Highs and Lows

[ornoth_cycling]

Sadly, I have to say this is going to be my first bikeless week in over three years. I’ve ridden every week for the past 166 weeks.

The last time I didn’t ride was November 2002. In that instance I was off the bike for over five weeks thanks to major knee problems.

This week’s absence isn’t quite as drastic, but it’s still going to make it impossible to ride: I’ve been in Korea all week, and won’t be back until Saturday. I guess it’s as good an excuse as any, but it’s a bit of a bummer to have my consecutive riding streak end.

Ah well, at least I can take solace in another event that happened today: a coworker in Australia led off an AIM conversation with “you’re a big biker right?”. I think it’s really cool that this guy on the far side of the planet, whom I’ve never met or talked to before, knows that I’m a dedicated cyclist. I guess I now have a world-wide reputation as a cyclist! Not bad, eh?

Comments

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

cool! So what is interesting in Korea?

I knew someone who was stationed there for a year in the army, and he said it was fairly boring. And cold.

[ornoth.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's a question for my main journal... ornoth.