Spring has Arrived
Since my last post (been way too long!) spring has arrived across our service area. I have evicted several female raccoons with juveniles from both chimneys and attics in the last 3 weeks.This year’s juvenile squirrels are now mobile and are big enough to leave the attic and forage on their own. These little guys have been showing up in our traps for the last 2 weeks or so. Calls for bats have also started to come in since the last blast of warm weather. Overall it seems like it’s a “late spring”. What I mean by that is- this year’s juvenile critters seem to have been born a few weeks later than normal.
As I mentioned in my last post I am riding in this year’s 2009 Pan Mass Challenge again. I have been training every day as I have been for months and despite a couple nagging injuries things are going well. I haven’t actually got on my bike yet (next week) but I have been running several miles each day and also training with weights. I’m planning on doing just 7-8 training rides this year. Last year I probably did 3 times as many training rides andgot a little burnt out. I enjoy cycling but i’d rather ride a mountain bike.
In the last 3 weeks i’ve lost two friends to cancer. My uncle Eddy died two weeks ago after a 5-6 year battle with the disease. Then last Saturday a member of a fishing organization that I belong to, John Grzesiak also died of cancer at the age of 34! The purpose of this ride really hits home when something like this happens. I have plenty of motivation to kick ass on this ride but to lose 2 people close to me within 3 weeks makes me angry.
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Matt Grady