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I started out the weekend with a very busy Friday night which I already posted about.

I had grand plans for Saturday morning, but my body was very sore and tired so I took a clue and rested. Although I’m nowhere near where I need to be, I’ve been hitting the workouts pretty hard (well, hard for someone that up until about six weeks ago hadn’t really been doing squat) and I know that I’m not going to build strength and endurance if I don’t rest and rebuild when I’m that tired.

I’ve been dropping a pound a week which is good considering I’m also building muscle which weighs more than fat (and I have a LOT to go) and am starting to see muscle definition returning to my legs. I’m making progress.

I did spend most of the day getting ready for WineHog, which I decided to have at Speakeasy this year where there was lots of room to mingle and enjoy the art

It was fun to pull out the table cloth and see all the names, dates, drawings and spills dating back to 2005. And of course to have people sign the cloth for this year.

Don decided to come by and provide some live music.

Jim enjoyed the comfy couches

It was great to see Shon and Annie

Eric and Kathryn swept the awards winning for both best wine and best cheese.

The winning wine was Le Grand Pinot Noir

The winning cheese was Remberant Gouda

The best name was Bill’s Big Ass Zin

The prettiest bottle was Annie & Shon’s Moselland Lighthouse series Reisling. It’s difficult to tell from this stock image, but the lighthouse is on the back of the bottle and viewed through the bottle via a window in the front (I have a similar one with a castle that Betsy brought over several years ago)

This morning I got up bright and early and Bill and I headed up to Tukwila to meet the Cascade Bicycle Club for the coffee ride to Alki Beach.

We headed out with the “steady” group, but decided to come back with the faster “moderate” group. We got back just in time to get the bikes loaded before the skies opened up and it poured rain.

Had he not needed to get back home for the SuperBowl, we’d have been in Orthing on the Tacoma Wheelemen ride during the downpour (I haven’t heard if they were able to stay dry or not)

Between being with the slow group on the way out (had to hit my brakes a lot and it was a big group so I had to pay attention and ride defensively) and the faster group on the way back, I didn’t get a chance to take pictures, but did upload my Garmin data.

We rode 32.5 miles in just under 2 ½ hours.

Now I’ve got to get ready for bed and my work week

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Mood: Tired

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