Bueller? Bueller?

Yes, I've been absent.  Almost a month.

I have been VERY busy.  Not much on the bike, but very busy anyway.

I thought January was a pretty dismal month on the bike - 197 miles.  But, then I looked back 5 years and realized it wasn't that bad after all.  In 2008, the year I was training for RAAM, I only rode 136 miles in January.  In fact, the average miles for January over the last 5 years has only been 112 miles!  So, January wasn't so bad.

February has been a different story.  Lots of bad weather across the US as well as TX spelled lots of chaos for me as an airline pilot and a cyclist.  Lots of reroutes and lots of sub-freezing days at home.  So, I started renovating the boat -- and once I start something, everything else suffers.  Although the bad weather has come and gone, I find myself working on the boat when I should be riding. 

It will probably work out though.   When I did the RAAM in 2008, my biggest miles came in Feb/Mar/Apr.  I actually think I should have done big miles in Mar/Apr/May, so that's how it's gonna be this year.  With the RAW beginning on 15 June, I will be able to taper the last two weeks and be ready to go!

But ... gotta get the boat finished!