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Work was busily dull...lots of stuff going on, lots that I did and the only thing that made the day better was lunch out at Quizno's with the work husband. I had a torpedo and it was good. Tee hee. After work I got home, changed and headed up to Miles Ahead bike shop.

american_knight and

reynier recommended them and wow. I was impressed. I was unloading things out of the fit and this guy on his phone in the next car, gets out and asks if he can help get my bike up to the shop (there are stairs). I said, "sure". Trick is, the guy didn't work there, he was a customer. From what I gathered while I waited for Jeff, he's a hot racer. Jeff was very cool. He explained what he was looking for on the fit, adjusted my cleats to give me more power (I was doing all of my climbing with my calves, which is exactly how its been feeling). Then he adjusted the seat and things were a lot more comfy. I'm gonna try the adjustments out for a while and see how it does and if its still not working I'll change saddles but when I got home I decided that I may as well try it out.

I didn't tell mel I was headed for a ride cause I didn't want to get down the block, have the knee complain and just turn back and have him chuckle at me. So, I got on and didn't know how far I was gonna go but knew I was gonna go. I ended up doing 3.5 miles, avg about 14. I had to stop and fix my chain at an intersection cause I'd downshifted too many gears too fast and the chain slipped. I'll need to take it in for service anyway since its been sitting a bit. The knee felt great on the ride but when I got off it was swelling just a bit, so I iced it and snuggled up on the couch with dinner.

Oh, we all need to give Thyra hell...I caught her smoking yesterday from a cig she bummed from a coworker. Mingo called her a "coworker buttsucker" which is fitting. Give her some grief! (evil grin).

After dinner I had to change and get ready for Victory Hall. I wasn't sure how much I could do but I figured I'd give it my best shot. I did lots of slow work with Ragnar and that was good. I learned a few things and then I did a bit of pell work but the full speed was tweaking things. Ed and I adjusted my stance and I have to remember not to shift my chest forward for comfort...its robbing me of power...course I shift it naturally due to my boobs but I can see what its doing. I also need to get into a slightly different set of lifts for my upper muscles. Mel said he'd get things set up for me to do pull ups ( the bane of my high school gym class btw). Then my leg was tired and I sat on the side lines watching footwork. Learned a lot which was good...just need to apply it. Which for me is the hard part.

Got home and iced the knee a bit more and then I soaked in the shower for quite a while. I started reading Brimstone Kiss only to discover that its the second book in a series. But the intro gave a bunch of information so I'm gonna see how it goes. Then I was asleep well before mel came to bed.

Work today will be busy and then it will be home for grocery shopping and house cleaning. The family room needs to be picked up a lot and decluttered of mel's tools and the leather stash. Need a good place to put that soon. Maybe we can get the storage room redone soon and that will help with that. Spring cleaning is calling, we just need to find time as a couple to do it together.

I think it will be too windy to bike today...we're expecting 40 mph gusts today. So, maybe tomorrow morning I'll get up and go for one before the day gets going. We shall see. It felt really good to get back in the saddle.

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