Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Riding again!!!

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I am hitting the road again. I haven't posted in a great while, however I am expecting this to be picking up more speed as I once again work on incorporating it into the classroom. I expect to be creating a lot more media uploads this upcoming summer when I am on the the bike. I am actually receiving said bike on the first of February where my training will begin in earnest. I am currently killing time in the Anchorage airport waiting for my cast to come off and here what the specialist has to say concerning my hand. Part of me wants to hear good news, but it would bring with it the bittersweet feeling of wasting time in airports when I could have just removed the cast myself and saved myself two days of traveling. Bah, Doc's orders and Ann would fly up from Mexico to lynch me if I didnt follow through...(though I'll be jiggered if she could find a tree out here for 70 mi or so) However once the cast is off I have been told by the physical therapist that I can ride in the next two weeks as long as I have a brace. Overall not too bad.
As for training I am hitting the rollers with some intensity come the arrival of my bike, the shoes and pedals I ordered last year and could not cancel arrived over the summer so I have an extra set to put to use on this bike. I am not in as bad of shape as I was last year at this, but I would like to get somewhere close to bike and build physique by the start of the trip. I think it is at least approachable, last year I was feasting off of pizzas everyday, and then bulk orders of girlscout cookies. This semester I have over 60lbs of frozen stir fry vegetable left and 16 weeks to eat them all in. ALong with 30lbs of chicken 30 lbs of ground beef and about 20lbs of ribeye steaks. I have been getting lazy with cooking but I have to eat 5lbs of meat a week and about 4lbs of vegetables. Well see how I handle it...