Monday, May 12, 2014

Test Run

Hello again ladies and gents!  Today was some hot shit! Literally.  It was around 80 F today, which is about a 15 degree jump from what we've been used to!  Sooooo.......today i took a nice little test run. Anyone obsessed with the gym? Look at the response I saw many months ago that popped into my head. The situation was simple. A jerk off acquaintance was trying to play down the gym after i remarked "it's been so long and i love the results. It's like a game everytime, but also i don't want to be fat.". Typical response "you look good, blah blah blah". If family says it (lots of people in my parents neighborhood i look at as family)  that's one thing, but most of the time I smile and politely say thank you. it really IS nice to hear, but when i look in the mirror, i don't see the same thing. When you were on a strict diet, strict workout plan and strict party plan......you need discipline.  Achieveing a goal weight of 220 was really special to me and was when i felt great. I sure as shit took some damn Selfies! I was proud of my accomplishment. People get upset, saying it's vein or douchy, but they're just fat and can't appreciate fitness. haha, no, but honestly most people just don't understand what it feels going from 195 to 220 and looking so much more in shape. So let the haters hate. Here's the Reddit post i found, and if i can find that selfie i took so long ago, i'll post it too....i really wanna put "hashtag selfie" haha. ok so this is the response to "apparently being healthy is an obsession" that i found spot on:
"[–]Darclite  
[–]cinemarshall 6 points 
This is the real answer. Every overweight person I have met (and having been one myself) rationalizes this way.
You need to make a poster of what you said and put it on every billboard in America.


So in a nutshell, this is the emo trip i took today. I don't care if i get back to 220 anytime soon, or if i can bench 405 ever again or any of the cool things i felt really good about.  None of that matters. I'm training to keep my heart in amazing health and be able to recover quicker from the chemo treatments. My liver metabolizes toxins fairly quickly, thanks to the german/irish/italian background, I've got thousands of years of building some strong liver enzymes!  But really, at the end of the day I can't let people down by pushin up a lilly becuase i got lazy and said forget the gym.  If hear the goose walkin over me, i'll at least know i did my best to stay in shape and eat right to do my part. Then everyone can point fingers at God or whatever and blame other people or stuff.

Alright, i'm terrible with emotions and this blog isn't fun to write.  So here, this is the route i did today. Took the GF like 10 miles and she was nervous and moves around a bunch in the turns which freaks me out. So i dropped her cute butt off at her parents house and went down rt 38 all the way to dekalb.  Along the way i realized St. Charles is the absolute worst stretch of road on that path, more hills and potholes than if chicago's roads were transplanted into San Fran.  Once in the open country i was behind an SUV that allowed me to open the throttle to around 70 and cruise. The 2 lane highway was a little bumpy which made for a few scary moments. But the more miles i put on, the more situations i'm exposed to and the more i realize that this bike can handle JUST ABOUT anything the road can throw at her. Why did i get all sorts of caps crazy there? As i hit a few of these bumps i kept saying that to myself over and over. It worked kind of like tricked myself into thinking that the bike can handle it, but allowed me to stay vigilant without getting too complaicent.  OH yeah, got the brakes done (you'll see the blue line heading to carol stream) hit the gym and then went the the Kawasaki dealer to check some things out (trip down ogden) and my trip to dekalb whilst returning on the expressway. and finally a trip to a restaurant called The Bank in Downtown Wheaton.




SO the big day is coming up!  Treatments on tuesday and wednesday are totally possible, but we'll see how things go.  The theory is that i'll leave friday, so lots of water is in my future.  I have to be good about that if i want to leave on time. Oh, and the weather, i just hope it holds for a little while longer. I HATE riding in the rain, at least at high speeds.  Looks like sat through monday are good days around here. We'll have to play it by ear and hope for the best to be sure. Here's the forecast just a little heads up to anyone that cares haha.  Whelp, i've got to get better at taking pictures on the road, so that I will be sure to do.  Also, the tires look a little bald.....soemthing that needs to be brought up.  Hopefully i'll ahve better blogs in the future when i'm actually on the road!


10 Day Forecast

Updated: May 10, 2014, 11:08pm CDT

TonightMay 10

Isolated T-Storms
77°FObserved High5:05 pm
55°F
Isolated T-Storms

SunMay 11

T-Storms
79°
67°
T-Storms

MonMay 12

T-Storms
84°
65°
T-Storms

TueMay 13

Rain / Thunder
67°
49°
Rain / Thunder

WedMay 14

Few Showers
59°
45°
Few Showers

ThuMay 15

Few Showers
59°
41°
Few Showers

FriMay 16

Few Showers
59°
41°
Few Showers

SatMay 17

Mostly Cloudy
61°
45°
Mostly Cloudy

SunMay 18

Mostly Sunny
64°
45°
Mostly Sunny

MonMay 19

Mostly Sunny
69°
50°
Mostly Sunny

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