Today I went to the gym immediately after dropping V off at the train. I think this is going to be a good way to build a new habit.  I did 51 minutes on the elliptical, but was unable to use my telekinetic powers to make the televisions explode. I'll keep trying. 

Yesterday one of my cousins asked my other cousins and me to join her on a 25-mile charity bike ride for ALS this spring. It looks like fun, the ride ends at a barbecue in Wildwood (so it's sort of a "bike to the beach" thing), and it'd be a good training goal. I said sure. Now I'm trying to figure out if I have any idea what I'm doing, and wondering how exactly one trains for a 25-mile bike ride. Do I bike for three hours a day until 25 miles becomes No Big Whoop? Do I bike for an hour a day until I can easily bike 25 miles in an hour?  Is there a couch-to-25-miles cycling program? 

Yeah, there's an app for that, but the developer support website, couchtobike.com, comes up with a blank page. also, there are no reviews.  an app's not the same as an explanation. 

still, might be fun, though.