2011 was a bit of a tough year when it came to finding time to do events. I lost focus on finding time for my exercise, nevertheless here are the 2011 numbers:
1758 Miles Cycling
241 Miles Running
Triathlon : 1:33
1/2 Marathon : 2:24 ( 2:34 in 2010 )
2012 will be much better, going to get back to some basics, like the Crit Series races and I’m going to try my first full marathon ( assuming SLC does not cancel on me ).
Here are some pics from the past few weeks. They include Halloween, something you can only find at Ream’s, new toys and other misc. stuff.
I like to make goals any time of year, not just at the new year. If you are feeling life is getting a bit stale, then try this. Running 1 mile or more a day will be a great way to be ready for your new year goals, help keep the weight down during the month of food and keep your stress level down too. You can start off really slow and easy if it has been a while too.
I got in 3 miles this morning and a tough bike ride tonight and I feel great. Now for a day of reset ( 1 mile ) before my 8-10 mile run Saturday.
Shame on GM for their latest advertisement. They are trying to shame college students into buying their bailout-leaching vehicles. They encourage us to ‘Stop Pedaling and Start Driving’. What awful advertising. They must really know the financial situation of students, as they are offering an amazing $2,000 off the $36,000 Enclave. I bet it works out really well for them.
Giant ran this ad quickly, I like it much better.
This month has been full of adventure and fun. Erika and I were able to travel to Montreal this month, a great reward for passing my LOMA exams at work. It was the first time for either of us to be in Canada, and we had a great time. Here is a picture of a Basilica that was next to our hotel. We really enjoyed touring the churches and seeing how amazing their interiors are. ( See pics below too )
Montreal was really bicycle friendly, although I only saw one person out of hundreds with a bike helmet on. Montreal has a really interesting bike share program. For $5 a day ( or $76 a year ) you can rent bikes all day. You get a PIN, and when you enter it into the machine, you pick any bike and ride it. There are lots of locations to park the bike, they you go shop, and then pick any bike to ride away on.
Here are pics of the month. Included are Montreal pics, Nathan’s bike crash and a cool clock I made from some spare parts.
Nobody prepared us for this….
Nathan’s Watch & Cologne
Nathan asked if he could purchase Cologne this weekend with his lawn mowing money. I talked him out of it, and give him a bottle of some Calvin Klein that I had sitting around. I told him good luck, and sorry if Erika tries to kiss him too much. Hopefully he comes home without lipstick on his face tomorrow.
With our little old car dying, we have been exploring some options for transportation. Luckily, we have been downsizing, minimizing and simplifying our lives for several years now. We were discussing this weekend how we were really happy that we have been reading up on minimalism, and reading information on car lite lifestyle. We all have nice bicycles, know good routes around town, and are in good shape for riding them too. We’ve been walking to stores, minimizing our trips to stores, and staying well planned with our one car.
As part of our first test for Car Lite, we decided to pick up a rental car for the long weekend. When we got to the car rental place, Erika and I joked how funny it would be to get one of those tiny Fiat 500 cars. As luck would have it, that is what we got:
We have been learning that renting a car for the weekends can be super cheap, we even found this deal for $9 a day on the weekends until May 2011. Enterprise Weekend Deal
It is interesting that some people have been so worried about what we are going to do. Some are frustrated that we don’t have a car for some reason too. Best of all is all the wonderful people that have been offering help, and calling when they go to the store, and such. We will be grateful to take you up on your offers, and are glad for the help.
Some more great Yehuda from this past month or so:
This has been a wicked crazy month, so crazy I have not updated the website for an entire month. We have had some fun adventures as a family, here are the highlights:
Most important : Erika and I have been working diligently starting up a Not-For-Profit bike shop. It is called Karma Bike Shop. We are planning on 4~6 events a year, where we will tune up and fix flat tires on bikes for free. If you feel like helping out, go to the webpage and do what you can. I’m really grateful for some legal help from some folks at work, the cash and bike donations that have already rolled in. We have our first event this weekend, at the Magna Festival.
Boys started school this week, and are really excited. They both had fun at scout camps this summer, did tons of bike riding and have been helping us get recycled bicycles back up and running. The boys and I went on a fathers and sons camp and had a wonderful time.
Our poor little car is giving us trouble, looks like some transmission problems. We would be really sad to see our car die. Hopefully it will all work out OK.
I finished my second Triathlon a couple weeks ago. Did better than last year, but off from my goal time. I hoped for 2 minutes quicker per event. In the swimming and cycling I met my goal, however I stunk up the running. My left leg was cramping up from the beginning, and I just could not run at my top speed. Total time was 1:33.45 ( 4th place in age group )
I cleared 1,000 miles for the year on the new bike. Here are the stats for the year:
