Ridden Words

Well, I seem to have my super power under control again.  The alarm went of at 4:45 AM today so I could get 3+ hours in before Kim had to leave to meet someone.  I was pretty slow getting ready and headed out at 5:10 onto damp roads but clear skys. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/30/2007
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 2:33:19.00
• Distance: 35.79 miles
• Average Speed: 14.01 mph
• Max Speed: 42.3 mph
• Average Cadence: 74
• Max Cadence: 106

Thursday group ride out of Single Track again today.  Only when I got there Eric was in street cloths carring a SLR and not looking like he was going to ride.  Nobody else turned up so after telling Brandon about the ride we had last week (Eric confirmed my 17mph pull up 140th and said it was the fastest he’s ever done that stretch as well. Go Eric!) (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/28/2007
• Time: 17:15:00
• Total Time: 00:59:13.00
• Average Heart rate: 178
• Max Heart rate: 199
• Distance: 18.22 miles
• Average Speed: 18.46 mph
• Max Speed: 36.7 mph

When the alarm went off at 5:00 this morning, I rolled out of bed instead of snuggling. I didn’t really have a plan and as I rolled down the hill I decided to do some hills (I grabbed Kim’s new Forerunner and wanted to see some elevation profiles). (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/27/2007
• Time: 05:30:00
• Total Time: 1:27:43.00
• Distance: 19.41 miles
• Average Speed: 13.28 mph
• Max Speed: 43.2 mph
• Ascent: 2,340 ft

I think I’ve discovered my super power. Kim and I stumbled upon the NBC TV show ‘Heros’ this winter and got charmed by the characters, especially Hiro, as they discovered their super powers. Well, as I hit snooze on the alarm clock at 5:00 AM (more…)

Ok, it’s the weekly group ride out of Single Track and two new guys show up.  Two new guys show up, both “mountain bikers”, err at least that’s what I heard.  I didn’t really listen to the “racer” stuck at the end of the description. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/21/2007
• Time: 17:15:00
• Total Time: 2:46:08.00
• Average Heart rate: 171
• Distance: 49.74 miles
• Average Speed: 17.96 mph
• Max Speed: 35.4 mph
• Average Cadence: 87
• Max Cadence: 116

Rode this with my friend Christian.  We’ve been riding together off and on since we met to be roomates in 1990 as MSFT Co-ops in technical support.  We ran into Brad at the start but when Christian wouldn’t take the bait to ride at 20 mph he took off on his solo effort. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/16/2007
• Time: 07:30:00
• Total Time: 6:25:24.00
• Average Heart rate: 147
• Distance: 99.31 miles
• Average Speed: 15.46 mph
• Max Speed: 45.9 mph
• Average Cadence: 82

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/14/2007
• Time: 17:15:00
• Total Time: 1:28:15.00
• Average Heart rate: 171
• Max Heart rate: 229
• Distance: 25.1 miles
• Average Speed: 17.07 mph
• Max Speed: 39.2 mph
• Average Cadence: 90
• Max Cadence: 121

Weird day that ended up ok.  I was supposed to ride this morning at 5 AM.  I listened to my brain, which I shouldn’t do because it negiotiates with me.  It convinced me that I needed sleep more than I needed miles so I went back to sleep.  I do have my first Century ride this weekend, Flying Wheels Summer Century, and so my brain argued that I should rest up since I’ve been staying up late a lot recently. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/12/2007
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:55:08.30
• Distance: 14.7 miles
• Average Speed: 16 mph
• Average Cadence: 95
• Max Cadence: 120

I went out really early this morning so I could get in a ride before the rain came. I needed to be back by 7:30 so Kim could go to a horse clinic. I’ve been toying with lower intensity riding to work on getting my HR down so I decided to really watch my HR and keep it around 140 if I could. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/09/2007
• Time: 04:50:00
• Total Time: 2:02:28.00
• Average Heart rate: 139
• Distance: 28.84 miles
• Average Speed: 14.13 mph
• Average Cadence: 82
• Max Cadence: 106

Rode the Thursday night group ride out of Single Track Cycles tonight. It was just 3 of us but we’re all pretty close to the same fitness level and strength. I was going to sit back and take it easy but my ego got the best of me and I had to take a pull at the front and show Loren what I could do (since I’ve never ridden with him before). (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/07/2007
• Time: 17:15:00
• Total Time: 2:19:28.00
• Average Heart rate: 162
• Distance: 39.82 miles
• Average Speed: 17.13 mph
• Max Speed: 38.4 mph
• Average Cadence: 80
• Max Cadence: 120