Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, June 30, 2008
1104 For the Win!
Miles Ridden Today:59.1
Total Miles Ridden in June:1104.7
Avg/Day:36.8
So despite yesterday's little crackup, I went riding today - back out to redmond - I just wanted something flat so I could get it over with. Today I ran into an interesting group of riders (150+) - they are members of a church denomination celebrating 150 years. So members from various churches are riding from coast to coast to raise awareness for poverty. Apparently earlier in the week they had been out at the pacific ocean and were now riding to New Jersey (Really... couldn't they have picked somewhere a little more appealing? ;) The ages for the people riding ranged from 17 to 82 and they are going to do 3500 miles in 9 weeks - or averaging 55 miles per day - given that I only managed a little under 37 - it will be very impressive (at least to me). A quick websearch found a blog from one of the riders: http://www.krabbe.ca/seatosea.php - apparently the ride is for the Christian Reform Church.
But still - I won the renegotiated wager with Scott - so while it's not quite 1500 miles in june, 1100 is significantly more than I have ever ridden before in a month. At the start of the month, for me riding to the Redhook Brewery took just under 2 hours (1:57), and today - despite having a sore knee, arm, foot, blisters on my toes and fingers and spending a long time going slow talking with riders from the group of 150 - I still managed to make it to the brewery in 1:30. A significant improvement in riding performance.
The major downside to all this? I spent more on Bicycle maintenance than I won in the bet :)
Total Miles Ridden in June:1104.7
Avg/Day:36.8
So despite yesterday's little crackup, I went riding today - back out to redmond - I just wanted something flat so I could get it over with. Today I ran into an interesting group of riders (150+) - they are members of a church denomination celebrating 150 years. So members from various churches are riding from coast to coast to raise awareness for poverty. Apparently earlier in the week they had been out at the pacific ocean and were now riding to New Jersey (Really... couldn't they have picked somewhere a little more appealing? ;) The ages for the people riding ranged from 17 to 82 and they are going to do 3500 miles in 9 weeks - or averaging 55 miles per day - given that I only managed a little under 37 - it will be very impressive (at least to me). A quick websearch found a blog from one of the riders: http://www.krabbe.ca/seatosea.php - apparently the ride is for the Christian Reform Church.
But still - I won the renegotiated wager with Scott - so while it's not quite 1500 miles in june, 1100 is significantly more than I have ever ridden before in a month. At the start of the month, for me riding to the Redhook Brewery took just under 2 hours (1:57), and today - despite having a sore knee, arm, foot, blisters on my toes and fingers and spending a long time going slow talking with riders from the group of 150 - I still managed to make it to the brewery in 1:30. A significant improvement in riding performance.
The major downside to all this? I spent more on Bicycle maintenance than I won in the bet :)
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Yet Another Bike Crash
Miles Ridden:30
Total Miles Ridden:1045.6
Miles Remaining:54.4
Today I rode over to REI and then called Peter and arranged to meet him for a ride. After running into the Pride parade it took me a bit longer than expected to get over to his house to start the Ride. For the ride, Peter and I rode through the trails in Discovery park - a beautiful day for it. After splitting up with Peter I rode around for a bit and eventually headed over to have dinner with Daniele, and on the way I took another spill - in the exact same spot as before (and I didn't even have rain as an excuse this time). So tomorrow morning I'm going to have to ride over to REI to get them to look at the derailer which got a bit bent - and then ride the remaining 54 miles while sore.... Just adding a bit more drama to the bet :)
Total Miles Ridden:1045.6
Miles Remaining:54.4
Today I rode over to REI and then called Peter and arranged to meet him for a ride. After running into the Pride parade it took me a bit longer than expected to get over to his house to start the Ride. For the ride, Peter and I rode through the trails in Discovery park - a beautiful day for it. After splitting up with Peter I rode around for a bit and eventually headed over to have dinner with Daniele, and on the way I took another spill - in the exact same spot as before (and I didn't even have rain as an excuse this time). So tomorrow morning I'm going to have to ride over to REI to get them to look at the derailer which got a bit bent - and then ride the remaining 54 miles while sore.... Just adding a bit more drama to the bet :)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Riding on the Peninsula
Miles Ridden Today:38.2
Total Miles Ridden:1015.6 (Finally past 1k!)
Miles Remaining:84.4
Days Remaining:2
Today I took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island and rode to the Bremerton Ferry. After a short (well 3 hour) rest stop just past the bridge towards Poulsbo, I rode over to Keyport then over to visit my parents. We had a nice dinner over at the Boat Shed restaurant then went to go look at Scott's new deck. Then off to the ferry - my timing on catching the ferry back couldn't have been better! I rode straight on as the last person getting on. If I had missed that one it would have sucked (90 minutes till the next). This was a very hilly ride - more so than the ride around the lake, but I took more breaks while doing it.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Visiting Panera Bread yet again
I really like their 1/2 sandwhich and salad combo (not to mention their bagels...)
Miles Ridden Today:59.7
Total Miles Ridden:977.4
Miles Remaining:122.6
Days Remaining:3
Avg Required:~41
Average So Far:36.2 (and since my average pace for the month is around 12-13 mph, thats about 3 hours a day - every day so far this month)
It was a beautiful day today - I overslept though and missed most of the morning. I rode out to have a late lunch at Panera Bread in redmond again (their strawberry-poppyseed salad is mmmm good). The trail was much busier today... don't people have better things to do on a sunny friday afternoon than spend it outside??
Miles Ridden Today:59.7
Total Miles Ridden:977.4
Miles Remaining:122.6
Days Remaining:3
Avg Required:~41
Average So Far:36.2 (and since my average pace for the month is around 12-13 mph, thats about 3 hours a day - every day so far this month)
It was a beautiful day today - I overslept though and missed most of the morning. I rode out to have a late lunch at Panera Bread in redmond again (their strawberry-poppyseed salad is mmmm good). The trail was much busier today... don't people have better things to do on a sunny friday afternoon than spend it outside??
Short Ride today
I got distracted early in the day and never really got into riding...
Miles Ridden today:22.2
Miles Ridden today:22.2
Total Miles Ridden:917.7
Miles Remaining:182.3
Days Remaining:4
I rode over to Freemont and called Dan to see if he was available for coffee... turns out he was working from home. I then rode over to the UW Bookstore.. wandered around in there for a while, then rode back to downtown. Was a colder, overcast day and just couldn't get the desire to ride for a long distance...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Riding around Redmond
Miles Ridden Today:59.5
Total Miles Ridden:895.5
Miles Remaining:204.5
Days Remaining:5
Average Required to Ride:41
Today I rode out to have lunch at Panera Bread in Redmond. Then I rode back via Redmond Town Center and got distracted for a couple of hours in Borders books.... Yet another beautiful day for a ride. The only real problem was that on the way back two riders came flying by about 5 mph faster than I was going (I was doing about 15) so I rode to stay with them for about 15 miles *wince* that killed my legs for the ride back up capital hill - but it was fun :)
Total Miles Ridden:895.5
Miles Remaining:204.5
Days Remaining:5
Average Required to Ride:41
Today I rode out to have lunch at Panera Bread in Redmond. Then I rode back via Redmond Town Center and got distracted for a couple of hours in Borders books.... Yet another beautiful day for a ride. The only real problem was that on the way back two riders came flying by about 5 mph faster than I was going (I was doing about 15) so I rode to stay with them for about 15 miles *wince* that killed my legs for the ride back up capital hill - but it was fun :)
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