[Griff]

I almost bought it last week on my standard ride. I had been three days without a decent nights sleep cuz one of the little ones has been sick. My plan was to replace sleep with exercise. Its been done before but this time it didn't work out. Something was growing in my sinus and I was beat. I dove down our hill and met a car on the tight lefthand corner. I had to take it wide and caught a piece of rough pavement as I leaned into it. I was yanked toward the car and had to turn right toward the outside of the corner. Consider the forces involved, it was DICEY! I road another five or six miles out and met a woman I know who is basically blind whizzing the other way with her kid on the back. At that point I knew I was a pussy.

I've have a couple great rides since. My hip/thigh issue seems to have cured itself so we're going on a big ride with friends this weekend. While picking up my kids prescription at the drug store, I stuck my arm in one of those blood pressure screening deals to see what cycling has done for my pulse and pressure. My pulse was 52 and my pressure was pretty low. I've always had a slow pulse, around 62, but thats pretty freaky.