Ate up.

To celebrate the end of the first week of the term, a day of glorious weather, my teeth feeling better, and burn some vacation hours, I've opted to bike to work today (wow, this is a really long pseudo-sentence). It's about time as I haven't been able to for about a month and a half. That month and a half break plays in in a second.

I left the garage a few minutes after my son caught the school bus and, as I was heading through the neighborhood I saw his bus again. I thought "oh cool, I'll catch up and give him a wave." So I started my first ride in weeks right off with a heavy sprint... brilliant.

I caught the bus after about a mile at the light at 14th and Pine Lake. R didn't even see me because he was busy reading a book, but I suddenly realized that I was really unprepared for the chase I had just given... like, big ouch. :) Heart thumping, pain in the lungs, couldn't swallow or cough kind of pain.

I've now spent the last 6 or 7 miles leaving a disgusting trail of saliva and mucus... feeling more than a little like some kind of a troll. By now, I'm feeling a ton better, and I'm taking some time to enjoy the weather here at Antelope Park before I go the rest of the way in.

I definitely need to hit the bike more often, and I probably also need to take my lovely wife's advice and get the prescription for my inhaler refilled. As much as I like to try to deny it, it looks like that post-exhertion asthma is still hanging around.