Caught

Not surprisingly, the saga of the fugitive couple has dominated local news the last couple days. Roane County isn’t far from here; one of my bike rides goes from Farragut (West Knoxville) to the southeast corner of Roane.
[I was amused to hear one of the CNN guys refer to Roane as being “in the extreme eastern” corner of the state; there’s over 100 miles of Tennessee east of Roane.]
Anyway, the capture of the fugitives illustrates once again that you don’t have to be very bright to be a criminal. Note that if you are trying to elude capture by law enforcement, it’s probably not a good idea to: (1) take a 100+ mile taxi ride; or (2) check into two hotels within a few hundred miles of the crime scene, when all the cable news channels are repeatedly showing your picture.
Of course you also have to question the mental soundness of someone who marries an inmate. But that’s a separate issue.

RHR

At last I have something tangible to show for my bicycle riding besides a depleted bank account.
I measured my resting heart rate today and it was 48–squarely within the “well-conditioned athletes” range. It’s been a while since I last kept track of my RHR; I recall that historically it has hovered around 60. So this would be a notable improvement.
Still, it’s 14 bpm above Lance Armstrong [see under “About Lance”/”Key Stats”], who is in the 32-34 range. Wow.

2,000 Miles

At the beginning of 2005, one of my “resolutions” was to bicycle at least 2,000 miles this year.
I surpassed that on Friday.
Is 3,000 possible?

Threatening Note

A Southwest Airlines plane gets diverted to Houston after a passenger finds a note with “threatening language.”
Which makes me wonder: Does it make sense for someone intent on blowing up an airplane to place a note explaining his or her actions on said aircraft? Wouldn’t you leave it where someone could read it afterwards? Seems to me that the primary suspect to leave such a note on a plane is a hoaxster, not a terrorist.