Miscellaneous Missives

 ... sooooo Covid took away most of my big group rides and therefore my motivation to ride my bike.  In 2019 I rode 1333 miles.  This year I only rode 601 miles.  Yikes!!   Luckily, a friend gave me a color workout chart to map my workout of 2020.  My goal was to workout (walk, strength, stretch, bike, etc.) each day of the year.  I had to do some activity for 20 minutes each day to be successful.  Some days were tougher than others, but I was able to do it.  I'll admit some days it was merely stretching or yoga, but my body had to move.   I guess it's not as good as the year's in the past, but this year wasn't that great in general.  

I'm sorry 2020 has kept me away from my blog because a) I feel like I'd only whine. b) I'm really not doing anything. c) I feel like I'm trying to pull my crap together every day. I think I that I was easier on my rating of books this year than I've been in the past.  I'm not really sure, but I did have many four and five stars. On January 1st, I should be able to post my official Goodreads Challenge.  I'll be honest, I've read five more books this year which might be six or seven by the end of 2020, but I'm putting these on next year.  It may be cheating, but I feel there's no way I'll make my goal next year ("hedging my bets").  This year I read 125 books of my 100 book goal. School/Educator Type Books I only had two five start books. Despite the Best Intentions:  How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools by Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond.   This book actually looked into statistics.  It went past the typical ideas of po...