I resume walking 7 miles per day each March to get ready for the summer routine. Asked an old friend if he still had that "Schwinn for sale" and he said, "You!? That's an expensive bike just to ride to work..."
It's not about workout. I figure each year if I don't have a stroke or heart attack from "winter hibernation" I'm ready for the next season. Funny thing, the "kids" can't keep pace with me on that 3mi. up the mountain every morning and I smoke. They're supposed to be dancers? > From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 23:13:38 -0600 > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] My next activity > > I was telling a co-worker just today: > > In the last six months I've returned to a vegetarian diet (w/ eggs and dairy > and seafood), stopped drinking coffee as of last Friday morning -- replaced > by Celestial Seasonings tea, taking vitamins, and am exercising for fun > rather than as an obligation. ... And, if I start hand-grinding wheat to > make bread, I am then right back to my late '70s lifestyle. ... I even plan > to bike to work (pedal, not roar-roar -- the motorcycle stays in the garage, > too) come warm weather. > > I could start pumping iron and once again bench press my own body weight, > like I did in the early 80s .... uh, no. > > Of course, in the '70s I was running 5 miles a day -- but given my knees and > hips in my mid 50s, walking 5 miles would be a painful workout. > > But, the bike theme remains. In the late 70s, I commuted to work (10 miles > each way) on my super-light $1800 Trek bike. Same bike is still in the > garage, waiting for spring. > > D. > > On Feb 5, 2008 11:01 PM, Timothy Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OY... I LIVE on my alfalfa sprouts. A diet of those, wheat grass, carrot >> from the juicer and cabbage (Russian Prison Diet ...soup) and see if you >> can >> bring tears to others' eyes in an elevator! >> >> >> > > > -- > LT Don > http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > The following packages will be replaced > Prez > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
