"you're a machine"

Lovely sunny but cold morning so I headed out, Derek no mates, for 3 laps of Chatelherault trails which is 15 miles. It's got some "nice" undulations with 2 tasty climbs so it's not easy. You meet dog walkers, hand holding couples, mountain bikers and today for the fist time 2 women on horseback. When I lapped them for the third time one of them shouted "you're a machine". I'm going to take that as a compliment rather than a reference to being rusty and past it! Behaving like a machine is exactly what I am trying to do. Repeating every move as smoothly and efficiently as possible. In the longer run this mentality of being a machine will help especially when it gets tough. When I got home and got cleaned up I made myself the biggest plateful of rice, meat, beans and veg - hardly touched the sides as I had worked up an appetite and burned of 1,700 calories. This was washed down with nuts, raisins and a banana. I'm now going out with my wife for coffee and a huge piece of cake. Life is good. :-)