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.
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