A random collection of stuff

Yesterday my wife convinced me to go and do the "stairmill" with her for an hour.  She is very fit, and she says the stairmill is hard.  I was very, very scared.  It turns out my fear was completely justified.  We set the stairmill for an hour on a ridiculous level, and we were off.  15 minutes into the hour, I was ready to be done.  I was sweating so much it looked like someone had wrung out a sponge of salt water on my stairmill.  My wife was just bopping along to her music, looking like she just started.  I suffered through an hour, and now I never have to do it again.  

The best part of the stairmill is that afterward, I ate one of these 

They are the best tasting bars, ever, period.  No ifs, ands or buts.  I would eat these things everyday if I could.  The only downside is they don't do too well in the heat (anything over 65 degrees and they get MESSY)  

Enough about my sweet tooth.  In other randomness, my dog got hit by a car about a week ago. The car was going about 40mph, and it hit him in the rear end.  He was not happy (I was pretty pissed at him for being so stupid) and we took him to the emergency vet, fearing that he was done for.  But, he is special.  The vet picked him up off the emergency gurney and he walked across the room.  The x-rays showed no broken bones.  The only change we have noticed is that he farts a lot now.  He also scares himself when he farts, getting up to see what is going on with his rear end.  

He is very special.  He looks sweet here, but he is mostly evil.  

In more relevant news, I went for a bike ride today.  I successfully avoided the rain and got in some good tempo work and some climbing with legs that were really funky.  They felt okay to start, then heavy, then springy, then dead, then heavy, then springy, and then okay but tired at the end of the ride.  Very weird, but maybe it means I am getting stronger.  Or my legs are going to fall off. 

This is the first ride of the season that I wore an actually kit for.  I feel goofy any time I wear a matching outfit and I am not racing. 

Can you tell?  

Even my helmet and sunnies match.  This is a monumental milestone in my cycling habit/career/infatuation.  I didn't plan it, but everything matches.  I know the vest isn't part of the "kit" but the colors match, so I am going to say it counts.  

The ride was one of my usual out and backs, although I added on some exploring at the end.  I got to a road I had looked at on google maps before, and I decided to see where it went.  It runs along a river for a while, and then up the side of a mountain. 

 Lots of private land, and some interesting snowmobile trails that I could see myself exploring. I went out for a while, climbed until the road started descending.  I turned back and headed home at this point, and made it home just in time for dinner in the cafeteria.  It is very nice to get home and just role into the dining hall with all the food I can eat ready for me.  I will miss that part of school, but I think I will get over it quickly.