37 Weeks – Hellspawn

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49 miles this week. Not too shabby considering my recent performance.

No news from Klinutus lately, but rumour has it, he and Mrs. Klinutus are engaging in top-secret government cloning experiments. Klinutus 2.0 may break free from the lab any moment now.

In other news I have recently become an Uncle-in-Sin. Brandi’s sister had a daughter. If Brandi and I were married, that would make me an uncle (or an Uncle-in-law?). Since we are ‘living in sin,’ as the puritains used to say, I think that makes me an uncle-in-sin. That has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Finally, a big hell-on-wheels congratz to Jim from Oil is for Sissies. He had a little girl this week.

With all the breeding going on around here, I think I might go buy stock in the Burley Trailer company.

36 Weeks

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No, your eyes do not decieve you. This makes 2 weekly summary posts without any intervening ride reports.This week, I rode zero miles, zero of which count toward jihad.

In order to get my ass back in gear, I have allowed my car’s registration, inspection, and emissions stickers all to expire. Actually, I didn’t plan it this way, I just forgot. In any event, it is now illegal to operate my car. I have 2 finals this week, so I’ll be a scofflaw at least twice.

Just in case I’m still tempted to drive tommorow, I have the Trek all set up.
Behold:

TREK

All my biking clothing is in the plastic bag on the floor. All my business clothing is packed in the saddle bag. I have a spare tube, multi-tool, and a powerbar in the handlebar bag.

The headlight battery is fully charged, my SPD shoes are under the bike, and my helmet is strapped to the handebars (my gloves are in the helmet).

This is obviously overkill. My commute is only 6miles long. The idea is to remove any/all excuses ahead of time so either I’ll ride to work, or I’ll feel like a real loser if I don’t.

Next week, I expect to be back on the plan (week 3).

35 Weeks

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Another sorry-ass week bike-wise. Due to a ridiculous series of events, my bike is still at the office. So I only did 6 miles total for the week.

I still have alot of work to do at the old apartment, and I have finals next week, but I’m almost out of the woods for the summer.

Comcast hooked up my cable today, so I no longer need to steal bandwidth from my neighbors.

34 Weeks

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Ok, this post is like 4 days late, and comcast is not going to hook up my internet until Sunday sometime….

I forgot to record the mileage on my car Sunday, so I’ll have to do it this Sunday and average it out.

I rode my bike a whopping 2 miles last week.

I was going to commute today, but I can’t find my helmet. Probably in a box someplace.

32 Weeks!

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I rode 69 miles this week (based on my rough approximations)
Only 4 miles count towards Jihad.Car odometer: 67,431 miles, so I drove 160 miles.

My legs are sore as hell from today’s high-gear ride. I’m thinking I may postpone getting the granny fixed. The training benefits might be worth it 🙂

31 Weeks!

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Holiday stuff and rain kind of screwed up my weekend rides. I have 2 major exams this week, so I’m not optimisitc. On the bright side, I saw a frog hopping across the road today, so It’s officially spring. School/moving will be over soon, and then there will be no excuses.

I rode 40.64 miles this week, which is better than last week, and better than Klinutus’ 25.21 miles, but still is pretty pathetic.

I commuted to work twice and I rode to the bank once, so that’s about 18 miles worth of Jihad.

The odometer on my car reads 67,271 miles. I’m not sure if this will turn into a useful statistic or not, but I’m going to record it anyway, in case I decide to measure Jihad as a percentage instead of in absolute miles.

30 Weeks

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A pretty piss-poor week as far as the Plan is concerned.A grand total of 25 miles.
I only commuted once, so that’s either 4 or 8 miles of Jihad, depending on if you count lunch.30 weeks * 7 days /week * 1.5 packs/day * $4.50/pack = $1,417.50Ha ha, Charade you are, Phillip Morris!

29 Weeks

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Only rode 9 miles this week. I’ve been sick all week, and I still feel like crap.The slacker challenge was a spectacular failure.

4 Miles of Jihad, though.
From Hell’s Heart, I stab at thee!!

27 Weeks

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Evil neighbors, foul weather, and general laziness have thrown me off track. Only 30.30 miles this week. The plan called for 86! Pathetic.The weatherman says we may get as much as 12″ of snow today.
As much as that sounds like fun, I think the line between courage and foolishness is crossed somewhere around 8 inches. I’m driving in; may be walking home.