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Actually been meaning to post for the past couple of days, and just never got around to it. The day after the Tour, I took myself on a 30 mile bike ride — this started as something where I just wanted to get my legs moving, and ended up with me just “going”. I even… Continue reading The Week After the Tour

I made it — 62.5 miles in four hours & 20 minutes, and that included all of the rest stops. I’m quite proud of myself. The only thing that really don’t work out was the weather. I spent the most scenic portion of the ride biking through a torrential thunderstorm. I was waterlogged. As a… Continue reading The Tour de Cure

On a morning like this morning, I really wonder why I don’t bike in more often. It was beautiful. There was a little chill to the air, but just enough to keep you from getting too hot while biking — this morning was great. I would have biked in yesterday, but I was having tire… Continue reading Need to Bike in more Often

So, I did manage to get out on Memorial Day and at least start the ride that I wanted. I made it up Waggoner’s Gap then up Doubling Gap (taking my first rest stop on that path). However, as I went down 233 toward Newville, the road was detoured. By the time the roads resolved… Continue reading Memorial Day Ride

Didn’t bike in today, because I’m picking up the littles after work — and trying to get a 7th grader & a 9th grader into one of those little pull-behind carts so that I can bike them home seems impractical. Still, though, I had to buy gas today $80.00 . . . we’ll see if… Continue reading I hate the wind, sometimes

Biked in this morning — 20 miles in just over an hour, so my pace is certainly improving. Not taking a super-hilly course helps with that, too. 🙂 My big complaint, though is the temperature at that time (well, the waking up before 5:00 is a complaint in itself). 40-45° Fahrenheit is just a difficult… Continue reading Not liking cold mornings

Been playing around with Google Maps and have come up with what I think will be a neat little warmup for the Tour de Cure. Considering that I haven’t gotten on the road since a quick ride on Sunday, doing this loop should help my confidence. Here, we have about 60 miles with three significant… Continue reading Weekend Route

So, they managed to fix my bike over lunch . . . I’m skeptical. The bike involuntarily shifted between the medium and small (easy) gear on the front. This is doubly bad. When it does it, the bike goes through a very jerky movement, and since I’m usually climbing a rough hill when this occurs,… Continue reading Bike Shop

I stumbled upon a blog titled Junkfood Science. This is a well-written, well-researched blog that essentially claims that The “obesity epidemic” is a drug company & media created monster (can certainly agree with that) Any study that claims the benefit of a certain diet or eating pattern or body image was probably funded by a… Continue reading Junkfood Science

I made it in! It took approximately one hour and 20 minutes to head the 20 miles into work, and I did it. Average speed was just under 16 miles per hour, and I burned 1,126 calories during the trip. Only real complaints were that it was COLD (42° Fahrenheit) and the road traffic was… Continue reading Commuting: Day 1