Day 193 – (AD 420) – Jim's Trek Part II – The Sequel – 22.0 Miles – 8,400.1 Miles on My Schwinn 150?

Good Day,

Today I did it. I reached 8,400.1 miles on my Schwinn 150. And still I will continue… This morning I cycled 22.0 miles. And you know my next goal is, after I have reached my 40th goal point back again in Tampa. I have now decided that I must reach the 10,000 mile mark. Hell, who would have that this youngish but “elder-ish” gent would fix his gaze on such a mission.

This morning for some reason Google Maps has decided to express my coordinates: 30.192321,-84.105148. The map is telling me that I am virtually headed east on Hwy 30 E/FL-30 E/Rte 30 E/SR 30 E/State 30 E/State Hwy 30 E/US-98 E. Why so many 30s? And one lonely 98? Hasn't someone in Internetland realized that the AARP group are map-centric challenged?

The following chart maps my daily mileage, (blue line), and my waist measurement (red line). My waist measurement, since I began cycling on my Schwinn 150 on December 2, 2012, has gone down from 44 to 32 inches.

My belly measurement is now 36 inches down from 48. My next goal is to, without any type of surgery, to reduce my belly circumference down another 4 inches. I know that belly fat is a function of calories one eats and aging. (I read this on the Internet…at the Mayo Clinic site.) And so my strategy is to, through-out Jim’s Trek III to set goals to gradually reduce the extra belly fat.

And of course one can definitely think about synchronicity when I just got an email from The Daily Meal and the first headline is “10 Ways to Make Your Salad Healthier”. What can I say?

And this morning’s Breaking Bad episode delved into each of the five main characters’ “where-am-I-going-and-what-am-I-going-to-do-next?” themes and plot lines. Five intertwined stories as I follow through into Season 4.

My next installment of The 4400, Welcome to Promise City by Greg Cox reveals that Danny’s body is on ice so-to-speak. But the explanation does not make sense.

And I haven’t thought of what I am going to cook for supper tonight.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 192 – (AD 419) – Jim's Trek Part II – The Sequel – 21.5 Miles – Where in Florida on My Schwinn 150?

Good Day,

This morning, I got up a wee bit later than normal. I contemplated not cycling this morning…but I know that the end of Jim’s Trek is so near that I got right on my Schwinn 150 and I cycled another 21.5 miles.

This morning I am headed, on my virtual Trek, in a southeasterly direction in the wilds of Florida. I am on FL-267 S/Bloxham Cutoff toward US First Service Rd 354.

Last night I made a casserole of hot dogs and bowtie pasta and I also made a salad of fresh kale. The salad was excellent and oh so easy. I used Dino Kale, lemon juice, olive oil, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and parmesan cheese. This is definitely a do-over dish. And the benefits of my supper last night; my morning blood sugar count clocked in at 89.

 

Today I just peeled about 8 dozen dwarf bananas. All have gone into the freezer. I usually add about four frozen dwarf bananas to my smoothie every morning. Extremely easy to make: frozen banana; frozen fruit sometimes blueberries, sometimes strawberries, sometimes pineapple, whatever; a container of yogurt; ice; and water. This is my smoothie.



My viewing pleasure today while I cycled on my Schwinn 150 was the beginning of Season Four of Breaking Bad. And now I understand why the laboratory’s floor is red. Damn! Just watch out for box cutters.


Now I am off to Busch Gardens with the grandkid and family.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 191 – (AD 418) – Jim's Trek Part II – The Sequel – 22.4 Miles – Still on My Schwinn 150

Good Day,

Today I cycled 22.4 miles on my Schwinn 150. This is now day 418 and I have cycled a total of 8,356.6 miles. And yes that is me on the bike.

This morning my 22.4 miles takes me to the east of Hosford, Florida, population near to 650. This place is small. I am still headed in an easterly direction and I am somewhere on FL-20 E.

Not much more to write about today. It is just one of those days. And it could be that my Intellectual Cycle of my biorhythm is at the lowest point of its cycle...no pun intended. I will have to wait until tomorrow as the graph will begin to reverse and edge.

The pleats are being sewn for our new Warhol’s Itch. We have begun the design on a new quilt. This one may be a part of the Hoffman Challenge.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 190 – (AD 417) – Jim's Trek Part II – The Sequel – 22.1 Miles – Countdown Begun on My Schwinn 150

Good Day,

Got off my Schwinn 150. Another 22.1 miles of cycling added to my grand total. Now since December 2, 2012 8,334.2 miles.

This morning I am located on FL-20 E just south of Buzzard Bay and headed towards Willard Smith Road. I am also west of Blountstown, Florida. The countdown really begins as I am now just about 269 miles from my second-to-last Interlake address goal point, my 39th goal.

I was asked if I am planning Jim’s Trek, Part III. I have been. At this point in time on my 417th day of cycling on my Schwinn 150 I know that this cycling bit has become a part of my daily routine. It is now a habit. I may be a wee bit obsessive and my average cycling is now standing at 20.2 miles each time and day.

And I suppose this is the type of day, according to my biorhythm cycles that I need not make any, and I mean, any type of decision.

It does appear that if I were to interpret my chart I truly should stay low for at least the next week and possibly 14 days.

Last night when I got home after doing my Thursday volunteer stint at the Family History Center, I had a craving for a steaming bowl of noodles. I keep a regular supply of Ramen noodle packages in the pantry. I grabbed one with Kimchi flavoring. From the refrigerator I found and added some bok choy, mushrooms, green onions, green peas, and a tuna steak from the freezer...and of course a Scotch Bonnet. Great supper on a cold and wet Tampa winter night. And my blood sugar count this morning registered at 91.

There are some changes of character associations in this morning’s episode of Breaking Bad. I am sure that the writers must certainly enjoy their creation and stream of writing.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 189 – (AD 416) – Jim's Trek Part II – The Sequel – 21.6 Miles – 8,300 on My Schwinn 150

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 21.6 miles on my Schwinn 150. I reached another goal. I have now cycled a total of 8,312.1 miles.

I am headed east on FL-20 E toward Kathy Lane. But not just me, the two cars in front of me and the two cars behind. 

 

It is a Schwinn 150 virtual convoy.

Question -

If we have become more advanced as a people, that is, somewhat more intelligent with what is now available to our minds, why do firms insist on dumbing down and making their advertisements sound more infantile? What is a Hoodie-Footie? Is not the correct English phrase "with hood and footed"? Or at least "hooded and footed?" Everytime I hear this Pyjama-gram ad run on the radio it is akin to my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Davies running her fingernails down the blackboard.  And isn't there some sort of misrepresentation regarding the cat and dog?  Just asking, while I clip my fingernails.


The design of our new endeavor and experiment, Warhol's Itch has been completed. Again this is something very different and new for Andy and me. The construction of this wall hanging and quilt has begun. This should prove to be very interesting.

The construction continues of our new crocheted afghan Glowing. As the work progresses it continues to get a bit larger than just what is deemed to be a throw. We have been adapting the work and the design as the rows are added.

Have you ever had one of those nights that you are trying to sleep and there is a bloody mosquito or a damnable fly buzzing around your head and echoing in your ears? The Breaking Bad episode this morning while I rode my Schwinn 150 was just that. The episode was titled - Fly. And it did appear that that bitch of a fly just would not allow itself to be caught, squished.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim