• Third ride not happening

    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Fri Apr 17 23:24:21 2020
    While checking a link, I stumbled across this 2016 post in Google
    Groups.

    On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:18:45 -0400, Joy Beeson
    <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    While lying in bed growsing that a telemarketer had interrupted my
    nap, and wondering whether I could find out the name of the
    chronically-sore body part a little to the left of my spine, not too
    far from the top of the coccyx, topic drift brought an idea for
    another post to mind, so AG: will last at least one more week.

    Much to my sorrow, I have known for some years now that the little
    bump that feels like a clenched jaw muscle is part of my hip bone.

    The three shots I had the summer before last are, knock wood, still
    holding. We have a seat in the shower, and the shower head is on a
    hose that reaches clear to the floor, but at seventy-nine, washing my
    feet in the hand-washing sink is still the easiest way to do it.

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at comcast dot net

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  • From cyclintom@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Apr 27 13:51:02 2020
    On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 6:46:47 PM UTC-8, Joy Beeson wrote:
    It's a glorious day out there, and I know I'd enjoy the ride once I
    got moving, and my diastolic is up to 85, so I *really* need the
    exercise.

    But by the time I got suited up, it would be time to come back.
    Besides, my only heavy sweater needs darning, and if I wear it before
    I darn it, the hole will get bigger.

    ==========

    I never set foot outside except to throw out the garbage, but I did
    get some sewing done. Looks like my next chance to ride won't be
    until Wednesday.

    On my first ride of 2016, I thought of two new topics for the Aunt
    Granny posts, but lost one because mittens aren't conducive to taking
    notes. I was disappointed that the topic didn't come back to me
    during my second ride, but I did perk up after I got moving, stopped
    at two stores before getting to Aldi -- there would have been a point
    to taking my heavy socks so I could try on shoes after all, but I was
    glad not to have them while packing groceries into my panniers. And afterward I made a side trip to Aunt Millie's Bread Outlet.

    AWK SCRICKLE as I exited the store -- where is my bike? Took only a
    second to remember that I'd parked by the steps that appear to have
    been installed for my personal convenience. But I did once see a
    long-haul trucker use them to get to the convenient store in the gas
    station.

    If you've been following AG: , you may have noticed that I'm scraping
    the bottom of the buffer. The series will end Real Soon Now.


    --
    joy beeson at comcast dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/
    The above message is a Usenet post.
    I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.

    While I don't have the clothing problem, the weather with overcast until 12:00 and a head-on wind of 20 mph has kept me inside without riding as well. For the last five days however the weather has cooperated at least a little with it being warm enough
    to ride with shorts and a short sleeve jersey. Slathered up with suntan lotion and did 5 rides in six days. Today I'm recovering. It's done two rides with 1,600 feet of climbing and in the highest gear I could carry up the 7% stuff.

    I absolutely have to maintain a VERY slow ride to recover tomorrow but I'll probably get carried away and strain too much which will be disastrous to my recovery. But I'll make the good old college try...

    At this point 1,200 miles on the odometer and 36,000 feet of climbing. If they ever end this lockdown and I can return to my previous ride with a coffee stop at the halfway mark I'll hopefully clear 5,000 miles and over 100,000 feet for the year. I think
    my 75 year old body should hold it.

    Yesterday I was passed by about 5 young guys on the hard climb. When I got to the top they were all sitting around and I stopped long enough for a drink and then proceeded down the other side. Last time I saw them. I was feeling pretty good from the dead
    slow Saturday ride. After the steep descent at 45 mph which these guys won't do, I held it at 19-24 mph for the rest of the 5 miles or so over rolling terrain. The water kept my power up so that when I got into the city I was riding at 19 mph for about
    four miles discounting stopping at three or four stop signs.

    It felt like I had a tailwind but when I slowed it was just the opposite. I can tell that I'm not getting enough riding because I can stand right up from slouching in front of the TV. When I'm riding enough my rest heart rate is so low that I have to sit
    upright for a couple of seconds for my heart rate to get high enough so that I don't have to hold on to something to keep from falling down. The first time a new doctor tests my heart rate they always say, "HOW old are you?"

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  • From pH@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Apr 27 17:48:28 2020
    On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:18:57 PM UTC-8, Joy Beeson wrote:
    On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:39:38 -0500, Frank Krygowski
    wrote:

    But don't stop.

    While lying in bed growsing that a telemarketer had interrupted my
    nap, and wondering whether I could find out the name of the
    chronically-sore body part a little to the left of my spine, not too
    far from the top of the coccyx, topic drift brought an idea for
    another post to mind, so AG: will last at least one more week.

    Hi Joy.
    I wonder if that painful spot might be an acupuncture point.
    Don't know if you have tried that or not, but it has been helpful for me at times.

    I put it in the category of "probably can't hurt and might help."
    I was always surprised that after all the needles were in it knocked me out right to sleep.

    pH in Aptos





    There are also two partly-written articles in the buffer, and one of
    them wants only another couple of paragraphs. The other, alas,
    describes something that I don't understand nearly as well as I
    thought I did before I started trying to explain it.


    --
    joy beeson at comcast dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/
    The above message is a Usenet post.
    I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.

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