Well, this was an eventful, in some good ways and one really bad way. It was overcast when I woke up, thought I would go for a bike ride on the back roads. I was feeling a little bit run down but not anything to keep be from doing stuff. Drove up to the intersection of Foley Rd and FM2100, where I parked the car and got the bike out. It was sprinkling a little bit but not too much. I headed north on 2100 until I got to Stroker Rd. This section was a little dicey. There is a large emergency lane on this highway, but it has a lot of debris on it and really isn't well suited for riding. After I got onto the back roads, things were better. Headed east on Stroker Rd to Peters Rd. The wind was definitely coming from the north, so riding into the wind was harder. These back roads had decent quality, not perfect but rideable. Took Peters Rd to Ramsey Rd and followed it over to Old Atascocita Rd. Seemed like there was a little bit of an eastern component to the wind, so traveling west was a little easier. I took this road back across 2100 and then to Fairlake Ln, which links into FM1960. I rode to that intersection, then turned around and rode back to Old Atascosita Rd, turning right to get down to the lake shore for a picture. From there, I just retraced my route back to the starting point. I put in a pretty big workout on this ride, as evidenced by my average heartrate. Definitely a tempo ride. The southbound stretches on the way back were pretty great because I had the tailwind to help me along.
Avg speed = 18.5 mph. Total mileage = 22.3 mi
Avg power = 171 W. Weighted avg power = 179 W
Total elevation gain = 60'
Avg heartrate = 146 bpm (Coospo)
There were times during this ride when the rain was pretty steady, and I was completely soaked at the end, wetter than I have been in a very long time. Packed the bike into the car and got a cinnamon roll from the donut shop there before changing into some kinda dry clothes for the drive back to the lake house. I ate some breakfast, then took the time to stack the stuff in the garage into a smaller space so that Ben and I would have room to stage the items we brought down from the attic. It was pretty gross at times, much of that stuff should be thrown away, but Ross needs to make those decisions and carry that clean-up out. Ben showed up after noon with Adri, Suzanne, and Abigail. We had a little talk, then Ben and I went into the garage and started pulling stuff down from the attic. We did it in two stages, and at the end of each stage we called Mom out (the others joined as well) to help with the disposition of items. Mom was surprisingly ready to let go of things, so we ended up with large piles of trash and recycled metal, items to go to Goodwill, and items to give to family members. We didn't put too much stuff back in the attic, which was the main objective after all. Then we drove over to Atascocita and had dinner at Italiano's. Mom and I shared a pizza, it was pretty good. This was the fine part of the day. I was feeling okay but not in tip-top shape. In the evening, Ross came home and went ballistic when he found out that Ben had taken the ShopVac (Ross's, but we didn't know that) back to his house to use for a home project. Ross was completely out of control, and it took quite a while to calm him down. He thought Ben had intentionally stolen it, and he was right that Ben had taken it without asking for Mom's permission. So, we screwed up there, big time. Ben drove back to the lake house and dropped the ShopVac off, without stopping to let us know that he had done so. This was a very good thing because Ross was still on the edge. After I showed Ross that the ShopVac was returned, he and I had a very detailed and personal conversation about how he saw his current life and future. So, he was in a better state of mind at the end of the evening than earlier. I couldn't sleep after all of that energy, and my night was a fitful one, probably compounded by not feeling 100%.
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