One Is Better Than None

It looked like the Fat Guy wasn't going to get a ride in for the whole month of Feb. This was becoming severely annoying. Last weekend the Fat Guy had to take work all day which was good because business is slow this time of year and the bills keep coming. The two weeks prior had snow and although the Fat Guy was tempted, it was just too cold.

So today arrives with 60ish weather and a slow afternoon at work. Once the 3 o'clock appointment was done it was time for a ride.

There have been red flag warnings the last couple of days for wind so the Fat Guy didn't know what to expect. It turned out to be a nice enjoyable ride. Riding the first part of the route up was slow due to the wind but at least today it wasn't in every direction.

15 mph average for the first few miles, made a turn and had 24 mph average, made a turn and had 22 mph average. Ended up cruising and coasting for a couple of 3 miles home. All told it was a nice 16 mile ride.

No heart monitor and no worrying about how fast or far. . . just riding.

Speaking in the Third Person

One thing I have noticed with my favorite blogs is the fact that some people tend to speak in the third person. I have always thought this was funny and to me it makes it interesting to read as well.

I have decided that until I lose the 8 pounds I have put on since October (wow that looks bad in print) I will now refer to myself as "The Fat Guy". Which goes nicely with the Fat Guy's blog since it is in his title.

So The Fat Guy hopes you enjoy the rest of this message and future messages and pray he loses weight so that he can stop talking in the third person.

What's In A Name

I've changed the name! For those of you who have just tuned in, what was formally "The Spin" is now "Fat Guy on a Little Bike".

This is to pay homage to Chris Farley, a comic genius. One of my favorite bits was fat guy in a little coat.

I have searched the blog over and noticed that the ones I am most intersted in have cool names and interesting angles. This really is only a personal journal for myself but if someone is going to read it I would like for them to enjoy it.

Hence the name! When you weigh in around 245 to 255 depending on the time of year and you ride road bikes you get noticed. Let's face it, it is funny.

That is until you get dropped by said fat guy.

I have enjoyed reading my previous posts and being able to determine that I have in fact improved in performance and somewhat in knowledge. But now it is time to take away the self depreciating tone of my blog and start to exert my real personality. My favorite picture I have on my desk comes from Despair.com. They make posters that poke fun of Success posters.

This one is entitled "Pretention: The downside to being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious". And is has a great picture of a mountain top and a guy standing on top of it.

I have some rides picked out for the year and look forward to my first century, maybe multiples. I have also told several friends who do Tri's that this is the year I do one. Actually the sprint versions are all I will be attempting seeing as how I don't know how to properly swim or run and have done neither in many years.

But hey, if I let that stop me I never would have ridden a road bike a year and a half ago.

So if you run across this blog by accident or I have finnaly debuted it somewhere, I hope you enjoy and can offer some contructive advice.

Keep anything negative to yourself!

Groundhog Omens

The first weekend of February has come and gone and so was the chance to ride. It seems our brief respite from the cold weather has run out. This weekend was just too cold to get out and since there were family obligations I didn't push it to even try.

I rode every weekend in January which was great. I know that those four rides have built a foundation that will pay dividends when warm weather comes around. I guess the trainer will have to do for a few days. It is going to be 40-44 this week so I am not ruling out a small afternoon ride.

It is so much harder to get motivated to ride the trainer than to go out on the road. I can easily spend an hour to two hours on the road but getting even 20 minutes on a trainer is like pulling teeth.