{"id":23,"date":"2007-04-11T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stringer.cc\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2007-04-11T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T19:42:51","slug":"as-the-bike-turns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stringer.cc\/blog\/2007\/04\/11\/as-the-bike-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"As the bike turns"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve come to an interesting realization – at least for me…. I’m middle-aged. Allow be to explain how I arrived at this conclusion.<\/p>\n

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  1. I can’t eat what I want and keep my weight down. It’s depressing for some I know, I hovered around 150 lbs for years, until I hit 31. I’m now around 160-165. As “light” as that may seem, it’s not my usual. And I can’t keep it off.<\/li>\n
  2. I don’t think of sex every 10 seconds. Yeah, really. I always thought it was a farse. “Not think of sex?” I always asked myself. Bah. Now it’s hours before I think “I wonder if I did this, would she…”. Ok, fine, not hours, but I’m not saying anymore (taking what’s left of the 5th – but it’s not every minute either).<\/li>\n
  3. I play Xbox with kids 1\/2 my age. It’s odd how when I was 1\/2 my dad’s age, I thought I accomplished something. Now, I play online with 16 and 17 year olds… and I listen to “I’m grounded” and “I’ve got homework”. Thank God the didn’t have the Internet when I was in school. I would have just dropped out, got my GED and stayed a home for years.<\/li>\n
  4. My kids come to me with any question. I’ve gotten “Daddy knows” status in the house. Half my answers are “ask your mom.” The wife still just rolls her eyes.<\/li>\n
  5. I drive a minvan. And race sports cars in it. “3.5 BABY!!!!!”<\/li>\n
  6. I still think of ways to add performance to my 6 year old Toyota without having to sell a kid.<\/li>\n
  7. I work <2 miles from the house and I wish I worked from home.<\/li>\n
  8. I wonder why everyone’s in such a hurry.<\/li>\n
  9. My patience lasts about 5 seconds.<\/li>\n
  10. When I try to exert myself, I really have an argument on “Why?” with my inner self.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think I realized this last night on the trainer. I did my 10 minute warm up with 2 1-minute sprints in there. It burned, but it was over quick. Then, a 5 minute sprint. OMG<\/strong>!!!<\/font><\/p>\n

    I gave out 4 mintues into it. And 3 minutes into cooldown, the DVD announced another. I used Sheli walking in as an excuse. Whew!!!<\/p>\n

    No truth be told, I was rather impressed that I wasn’t DIEING at the end of the 5 minute death-to-your-legs part. The premise is this: by warming up and sprinting early, you generate lactic acid. The easy periods, still using the legs are a breakdown cycle. I really didn’t know you broke down lactic acid that quickly. But, I had the oommfff to handle a 4 minute sprint before fading. I guess there’s something too all that.<\/p>\n

    Oh, and my jersey came from DENMARK.\u00c2\u00a0 Suddenly, I’m not all that happy to call…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve come to an interesting realization – at least for me…. I’m middle-aged. Allow be to explain how I arrived at this conclusion. I can’t eat what I want and keep my weight down. It’s depressing for some I know, I hovered around 150 lbs for years, until I hit 31. I’m now around 160-165. … <\/p>\n

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