First off, there is nothing sexier and nothing that leads one to feeling superior than a good workout. I was a workout junkie for a while then I burned out suddenly because I was just doing too much and not giving myself enough time to heal from injury. Anyway, after some time off, the weather has been beckoning to me and I am back on my Redline Cyclocross bike again.
I used to bike at least 25 miles a day, six days a week. I can't do that right now so I have been taking it easy, working my way back up. I was going to wait another week to go to ten miles a day (my goal is back to 25 miles a day by mid May. With the improvement in the Chicago weather, I don't foresee a problem). I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, so I said to myself "why do tomorrow what can be done today?" I decided to up to ten miles today from five. Hell, it was a beautiful day if not a little windy (okay.. A lot windy ... This is the windy city, after all). I zipped along and at 5 miles, dismounted for a moment to drink some water and take off my jacket as that I was sweating. As I was stowing my gear, I started to notice that a lot of runners were wearing these blue t-shirts that said "Run Against Bush." Of course, I was intrigued and when I finally returned home (the trip back was a killer ... I was fighting the wind the whole way. I should have known better with the amount of chop on the lake today) I decided to look up this "Run Against Bush" and here is what I found.
"Run Against Bush" is a grassroots campaign dedicated to removing George W. Bush from the White House by providing concerned citizens a way to collectively and comfortably express their disapproval of the Bush Administration.
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