Biking Finally Slowing Down for 2024

I've had a great summer on my bike! September ended with 4 out of 5 months in a row with 300+ miles of biking. And I've only had 5 months of 300+ miles since keeping track online over the last 15 years, and 4 were this past summer.

Going back to early April, I only had 1 week with less than 41 miles of outdoor riding (through the TC 10 Mile a few weeks ago), and that's when we were away for a family wedding for 4 days. It's been consistent. Most weeks were between 60 and 90 miles.

But on Halloween 2 days ago, we started getting some snow. And it stuck around:

Our side yard Oct 31st.


Road conditions around the state that day.

So my bike ride that day was on the trainer - just an hour of spinning. And then it was cold this morning (41 degrees when I wanted to ride), so I hit the trainer again. I did a workout of efforts of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 minute:

Middle of a 2 hour ride, with some efforts!


I had a good lift this morning too, so while on the trainer,
my HR for the last 4 hours showed both workouts.


Good early morning burn - shirt sweated through!

I love getting in 2 solid workouts by 10 a.m.!!

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Friday Funny 2370: Creepy Home Inspection Photos

Structure Tech Home Inspectors posted their annual Halloween collection of creepy things their inspectors have found. Here are some good ones:

Bat on door frame.


Skeletons in the closet.


A snake in a sub-slab duct.


Big ole' fishing spider.


Dead stuff in the panel.


Raccoon poop in the attic.


Skull on the roof...


... wider view.


Death!


Creepy watcher.






Snakes are gross to find in the basement...


... but even worse in finished areas of the house.





Dead fish under the steps?


Cute little skeleton.

I've posted more of these in 2019, 2021, and 2023 - check out those links if interested.

As always, lots more funny things found at SportsAndLaughs.tumblr.com. HAPPY WEEKEND!!

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Friday Funny 2369: Wholesome Motivational Memes

More funny things posted all day long on SportsAndLaughs.tumblr.com.

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Friday Funny 2368: Horror Movie Tweets

Because yesterday was Halloween, here are some funny tweets about horror movies:

Related: here's a "Friday Funny" with some knock-off Halloween costumes.

More funny things on SportsAndLaughs.tumblr.com.

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