Demotivation

With things winding down on for the season on the bicycle racing front, and nothing but busywork on my to-do list at the office, I've been feeling very demotivated lately. I'd dearly like to wrap up the LAMBRA Cycling Cup Series rankings, but it will be a day or so before I have all of the nessary information from last Sunday's Rocktoberfest (Check the photos!). I suppose that part of my mental sluggishness can be attributed to five days off the bike and that nagging feeling of fat accumulating around my middle. This didn't happen when I was 25! I did manage to write up a summary of last weekend's USA Cycling meeting, which you can read if you're so inclined. Otherwise, I've got lots of stuff to do, but none that I want to do. There's the progress report I need to finish, a bunch of stuff I need to read, a grant proposal I need to comment on, and some long-term projects on which I should get started. Nothing exciting, though.

The weather this morning was humid and still with overcast skies that made the pre-dawn part of the levee ride a bit darker than usual. As usual after so much time off the bike, I felt sluggish. Almost as sluggish as my shifters, which are, I presume, all gunked up from a summer of sweat and humidity. At some point I'm going to have to break down and give the Cervelo a complete overhaul. Anyway, apparently we're supposed to be going to some sort of wine and music thing at City Park some day soon, but as usual I don't seem to have the details on that. All I know is that the charge for the six tickets The Wife bought cleared my bank account!

It's raining hard right now despite last night's forecast of record heat. Doesn't look like we'll have anything resembling Fall for another day or two, though. Feeling the need for a very long bike ride...