calisthenics
It gets rather tiring merely standing for 10 hours of the day. My knees get tight, my throat stings and whines, and my body just generally gets antsy from the stationary post. I tried Team Zissou exercises in the afternoon, but they only produced stares from the Fujitsu reps. There is so much energy compounded throughout my system by the time I leave the university bookstore that my evening cycling has been extraordinarily enhanced - I finally hit a solid average of 20 mph (32 kph) on one of my rides.
The scarce, slow times at the bookstore are used to pull updates from le Tour. Having a significant limitation on the amount of time I have to cycle each evening is a downer, particularly so when I am continually feeding myself the latest from the peloton. I get the feeling this will push my weekend rides to epic proportions to make up for the difference. If you see me on the West Coast any time soon - absolutely drenched in sweat - you’ll understand.
For the second half of last summer, I went through a self-sabotaging, academic/working sprint that required a new brain segueing into the fall semester. This time, it looks like I’m going to need a new body. Perhaps, I could rent this one out to a wayward spirit who dreads crossing the river Styx and, then, go pick up a new, multi-touch model. Win-win.
July 12th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Yeah, that whole standing for hours on end thing? Totally know how that is.
I texted you back Saturday. Did you get it? I’d love to see yer face soon!
July 12th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I got it but was occupied all afternoon and evening so as to not allow escape. I will be in town very, very briefly in August and will stop by the coffeeshop to see you.