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Today I will stray from the hubub surrounding the Tour of Hope and it’s continuing training/preparations to discuss something I was pondering last evening. When it comes to my higher education, I’ll be the first to admit – I was an idiot. I took 8 years to get my 2 year degree that I’ve never [...]

Heating up. It’s been Africa hot here. Like 101-103 with the heat index. It’s been hot. Makes riding the bike not so much fun. The diet continues on. I’m down 10 pounds in 2 weeks, so I guess that’s pretty good. We are into ‘phase 2′ now, which means that we can add sprouts to [...]

The last two days have sucked on the bike. Really suffering. The legs are filled with lead. I must have completely run out of carbs. Like wounded children, I hear the all the Hostess cupcakes screaming at me as I pass every 7-Eleven on the ride. I am in the ‘pastry’ ring of hell.

Day 12 in. As luck woud have it, coinciding with the Tour of Hope activities I am also in the midst of getting yearly medical checkups and such. Had a physical and the associated probings and needle picks. It was determined that I needed to lower my cholesterol a tad. This would turn out to [...]