Although it was still a little coolish, I dressed for it and did a 24 mile ride this morning. I really was dragging along. I couldn't decide if I was simply tired or if the tight wind pants were holding me back. Those pants with the wind-face fronts were hard to get on. I'm thinking that the extra weight made them fit so tightly. I was like a can of store bought biscuits, if a seam had cracked, I would have busted all out of those pants. But after checking my weight today, I'm down 3 lbs. If I manage 3 lbs a week, I can be down to a good weight by the Florida Bike Safari. That's my goal anyway.
I always try to help Rachael with Hubbard/Rockford if asked. They had me down for 3 days but at last minute asked for the other day. Work at Rockford is slow so working isn't hard, but not following my usual routine tired me out a bit. I still had some work I could take care of up in Cullman. Some bushhog work and other little items but the high temps held me back a bit. I did ride my bike a little and got in some of my walking in addition to some chores. Max needed to be delivered to Charlotte, SC for his drum major camp. I volunteered to take him. I was glad to be able to perform this chore for him but the long trip up and back combined with extra heavy traffic in the Atlanta are, which extended to within 30 miles of Alabama, combined to really tire me out. There had been a problem with my left rear wisdom tooth for over a year, so I decided I should get it taken care of before I wound up isolated somewhere in PEI. The extraction didn't appear to be problematic until just be...