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This morning I hit my 1,000 mile goal that I set for myself on 8/19. By my math, that averages to just over 13.5 miles every calendar day... which isn't too shabby, given that there were plenty of days I couldn't or didn't ride. It was a cold ride in this morning and I overdressed... so I managed to...

Goals: The Agony of Victory →

Miles This Week: 93 Miles Towards Goal: 999.1/1000 New Bike Miles: 428.2 Sunday: 0 Monday: 15.5 to work, slow and chilly... 41degrees when I started 15.5 home, did OK, but not fast. Tuesday: 15.5, slow. I'm back on the "If I'm not feeling it, just soft-pedal". Another slow 15.5 on the way home...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/19/2008 →

Miles This Week: 141.8 Miles Towards Goal: 906.1/1000 New Bike Miles: 335.2 Sunday: 29.3 around the area. Good ride to start, but I pushed myself a little too far and slowed down towards the end. Monday: 15.5 to work, not as fast as last week, but still made it in less than 55 minutes. 17.4 moving average...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/12/2008 →

Miles This Week: 62 Miles Towards Goal: 764.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 193.4 Not a phenominal week... I was hoping to make up for some miles today, but it wasn't to be. Sunday: Rest day after the ride to Augusta. I did a little cleaning of the bike and fitted my GPS to my handlebars to serve as a cycling...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/5/2008 →

Miles This Week: 180.6 Miles Towards Goal: 702.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 131.4 Sunday: 18.6 fast miles (for me, avg speed of 15.6, including my long hill) and then I went out and test rode new bikes for about 6 miles Monday: 15.5 to work, also fast (for me, 16.6 avg). 15.5 home, normalish speed Tuesday...

Weekly Ride Report: 9/29/2008 →

Well, that went quicker than I expected. After having ridden the bikes on Sunday, I had pretty much made up my mind that I wanted the Jamis Quest, so yesterday night I went out , rode it one more time and then did the deed. I'll post some Old Bike/New Bike pictures later. The reason I decided to go ahead...

Bike Shopping: Part 2 of 2 →

I spent Sunday (9/28) test-riding some bikes at 2 different shops. In the morning I went out and did 18 miles as fast as I could to kind of wear myself out a little so I could feel how the bikes would be when I was not so fresh. All rides were done with my pedals and shoes. Biowheels First I went out...

Bike Shopping: Part 1 of ? →

Miles this Week: 19.5 Progress towards a new bike: 521.7/1000.0 What a sad week. My shoulder was still killing me from last week. Sunday: Nothing Monday: Zero Tuesday: Zilch Wednesday: Nada Thursday: Goose Egg Friday: 19.5, commute to work, short ride to the pick up point afterwards Saturday: Zip...

Weekly Ride Report: 9/22/2008 →

9/14/2008: 15.8. Did a nice short speed loop... pretty fast for me. 9/15/2008: 0. Took a day off 9/16/2008: 26.1. Tried out another loop up to Fort Thomas and down to Alexandria 9/17/2008: 16.2. My shoulder was killing me. This was slow Nothing for the rest of the week... in fact, more than a week, due...

Weekly Ride Report: 9/14/2008 →

Well, I finished a ride this morning (in spite of not feeling it at ALL, I think I let myself get dehydrated) and passed the 500 mile marker on my 1,000 mile challenge that I set for myself on 8/19/2008. By my math, that means I've managed to average more than 17 miles a day during the past month, which...

Halfway... maybe →