Blame It On Me

So I feel that I must 'fess up. The weather situation here is all my fault. You see I foolishly forked over money to join a pool this year thinking we would use it at least once if not more times a week. Since that fool hardy act we have had only three days that were "swimmable" at best. I just looked at the weather forecast and we won't be getting out of the 70s with rain anytime soon. So mea culpa!

This summer is just not going my way. I've been getting up early 4 mornings a week to ride my bike for an hour before everyone is up. I've been riding with the neighbor ladies and we've been really pushing ourselves to go farther and faster. To attack big hills without fear. (there's the thunder rumbling. Looks like it will start to rain again!). It's been great except for one little problem. While my butt is getting more muscular it is sadly bulking up at the top of my butt while the hills have done nothing to lift my butt. Also I have not lost one pound! However, I can really take on those hills now. I am enjoying the rides and oddly it never seems to be raining during our morning rides. One great thing. Plus the mornings are cool. We do about ten miles. Our farthest ride was 13.5 miles. I bought a computer for my bike that does mileage and speed. So our fastest time was 10 miles at an average speed of 11.8 mph. Not bad. Still the bulky butt thing is annoying and I would like to lose that ten pounds I gained over the summer. I'm hoping to log some longer rides on the weekend. Planning to do the 13.5 ride this weekend and then I hope to bike to Mt. Horeb. About 26 miles round trip. I'd like to build to about a 60 mile ride. Of course we only have an hour in the morning so we can't get too far. I've been scoping out cool hilly rides though. Love those hills now!