Slug Weather

1400.9; 1050.6; 16.6

There's a kind of weather we have, I guess people call it Winter, but I think of northern Cali "Winter" as full-on rain (even though it's usually somewhat warmer when it rains). This weather, like today's, is chilly, overcast, brisk--like Fall almost anywhere else.

I haven't been getting out on the bike much, and really need to. My blood sugar is still not terrible--nothing over 200--but the average is steadily climbing the longer I go without this exercise. So, I made myself get out today; even these relatively short rides help. Maybe I can get back on a roll here...

Making the Grade

1384.3; 1034.0; 16.5

Mitch Mitchell died about a week after we saw him at the Experience Hendrix show. Sigh.

12 days since the last ride, and that one was 7 days after the previous one. Well, I've been traveling, and then sick. This slacking has been reflected quite apparently in the blood sugar.

But riding was surprisingly easy--at least the relatively gentle slopes of the trail to Forestville and back--and indeed the Occidental grade on the return, which sometimes seems like it takes forever, was pretty much a breeze. Need to keep it up while the weather's good.