cold water

this morning i took a chance and made "german" pancakes. basically just thinner and a little more sugar. they actually turned out well. considering the receipe said to let the batter sit for 20 minutes before frying, i thought 2 min. would do just fine. and it did.
after that it was onto the bike ride. a short hour with sprints. the first few sprints i did i felt great. no problem getting up around 50km/h on the shortish uphills. the last few however were not good. all of a sudden my legs got sluggish. dont know why for real, but i think it may have to do with the fact that i ate a lot of snack food yesterday. just did not sit well. so hopefully i will feel good tomorrow! (i think)
after that i went down to the beach since it was so nice an i did not want to sit inside. it took me a bit to find the people i knew were down there. but i did eventually. after a bit of sitting i went swimming. the water was surprisingly cold. it even took my breath away a bit at first, or when hitting a cold patch while swimming a bit. by the way today was the first time ive been swimming since november. and that was in a pool that i could stand up in the whole time. before that the last time was in the summer! but i had forgotten how much drag water had. swimming was a bit of work.
then i came home, preped my bike for tomorrow by cleaning it and putting on its race uniform (black tires).
then an absolutley delightful dinner of chicken, peppers, and penne. it was really good. i opted for this because last week i had it before the monday race and that went well. so maybe it works better than speghetti.

my ride for tomorrow just called, he is feeling a bit ill so he is not sure if he will race. nuts. but he is going to call at 7 tomorrow with the decision. if he does not drive i dont race, so i guess ill just have to wait and see. if its a no go i am going to bike to the mountains, see what there is to see. so either way a good bike is in store.

ducks like a day at the beach too.