Timeline sounds like a meticulous, minute-by-minute summary of events. Maybe it is; but I don\’t always have time to maintain such a timeline! Who does? But as I\’m on vacation this week, I can do a bit better with it.

Monday morning I went to the supermarket. They open at 6:00 am; but it was nice to not have to leave home at 5:30 am; so as to be back home by 6:40 am; so I could get to work on time! I didn\’t have to rush through the store; and I could take my time putting the groceries away once I was back home.

I took a shopping list with me; but forgot to put olives on said list. I remembered them just as I was taking the panniers off my bicycle at my front steps! Doesn\’t it gall you when that happens?

A short time later I had to ride to the bank; and there\’s another grocery store on the way. I don\’t use that one often because their prices are on the high side; but I stopped there and got those olives.

The sky was gray; and there was a sprinkle of rain here and there. Thank goodness it didn\’t actually rain! The temperature was 50 degrees. That\’s not so cold per se; and the wind wasn\’t bad; but it was very humid. All in all, it was miserably chilly.

My new cycling jacket has a problem.

BALEAF Jacket

The zipper pulls on the side pockets are very small, and I\’ve found that they\’re not so easy to grip; especially when I\’m wearing full-fingered gloves. Apparent arthritis doesn\’t help with that; and in addition my hands were numb from the chilly day.

In Reversal

To continue the timeline, I did breakfast and lunch in reversal Monday. A bologna sandwich was much quicker to fix than measuring out rolled oats, frozen blueberries, and yogurt; and mixing them together. Besides, it was cool enough that I didn\’t want to gulp down frozen stuff in a hurry.

Yesterday

Yet more of the timeline. Yesterday I went to Whole Foods. I didn\’t need any more groceries; but I like the store-brand, unscented dishwashing liquid. I wanted vegetable glycerine, too. Adding a small amount of vegetable glycerine to the BBH baking soda soft scrubber (see pg. 96) keeps it from drying out so fast.

Before I rode to the store, I dressed as I would for a ride on the road bike.

Tommaso Endurance Road Bike

I figured that would make it easier for me to get out there on the road bike after I got home from the store; and it did. The ride was not without a snag or two, though.

Five miles out, it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn\’t applied sunblock. That\’s what happens on a gray, overcast day! It\’s a good thing I keep sunblock in the road bike\’s under-saddle pack; or I would be sunburned now!

Soon after the sunblock halt, I thought that my bike was rolling funny, and stopped to check the tires; but they were OK. I\’m sure glad of that. It was colder yesterday than it was the day I got that flat tire; and changing a flat would have been much harder, thanks to cold, numb hands.

After I got home I had some lunch; then put brown rice to cook for Mayocoba Madness. I have to cook up stuff to freeze for when I\’m back at work.

And Today

And today I didn\’t have to worry about getting to a store before the traffic got heavy; so I allowed myself the luxury of staying in bed until 8:00 am. I wish I could do that more often!

Today the sky is clear, and it\’s nice to see the sun again. Of course I went for a ride; and very soon noticed that pedaling felt like hard work. It wasn\’t my tires, and it wasn\’t brake rub; so I guess my legs were a bit tired. After all, I rode a few extra miles yesterday!

Even so, I put in a few force intervals. I\’ve been slacking lately when it comes to such work; and I need to get back into it. But I still haven\’t figured out how to get my heart rate zones into my new Garmin! It would help if I could see what\’s going on as I ride.

After I got back from my ride, I downed a recovery drink; and then juggled eating lunch with making Mayocoba Madness. I\’ll take it easy for a while; then do some more cleaning.

I think I\’ll let the timeline end here. Keeping it up takes a lot of time.