Non-biking day, just for the heck of it

I guess I just want to experience the SPEED, the POWER, the INVULNERABILITY of driving a car today. And the humility to use those attributes with courtesy.

For more information, see a superb posting related to a Columbus Dispatch article on cycling.

OK, there is a reason I'm driving instead of biking: the beginning of a saddle sore needs some cautionary rest. It's in a new place, if you can bear with TMI (too much information). I've noticed over years of experience that a saddle sore appears in the same specific place, without variation by even a fraction of an inch. This continuing location makes me wonder whether dermatologists have recognized that, at least in some persons, the sites for acne flare-ups and other skin manifestations are the scene of repeated concern. But this irritation site is new for me. I hope it doesn't mean a chance of double-zit problems.

Rain day #12—and a welcome rest day

Thunderstorms started booming their way into the Miami Valley last night. A light rain falls even this morning, though the online weather radar shows most heavy rains are much further to the north. It's a day for driving, and a chance for rest that I can use well. Not only am I tired from lack of sleep, my butt has started to develop saddle sores. (I'll write in more depth on saddle sores.)

And a chance for errands, including picking up the Trek 850 from Kettering Bike Shop and leaving off the Lotus, which has developed a worrisome click in the bottom bracket. I need to shop for food too, at least for the staples of a week's breakfasts and dinners. And Practice Yoga has a special Vinyasa this evening with live music by BJSR, a cooly supple musician-yogi I've seen beside me in class.