gorgeous weather, good music, sore legs

today I hit the 100 mile mark for March. I may be able to squeeze even more milage out of this month, depending on the weather. tomorrow I am riding in my first group/charity ride. I'm only doing the 18 mile stretch, but it should be fun. right now I'm sitting out on the front porch, listening to Ray Lamontagne sing and the frogs ribbit, drinking a Smutty Nose Shoals Pale Ale, and enjoying the 70 degree weather. it's a beautiful day.

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pretty cool design. lego board table. check it out.

atlanta sunset

forerunner = oh yes.

I purchased a Garmin Forerunner 305 last month. I do a lot of cycling over the spring/summer months, and I try to run during the fall/winter months. It is a GPS unit, which allows me analyze a good bit of data. Heart rate, speed, pace, distance, elevation, as well as it graphing my route (something I formerly would do manually on mapmyride.com). Well, I've had it less than a month, but I'm already in love with it. It's a great motivator and an indispensable tool. I will post some more on my rides and my fitness goals as time goes on. I can't recommend the Forerunner enough. It is a bit large when wearing it for running, but it's not heavy and I didn't really mind the bulkiness. I was too busy tracking my pace and distance to worry about how large the thing is. I'm pleased.

I've also been off Facebook since Ash Wednesday (February 17th). This has been the only activity that I have actually not reverted back to. I have had several beers, sodas, and I'm not getting up early for meditation. All in all, though, I'm proud of myself for actually sticking to this one. I am planning on forgoing the sodas and beer once again---as well as getting up early to meditate. Just as soon as I get some more sleep.