This operation is slowly starting to take form. I got the last piece of the puzzle yesterday. Its a healthy protection being SPF 4.

I've decided to move the old tans lines up a bit this year. You've been good to me the past few years tan lines, but its time to move on. Time to go to bigger and better things. Time to show more leg.

The past few rides I've been slowly upping the hours. I did a good 4.5 hour, 135km ride on Saturday, then went onward to the 5 hour on Sunday. Well. the body had different things in mind as it decided it only wanted to do about 3 hours.

I think the combination of travel, former sickness, and adaptation to the climate took its toll. I still put in about a 20 hour week, which is ok for the first week of the year. Under normal circumstances I don't think that would be a problem, but going from nothing(sick) to 20 hours was a little bit too much of a jump.

I've noticed I start to crave 4 things once training starts to ramp up. They are:

Peanut Butter: Man, its soo good. I could eat a whole jar just with a spoon. Its so deadly though.

Coffee Shop Run: There are few things I enjoy more than the coffee shop run. The feeling of being social while not talking to anyone all while enjoying coffee better than home. Oh yeah

Oatmeal: Its something I cant understand, but as soon as the big weeks hit I cant stand to have anything other than oatmeal. I could eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner, everyday of the week. I don't know what it is. The funny thing is that as soon as the season ends, and the structured training stops, I cant get enough eggs. I crave eggs the opposite way. Weird.

Civil War Documentaries. Even Weirder. I often catch myself on rides thinking about watching civil War documentaries. For some reason its all I feel like watching on TV. If they arent on TV I look for them online. I should become a re-enactor or something. I guess I would have to figure out how to grow a mustache before that happens.