long ride with some thinking.

3.5 hrs on the bike yesterday over some of the same roads that whipped me over the weekend. the climb up blue mounds within the context of this ride didn't seem nearly as difficult as it did on saturday. i tried to stay on the rivet for this entire ride, i need to ride at higher levels in training if i want to get faster this year. the spot i forgot sunblock this time around??? the back of my calves which was pointed out to me in the post ride shower...ouch.

oliver was raging last night, a sure sign that he is beginning to feel better. he had a poop set back this morning (i won't eloborate) but all in all i think he is feeling better. i also think he'll be dropping teeth in no time at all...he is biting anything and everything he can sink his teeth into (and even things he cannot sink his teeth into). we have puppy class tonight and i am very nervous about doing it solo. it'll be a lesson for him and i.

anyway, freedom is a pretty cool thing. i get to ride my bike on public roads and go to puppy classes (and those are trivial examples of our vast freedoms). though i do not exactly support the current offensives our armed forces are entrenched in, i do support the men and women in far away places. nice work, you are better (and braver) than i.

what ever happened to all the 'support our troops' magnets? walmart must have run out of them...