My favorite quote regarding the weather change comes via Crusty (paraphrasing it) "Thanks mother nature for turning on the oven, but you can turn off the hair dryer now" For me it's not that it is THAT hot, but just the sudden change from the lower/mid 60s to high 80s WITH humidity. It will take a week for my body to adapt and everything will be fine.
Let's pick up from last Friday...
Friday evening Deb and I hooked up with Wes and Marla and took in The Back Up Plan. Deb enjoyed it and we'll just leave it at that as it is 100% chick flick.
Saturday Jake went with his track squad to Sectionals in Marshfield. He was looking forward to the 4x800 crew running, but was super bummed to not be part of it (he still has a light hack and cough). We opted not to go and get some stuff done around the house. Got the report from the track that the boy's relay ran their butts off and qualified for state (next weekend); Jake was stoked for his teammates. He will be heading out as an alternate this coming weekend in Jeff City to the state championships.
After watching some Giro Saturday morning I headed out for a 3:10hr ride of the Polk County backroads on the mtb. Picked out a super hilly route and when you throw in the sudden change in temps I came back home FRIED (legs, lungs, heart, and sun burn)! One of the harder steady tempo rides I have done in some time. I love the dirt/gravel roads we have and forget how much fun (and demanding) they are.
Sunday morning up and early to grab a 2.5hr ride while it was still cool temps. Mtb with semi-slicks worked out well for road ride north of Bodunklivar. Kept it pretty simple and a light spin. Early mornings are my favorite as it starts the day off with a sense of renewed freshness.
Off to church with the crew then we all headed to SGF to knock out some shopping for summer/cruise clothing. Introduced the boys to Chipotle Grill with Ian ready to come back for more and with jury is still out for Jake. Got a ton accomplished.
Returned home and hung out inside for the afternoon until we emerged early evening for a ride with Deb and Ian. Picked up a new seat post in SGF earlier in the day which allowed a low enough setting on the tandem for Ian to ride. This was (and is going to be) alot of fun with Ian on the back as he was having a ball. That sucker is a wiggly guy (much more than Deb) so it was like a core workout balancing and countering his movement (Pilate's has nothing on this). Deb rode her rig with us and we ended up knocking our a solid 1:15hrs. Played a little ball with Ian before the sun dropped for the day.
Took Monday as an 'off day' so I played an hour of light basketball at noon. Hooked out of work early, picked up Ian, and we spent the afternoon at ball practice. Pretty warm out, but it appeared to not phase the boys as boys will be boys (no matter the temps). Ian got some pitching practice in and looked pretty decent (nothing too fast, but over the plate). He might see some 'mound' time in the upcoming games.
Spent a little time in the garden and we are starting to rake in the strawberries and the blackberries are super close to picking.
Tuesday morning I scooted out at 6am and snagged a 2hr ride on the Frisco. Threw in 2 x 20min efforts in the coolness of the morning. I consider AM rides on the FT as doing community service as I cleared out every spider web between Bolivar and nearly Walnut Grove.
Ian has a double-header ball games in SGF this evening so that's where we'll be (and every Tuesday evening for the next couple of months.
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