Day 68 – (AD 973) – 24.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Halloween On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

This morning something is wrong with either me or my Schwinn 170. I pedaled my normal 72 minutes, but I increased my mileage to 24.0 miles. And my resistance is still 15/25. Sure I’m losing a lot of sweat and burning more calories, 789 to be exact, but I cannot tell you what is happening. My totals are no at 20,532.9 miles; 33,044.6 kilometers.

I am located at Avinguda Camí de Miralpeix, 12, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. Looks like I could replace my stationary bike for a powered one. And I believe I have about 28 miles to pedal to get to my next destination and goal point.

I now have 17.5% of my overall goal remaining.

And our work with applique has begun. Our new commissioned quilt is “Son Shine”. We’re trying a number of various and different techniques that we have learned to this point.

Question: Could someone please tell me who Natasha is?

Natasha seems to have got ahold of my email address, and with all intents appears to be sending me daily emails and notices that I need “Beautiful Russian Ladies Looking for Love”.  Am I looking?  Hell no!

But I can swim. Trick or treat?

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Day 67 – (AD 972) – 23.5 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Quiet On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

Today I pedaled 23.5 miles on my Schwinn 170 Fitness Cycle. I am still able to maintain the 72-minute time frame with a 15/25 resistance. My totals to date are: 20,508.9 miles; 33,005.9 kilometers.

This morning I am located at N-340- Altafulla, Tarragona, Spain.

Even though in my reality there are four mini-canines scurrying helter-skelter around the house and the deck, in my virtual world I am alone and by myself. There is solitude and a definite sense of quiet to that effect.

I now have about 52 miles to go to get to my next destination and goal point.

Word of the day – Inconsideration. The noun from the adjective inconsiderate; lacking in care or thought for others; heedless; thoughtless; and insufficiently considered.




Parts of Florida, I reiterate, parts of Florida is cracker country. But nothing can top what I encountered late afternoon yesterday when I stopped for supper.

I’m sure Duck Dynasty is looking for their new Hello Kitty competition, a new pink reality show.

And you can imagine; I am trying to breathe.

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Day 66 – (AD 971) – 23.3 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Again On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

Happy Birthday, M.

Today I pedaled, once again, another 23.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals – 20,485.4 miles; 32,968.1 kilometers. This is the real part of my journey.

When I began this trek on December 2, 2012 I topped out at 174.8 lbs. and I was cycling 16.0 miles. This morning the scale registered on October 29, 2015 161.5 lbs. and I am able to continue 7.3 miles further. And I am 3 years older.

On the virtual part of my journey I am still in Spain. According to Google Maps, with a touch of my imagination I am at Partida Prats, 62B, 43892 Mont-roig del Camp, Tarragona.

Glad to see that I chose to sop at a designated parking space.

We completed another new quilt, Blue Fluff…and it is making its way to its new home in Florida. Check Quilts SB for details soon.

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Day 65 – (AD 970) – 23.5 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

Definition of multi-tasking,
the Smith Way –

Pouring rain, 4 demanding, diminutive doggies,
really pouring rain, broken umbrella,
4 intertwined leashes wrapped around my unsteady legs,
morning business trip, roll of unopened poop-bags…
Me holding leashes, balancing umbrella, unrolling and opening poop bags,
bending over in compliance of County poop and scoop laws,
trying to make sure all 4 of miniature pooches complete task at hand,
to get home out of the rain and a warm towel and a bowl of morning chow.
This is multi-tasking.

Don’t you dare laugh, and I won’t be bloody well hell posting any damn selfie…Period

This morning I cycled 23.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals now: 20,462.1 miles; 32,930.6 kilometers. I now have 17.8% of my overall goal remaining.

At an average rate of 20 miles per day I think I will be finished in about 222 days. According to Siri I should cross my finish line on June 6, 2016. (Thank you Siri.)

I am currently located at Autopista del Mediterráneo, 43895 L'Ampolla, Tarragona, Spain. I’m heading in a northerly direction up the road, so-to-speak.

Two days ago William M. Daley with The Washington Post published a story “The GOP’s dysfunction all started with Sarah Palin”.  I’m not writing my thought in contrary or in agreement with the assignment of the GOP. Does not politics go hand-in-hand with the description of dysfunction?

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Day 64 – (AD 969) – 23.5 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – I Didn’t Forget My Schwinn 170.

Good Evening,

Yes it is late…but I did not forget to ride my Schwinn 170 this morning. Today I pedaled another 23.5 miles. My grand totals are now: 20,438.6 miles; 32,892.8 kilometers.

This morning I made it to a point on the N-340 just east of Alcanar in Tarragona, Spain.

New commissioned quilt started.  Here's a hint.

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Day 63 ½ – (AD 968 ½) – 0.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Parked On My Schwinn 170.

Good Evening,

No pedaling today. Parked my Schwinn 170.

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Day 63 – (AD 968) – 23.9 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Not Thinking Just Doing On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

This morning I apart from cycling at a 15/25 resistance I also increased my speed to 19.8 mph. I pedaled 23.9 miles in 72 minutes on my Schwinn 170, and I burned 777 calories.

I may be aging daily but I cannot explain why I feel this extra burst of energy. I have now completed 82% of my overall goal and my totals are at 20,415.1 miles; 32,855.0 kilometers.

I am located today at Autopista del Mediterráneo, 43896 L'Aldea, Tarragona, Spain and I thought I would just get off the tarmac for a bit.

Not thinking too much today.

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Day 62 – (AD 967) – 23.6 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

Today I increased the resistance on my Schwinn 170 up to 15 from 12. I have been regularly pedaling at a 12 out of 25 resistance. This morning in my 72 minutes I pedaled 23.6 miles. My grand totals on my 967th day are 20,391.2 miles; 32,816.5 kilometers.

On the virtual part of my journey, thank you America (the band), I am now located at N-340, 823, 12580 Benicarló, Castellón, Spain.  And I found somewhere to spend the night other than the side of the road.

I began my Jim’s Trek Part IV on July 27, 2015. I can now calculate my A1c at 5.15%. The formula is the average early morning fasting blood sugar for 90 days plus 46.7 all divided by 28.7.

According to WebMD “For people without diabetes, the normal range for the hemoglobin A1c test is between 4% and 5.6%. Hemoglobin A1c levels between 5.7% and 6.4% indicate increased risk of diabetes and levels of 6.5% or higher indicate diabetes.” Yeah!

But got to watch now for the dreaded cheese addiction.

“Clinton laughed when Maddow confronted her with the threat from Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks to try to depose Clinton on "day one" of her hypothetical presidency.” NBC News, Hillary Clinton Calls Republican’s Impeachment Pledge ‘Pathetic’ – Alexandra Jaffe. (Oct. 23, 2015).

Question – Are there seated Republican Representatives convinced that Hillary Clinton is going to be the next President?

And the little one said “Roll over.” And they all rolled over and another fell out. Bye-bye Chafee.

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Day 61 – (AD 966) – 23.1 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Succeeding On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 23.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. My totals – 20,367.6 miles; 32,778.5 kilometers.

My location - Carrer Diagonal, 21, 12596 Torreblanca, Castelló, Spain.

Torreblanca is a municipality in the province of Castelló. The population of the town is just over 6,100.

It looks like Torreblanca is just slight of being parallel to Porto, Portugal where I started Jim’s Trek Part IV. The driving distance is about 640 miles and I have pedaled just 1,378.1. Okay, okay, my virtual world is twice the distance as a crow flies.

Questions – Why is that certain people, as they get older, feel that they have to enhance and supplement their achievements and attainments of their youth? Do they not understand that egocentricity is left outside the gates?

One tall Cuba Libre increases my early blood sugar count by 8 points. Yes, I do not drink regularly and my choice, when I do is a Grey Goose Gibson. Carbs in rum – Zip; Carbs in vodka – Zero… Carbs in Mexican Coke – 39g.

What goes around certainly comes around. Does it? Certainly Pharma DEO Martin Shkreli will not have to wait for St. Peter to give him his due. “Drug company attempts $1 alternative to Daraprim”, USA Today, Nathan Bomey. Take that, you little weasel is as polite as I get.

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Day 60 – (AD 965) – 22.6 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

Another day on my Schwinn 170, 22.6 miles. Totals – 20,344.5 miles; 32,741.4 kilometers.

I am now located, in my virtual world, on the CV-149 at Partida la Font, 37B, 12004, Castelló, Spain.

After 965 pedaling days I am truly beginning to enjoy my reclusive world. I am about 200 miles away from my next goal and destination point.

No-Knead Loaf #46 out of the oven.

Exhausted.

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Day 59 – (AD 964) – 22.5 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Yes I Am Continuing On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled another 22.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. I now have completed 81.6% of my overall goal. My totals are 20,321.9 miles; 32,705.0 kilometers.

I headed northeast from Valencia this morning and I am now located at Calle Buenavista at N-340, 947, 12591 La Llosa, Castellón, Spain. I have completed 1,332.4 miles about 29.1% of my Jim’s Trek Part IV. Still a bit more to go.

And then you know that my day will continue on a certain note when I head on to the Phlebotomist to give blood and I find out that there are no, I mean NO requests from any of my physicians. Why in the hell did I have a blood-letting scheduled on my calendar? And I do NOT believe in vampires…or zombies.

Prep work completed for No Knead Bread Loaf #46. This time I prepared the mix with the basics, just to make sure that I have everything in line. Ingredients: 3 cups Bread Flour; ½ teaspoon Yeast; 1 ½ teaspoons Salt; 1 ½ teaspoons Sugar; and 1 ½ cups Water. Cover and leave for 12 to 18 hours. Having now completed 45 of 66 loaves, I am on the way to making this a Smith habit.  Check out the next 22 at Jim's Gotta Heat.

I follow The New York Times column and section “Who Is Running for President?” . Here’s October 15th.

Now here’s October 21st.

Where’s Webb?

Working on three new quilt commissions. One is a Raggy Quilt. We’ve actually working on two. Here’s a peek at the commissioned one.

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Day 58 – (AD 963) – 23.4 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Best Speed On My Schwinn 170.

Good Day,

This morning I seemed to be cycling a bit faster than usual on my Schwinn 170 when I completed 23.5 miles in 72 minutes. I also burned up 739 calories. My grand totals are now: 20,299.4 miles; 32,668.8 kilometers.

I reached and traveled a small distance past my next destination and goal point, the center of Valencia, Spain.

This is the 15th location and goal point on my Trek, Part IV. Follow along the two maps.

I am currently located at Av. de los Hermanos Machados València, Valencia, Spain. If I wasn’t bonkers anyway, I would say that I am pinpointed in a tunnel.

I updated Quilts SB with our 131st quilt, It’s A Roo. Check it out.

And another Trudeau is to become Prime Minister of Canada.

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Day 57 ½ – (AD 962 ½) – 0.0 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Resting On My Schwinn 170.

Good Evening,

Postponed today day’s ride on my Schwinn 170. I visited my Cardiologist. My heart is still ticking. He’s pleased at my continuing effort to pedal as far as I can.

I ran a number of other errands and handled a few appointments. More tomorrow, but I will be fitting in my pedaling.

I posted our new quilt Roo Royale at our Quilts SB (http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/) site. Take a look.

Hopefully I’ll get another new completed one up and posted tomorrow.

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Day 57 – (AD 962) – 22.6 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Yes I Will Continue On My Schwinn 170.

Good Morning,

Today I cycled 22.6 miles on my Schwinn 170. I have now reached a total of 20,276.0 miles; 32.631.1 kilometers. No matter what I am continuing on. I set a goal and target for myself, I intend to keep it. Thank you Schwinn Fitness Cycles, Bowflex, and Nautilus.

According to Google Maps, my virtual location, (the fantasy part of my Trek and journey), is at Ronda d'Alzira, 11, 46680 Algemesí, Valencia, Spain. In the next day or two I will arrive at my next destination and goal point.

The word for today is “Entitlement”. The thought for today – Don’t move to Florida if you do not want to have to deal with entitlement.

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Day 56 – (AD 961) – 23.1 Miles – Jim's Trek Part IV – Thinking On My Schwinn 170.

Good Morning,

This morning I pedaled 23.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals now recorded at 20,253.4 miles; 32,594.8 kilometers.

81.3% of my overall journey is now complete. This is the 961st day that I have cycled since December 2, 2012.

Just thinking that there should be some way that I can attach a swifter and a mop to my fitness cycle.  Where's Rosie?

My location is at a junction of N-340 and CV-620, 46839 Guadasequies, Valencia, Spain.

According to Google maps I am covering the distance I cycled this morning in just under double the time it estimates a car to travel the same.

Today is a day to catch up with errands and odd-jobs.

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