2025 Mileage: 801.2
This is my sweet wife's birthday, so I wanted to be able to spend the evening with her. But I don't have our car on Mondays, so I did the only other thing I could in order to get to Planet Fitness and ride today ... taking advantage of their 24/7 hours, I left home just past 5:00 this morning, and rode from 5:30 to 6:30.
This gave me a ride of 13.5 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 787.7
Last night I spent a big night in my recliner, watching sports ... beginning at 7 p.m. with the Sweet 16 basketball games between MSU and Ole Miss (MSU won, moving on to Sunday's Elite Eight), and then Michigan's game with Auburn (Michigan lost, ending their season), and ending with the Tigers' contest with the Dodgers in Los Angeles, which went 10 innings and ended about 12:45. So of course I wanted to spring up early and head over to Planet Fitness today, and I achieved this, leaving home about 7:00.
This gave me a ride of 12.5 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 775.2
After a couple of lazy days when I did not ride (because of diligent composition work on Wednesday, and helping Michelle with work at home yesterday), I got back to Planet Fitness this morning -- I didn't listen to Interlochen Public Radio during my workout, as I usually do, but instead today I listened to the sports talk station out of Detroit that I like (97.1, The Ticket), as this is a big time for sports in our area. UM and MSU play tonight in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament, and will meet one another for the first time in the tournament's history, on Sunday in the Elite Eight if they both win tonight, and the Tigers had their season opener last night in Los Angeles (losing by one run to the Dodgers).
Interestingly, I saw a "little person" (formerly known as midgets) in the locker room after my workout. He laughed heartily at my shirt ("So far this is the oldest I've ever been"), gave me a big thumbs up, and a fist bump.
This gave me a ride of 12.7 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 762.5
Got to Planet Fitness once again this afternoon, for a good brisk ride while listening to Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 13.2 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 749.3
I am currently in the midst of an unusual stretch of schedule. Last evening, I attended the (spectacular) senior recital of a friend from church, who is a musical theater major. After I got home from that, I watched the ending of the NCAA tournament ("March Madness") game between Michigan State and New Mexico.
Early each Monday, I participate in a men's small devotional and fellowship group at our church at 7:00. I am a frightfully early riser anyway, so making this 7:00 meeting is never difficult for me. But today I outdid myself -- unable to sleep (for some unknown reason), I finally got up at 3 a.m. and sat and composed until it was time to leave for church.
After our meeting, I had planned to go directly to Planet Fitness. But given the unusual circumstances, I cam home instead and crawled into bed for a hearty nap, and then went to Planet Fitness early this afternoon.
This gave me a ride of 13.2 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 736.1
I was lazy today, and though I pushed myself to go to Planet Fitness and work out late this morning after church, I only rode half as long as usual. While riding, I listened to choral music of the master of the Middle Ages, Palestrina (16th century), as I had this in my head anyway since our church choir did a Palestrina Missa Brevis this morning.
This gave me a ride of 6.6 virtual miles today, in 30 minutes.
2025 Mileage: 729.5
Yesterday, I was busy with composition, and inexplicably tired as well, so I granted myself the day off from working out. But this morning I got back to it, getting to Planet Fitness relatively early to ride while listening to Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 12.2 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 717.4
On this first day of spring (it formally began at 5:01 a.m. today), I did a slow, somewhat desultory ride at Planet Fitness, while listening to Interlochen Public Radio's broadcast of spring-themed music, including the magnificent ballet Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland (1900-1990), later arranged as a tremendously well known orchestral suite, which won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize in music.
This gave me a ride of 11.8 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 705.5
We are entering a tremendously roller-coaster like period of weather, as this afternoon it's supposed to be in the seventies, and tomorrow we'll struggle to get to freezing. Nevertheless, despite today's warmth, I got to Planet Fitness first thing this morning (after dropping Michelle off at school), and rode once again while listening to Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 13.0 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 692.5
Got back to Planet Fitness today for a brisk ride while listening to Interlochen Public Radio (once again). This listening, which is exceptionally enjoyable, has become my default listening during my rides..
This gave me a ride of 13.3 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 679.2
I took yesterday as a not invariable, but not atypical, Sunday rest day. Today, though, I was able to get back to it, riding for a brisk hour at Planet Fitness while listening to Irish music on Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 12.3 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 666.9
After being lazy and taking a rest day yesterday, I was glad to get back to it today, riding at Planet Fitness on a mild but terribly windy day. I listened to a variety of classical music, beginning with the Brahms New Songs of Love (Neue Liebeslieder, but we did them in English translation) that I performed with the St. Olaf Choir in the early part of 1977. (I played the bass part of the four-hand piano accompaniment.) Like a few days ago, the cycle shut down 10 minutes earlier than I had planned to ride, and this was the same one of the three cycles, so I'll try to avoid it in the future.
This gave me a ride of 12.0 virtual miles today, in 50 minutes.
2025 Mileage: 654.9
I was able to get to Planet Fitness again this morning to ride while listening to Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 13.0 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 641.9
This afternoon I was able to get to Planet Fitness and do a brisk ride while listening to Interlochen Public Radio.
This gave me a ride of 13.6 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 628.3
I've not been able to ride since last Friday, due to an exceptionally busy stretch, and multiple car problems as well. Today, however, I was happy to be able to get back to Planet Fitness, though it was not entirely trouble-free .... the cycle shut down unexpectedly, after 50 minutes, cutting off the final 10 minutes of the ride I had planned.
This gave me a ride of 10.3 virtual miles today, in 50 minutes.
2025 Mileage: 605.1
I got to Planet Fitness again today to work out, riding while listening to Interlochen Public Radio. I pushed myself a bit harder today, too, and racked up the best mileage I've done in an hour there so far.
This gave me a ride of 13.6 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 591.5
I got to Planet Fitness again today to work out, riding while listening to Interlochen Public Radio on this Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
This gave me a ride of 12.6 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
2025 Mileage: 578.9
Not having worked out since Thursday, I was awfully glad to be able to get to Planet Fitness and get it done, riding while listening to Interlochen Public Radio, on this Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent commences with Ash Wednesday tomorrow.
This gave me a ride of 13.0 virtual miles today, in 1:00.
