A new habit??

Since I knew my daughter has a softball game at 6:00 tonight, I figured that if I was going to be sure to get a decent bike ride in that I'd go this morning. The alarm went off at 5:00 am and much to my surprise I got out of bed without much of a second thought. I was out on the road before 5:30 and after a brief loop around town, I headed out to the bridge.

What a beautiful morning. The wind, according to weather.com, was CALM! Let me tell you NON South Dakotans, the wind is SO VERY RARELY calm in this state that I wasn't sure how to handle it. I wasn't biking with my head buried from the wind, or biking at a 45 degree angle from the crosswind, I was actually in an UPRIGHT position. Crazy stuff to say the least!

I think I can get used to getting up at 5:00 am once in awhile to do an easy 15-20 miler before the wind turns unbearable. Not everyday mind you, as I'm a bit of a night owl and I'm sure that I will not always be as eager to get out of bed as this morning, but beautiful mornings like this will certainly help!

My First Sermon

Well, it has officially happened. I gave my first sermon at the Gayville United Methodist Chuch today. We took Gayville under our wing a little over a year ago and they are looking for more lay speakers to speak there so this was my first go at it. It seemed to be well received and I'm glad that I now have my "first time" out of the way. Now it is time to go to official Lay Speaker training in three weeks to learn how to do this the RIGHT way!

Weekly Cycling Log: May 28 - June 3

Weekly miles looked a little better and I'm going to try to post these regularly now.

28-May	0.00
29-May	32.08	Training/Recreation	Meckling Loop w/JohnF
30-May	6.36	Commuting/Errands
31-May	6.83	Commuting/Errands
1-Jun	62.87	Training/Recreation	Meckling Loop 2X's-Solo and then w/John, Joe & Craig
1-Jun	6.19	Commuting/Errands
2-Jun	21.27	Training/Recreation	Hwy.12w/JoeP.&EricM.
2-Jun	4.68	Commuting/Errands
3-Jun	1.81	Commuting/Errands
3-Jun	52.25	Training/Recreation	EP/Jefferson Loop w/JohnF. & CraigD.

Totals for the week:
Training/Recreation - 168.47
Commuting/Errands - 25.87
Total Miles - 194.34

KITTENS! 1-2-3-4-5!

Yes, our less-than-1-year old cat decided to drop a little surprise on us. This picture is actually from May 20th. What can I say...I'm a little behind here! Anybody going to be in need of a kitten soon? Let me know!

May Cycling Mileage

Okay, it was an off month for me. Busy working on the basement (which still isn't complete), busy with the kids, etc. etc. etc. In the end, they are all excuses, albeit good ones, as to why I didn't get out much in May. Without further ado, my monthly miles were:

May	Commuting/ Errand	Training/ Recreation	Total Miles	% Commuting/ Errand	% Training
	153.32	309.86	463.18	33.10%	66.90%

Catching Up...

Wow, people really do read my crazy ramblings once in awhile. People have actually asked me what is happening because I haven't posted lately. Well, it's call "home improvement". Slowly, very slowly, the family room in the basement is seeing it's way to completion. Sheetrock is up and let the finishing work begin (oh joy).

So, let me lay out this challenge to those who say they read my blog. First one who posts a comment gets a lunch date with me :-).

I will post more shortly on the last couple weeks happenings which include: 5 new baby kittens born, USD Winning the NCC Men's and Women's track titles, and school is out for the summer (much to my wife's chagrin).

Kerry Hacecky's "Going Away" Article

Kerry Hacecky wrote a going away piece for the Volante in which she made reference to the plethora (yes, I know what a plethora is for you Three Amigos! fans) of emails received from cyclists across the nation so kudos to all of you who wrote in!

 

"In fact, professors have started encouraging me to consider law school.  No teacher has ever thought I was smart before, so I can only attribute this change to them picturing me in a job interview and laughing heartily.

   

But, that degree would be another four years away and I've got bicyclists who want to run me over.  Sticking around could be dangerous to my health."

 

Personally I would rather see her get on the bike and become one of us. Then I may be in a little more forgiving mood.