Friday, August 6, 2021

An Accommodation

I rode on my usual schedule of every other morning; due to minor distractions, today wasn't quite as far as Wednesday. Given I did get reasonable mileage in, and that my legs had trouble holding me up after I slid off the bicycle, I guess I did a decent amount of work.

As they say in Weight Watchers, "Progress, not Perfection".

I really detected that  my legs were wobbly when I crouched to swap my water bottle for a post-ride Cherry Coke Zero in my tiny office refrigerator (loaded only yesterday).

The new refrigerator is both a reward for my riding regularly, and an accommodation of my knees not wanting to do the stairs too often (and not wanting to bother Katherine, either). It also makes a refrigerated prescription that I take weekly more accessible.

My now riding regularly was highlighted in two small ways this morning:
  • I asked Katherine to bring up breakfast so I could save my knees, and I noted to her, "We know I'm riding this morning".  I realized it just wasn't a question to me. It doesn't happen until it happens, but I had A Plan, and I meant to follow it (and did).
  • Mid-ride, I realized that I could and wanted to ride harder, and I picked up the pace a bit.
I have long way to go, including fitness not related to the bike and making other accommodations as needed, but . . . progress.

New Refrigerator Between the Cat Tower and the Wastebasket 

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