Day Fifty Seven

Woke up at the butt crack of dawn this morning...and I mean...4:30am. I got up, went to the bathroom and went back and laid down for about 2 min...big mistake. I then proceeded to wake up at 5:34am. I wanted to be at work by 6am so I could get an early start to the ride. Oh well, so I made it to work by 6:30am. Got on the bike and did a few warm up trips up and down the parking lot before really hitting the laps. As I turned down the parking lot to head to the ramp, I saw my boss, Brad getting out of his car to go into his office. He gave me a "Mikeeeeey!" and a wave and off I went. I took off slow and slowly progressively got faster and then maintained a steady 10mph pace. It's just enough to keep my heart rate at about 150-160 in the right gear, so I'm happy with that. Tex and Harry (ConAgra pilots) had the Lear APU running getting ready for this morning's flight, so I was riding by the jet under the canopy on each pass. On one pass, I noticed passengers getting on board and Tex and Harry waved as they started the jet...I rode in circles behind the jet a good 30-40 yards behind it and waited until they got ready to taxi out. It was pretty damn cold this morning, so the warm jet exhaust was a welcome addition to the morning. I love the smell of JetA in the morning. :) As they started taxiing out, I got right behind the jet and pedaled as hard as I could agains the force of the exhaust. It's hard to do! Gets the heartrate up though! It's a good 30-40mph wind. When I went back to the corporate hangar, I passed Brad on the access road. He was out for a jog and he was all bundled up. Had a good day at work...kinda slow, but good! We're going to have an article written about us in a magazine and we wanted to take some good pictures. We had a bunch of big jets come in today and we had a good opportunity to get some good shots. I climbed up on our air stairs and took a whole bunch of shots. I came back into the office and my boss was standing there. He said something to the effect of "You know, in any other situation, I would say being your boss, I should be the one inspiring you, but I can truthfully say that you are the one inspiring me every morning watching you ride in the cold." That was pretty damn cool of him to say...makes me wanna keep going for sure. When I came home I had dinner and went over to Dan and Emily's the BS and watch a little Monday Night Football and have a beer. Ended up being a nice day, but it's 11:45pm and I'm not looking forward to getting up in 5 hours. Oh well. Gotta do it, right? Hope you all have a good night. Goodnight, friends...catch you on the flipside.