An easy 2.64 miles on flat road around the immediate neighborhood. Average speed 8.8 mph with a top speed of 18.

Bike riding is my happy pill. Welcome back warm weather!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://regardingcycling.blogspot.com/

inspiration?

Kel said...

Thanks anonymous.

I only had time to give this a quick review but it seems right up my alley and I'm always happy to have more cycling inspiration. I'm a big fan (lurker) of The Old Bag..see the link in my side bar.