Nice Weather to be Out

I did a bike ride put together by a local church on Saturday. I used to work with the man in charge at the high school. Nice guy, always hustling to get something going, in this case, a bicycle club. Not a big turnout for his first event, but it was only about 48 degrees at 7:00 AM. There were rides of three different mileages, 10, 15 and 20. Coach Jen and I opted for the 15-mile route. It was mostly an out and back route and one of the roads was pretty hilly - not big hills but big enough I dropped down a couple of cogs when going up them. On my usual route of 6 to 8 miles, it's flat as a pancake. I worked a few different muscles, but I wasn't sore Sunday. 

I'm signed up for a 5K in a couple of weeks. I'm planning on walking it, but if they don't have a separate walking class, I might try doing a little running. I'm going to put the girdle on and run up and down the driveway and see how the chest holds up. I'm signed up in the 75 - 79 age group. Even if I walk in the running class, I'll probably medal. I don't imagine there being too many guys in that age group.

After the bike ride Saturday morning I showered up and renewed my Safe-Sport training. I didn't think it was time to renew yet, but it turns out it was more of a review than the whole training curriculum. That's a real blessing. I've had to take the full course several times now and at this point if I didn't have to sit through the whole presentation and they just gave me the quiz, I'm pretty sure I could pass it.

Sunday, I did some more yard work and painted the old railroad bell. Later in the day, I noticed a couple of spots I missed so I'll have to touch those up. I've another large bell mounted on a stand that needs a repaint. I'm going to try and get that one done this week as long as the weather stays like it has been.

I also cut out some pieces for mounting the old mailbox onto the post the oxygen tank bell will be on. I got that bell and the hanger frame painted over the weekend. The grandson was supposed to come down and plant the post along with a couple other things, but he took ill. You can tell when school's back in session and the kids are all sneezing on one another. Glad I don't have to be exposed to that anymore.

Looks like nice weather on tap all week again. I'm much more motivated when the weather's cooperating.