Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday dear me ee
Happy Birthday to me.
What great lyrics, so easy to remember, so evocative. Well, it’s come at last, the finest thing on two wheels possibly and very likely ever, the Giant FCR1 bike that I've waited for two months for! P.J. insisted on putting it together so after an hour or so it was fully assembled and looking rather ace. Have posted a couple of pics – one of the proud owner and another of the rear derailleur with it’s million gears (count em!). What you can’t tell from the pics is how light it is. On the pic with me in it you will notice I’m holding it down – it’s literally lighter than air so unless it’s either anchored to a fixture or is being held down by a bulky bloke it just floats away – awesome!
Paul with Xmas/Birthday Present, keeping it from floating away...
Very nearly a million gears ready for selection ...
Rebecca Wheatley - half the gal she was!
Someone told me about an article in a recent OK magazine which features Rebecca Wheatley who was the bubbly lady on reception in Casualty if you watch it. She’s done an exercise DVD (“The New Me Workout”) and in it she enthuses about Slimming World (she does in the OK article too bless her). How much has she lost? Only 12 bloomin stone!! Wish I could get past four stone loss again!! Hell, she's done well and it don't half look good on her.
In October's Woman magazine article Rebecca says “The good thing about Slimming World is it's about unlimited amounts of food. If you are used to having an appetite, it's good because you are replacing not restricting what you eat.” . That's exactly it.
Rebecca Wheatley before pic
Rebecca after pic!
Tuesday Morning – it’s stopped bl**dy raining
Thank the Lord, it’s stopped raining! Did two gym sessions yesterday as weather was so bad. Have got out on the bike this morning and racked up 13 miles in under an hour. Average speed was 13.5mph which I’m taking as a sign of increased fitness as was riding on Slow but Comfy. Am mentally planning my half-marathon attempt on Saturday now – am going out early doors and am hoping to take Lucy swimming afterwards so I can have a soak and relax a bit! Have worked out will need to take a little bit of nutrition and water, gps of course for logging purposes and am going to find a light waterproof just in case. Only a week or two until new bike arrives and then I’ll be really going some!
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B.P.: 128/79/53 good!
2 comments:
Happy birthday Paul, glad to see you've got yourself a decent bike.
Thanks for the comment you posted, I'm nuerotic as well as obsessional now. The guy must have a screw loose to keep coming back. He's clearly angry at something but why me. Thursday,s evening at the velodrome was something else, when your out there on your own it felt like a scene from the Flying Scotsman film. The next thing is to get accredited to ride the track.
Regards,
Frank ( a neurotic obsessed 85 Kg this morning)
Hi Frank, thanks very much, new bike is good, went through a flood on it this afternoon and almost jumped off and carried the bike!!.
The guy posting the insult's a fool, one of the thing's I believe in though, is live and let live - it's obviously giving him some sort of pleasure to post his rubbish but it's a bit like when you you're a kid and think you know it all - everyone humours you, puts up with you spouting rubbish but secretly they're thinking 'little d**khead'. He's on his own posting his little insults and everyone's thinking "he really ought to consider getting a life, that fella". My advice, leave him to it, the more he's ignored the sooner he'll tire!!
All the best, not sure about them bikes with no gears though!!!
Paul
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