Ridden Words

Still working on the tack boxes I started over Labor Day weekend.  The weekend job has now stretched out to a month.  Progress is steady but slow.  Today I made my first big mistake.  I was trying to speed things up and I cut the drawer fronts and backs for both top and bottom drawers in one cut.  I cut the hand hole on the front and the notches (they’re not rabbits, they’re not morteses, not sure what they are) for the drawer sides and did a test fit only to find that… (more…)

Rode the Ciocc to work again today. I was prepared for major rain since that’s what I went to sleep with but I totally lucked out. It was a nice, partly sunny ride into work with only slightly damp pavement. Kim called at 3 offering to come get me due to the down pour she was experiencing but I told her I was prepared and by the time I left at 4:45 to head back to the car, it was sunny again. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/28/2007
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 1:20:00.00
• Distance: 24 miles
• Average Speed: 18 mph
• Max Speed: 34 mph

Ok, picture this…

You’re peacefully sleeping.  It’s 5:22.  You know it’s 5:22 because your wife just woke you up.  She says “I have a migraine, can you go tell Beth I cannot run?”  It was one of those spousal “rhetorical questions.”  She said it the same way she says “Jeff, the dog just threw up.”  I reacted the same way I always do.  I rolled out of bed, put on some cloths over my pajamas, grabbed a coat and headed out. (more…)

Rode my Ciocc to work today. It was interesting. It’s still a fast bike. It’s still too big for me by just a little. It’s still a pain to get everything dialed in with friction shifting. And it was a wonderful day for a ride. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/24/2007
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 1:20:00.00
• Distance: 24 miles
• Average Speed: 18 mph
• Max Speed: 30 mph
• Average Cadence: 95
• Max Cadence: 110

Just as the sun came out this afternoon, Kim came home from riding her horse so I could ride my bike.  I wanted to get at least 18 miles in to crest over the 2K mark.  I had everything ready to go, jumped into shorts and my Singletrack jersey and headed out.  The girls noticed me heading out and I had to pass the 20 questions and hear all about the flying horses they were riding around the living room before I could head out. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/23/2007
• Time: 15:45:00
• Total Time: 1:14:23.00
• Average Heart rate: 171
• Max Heart rate: 190
• Distance: 22.4 miles
• Average Speed: 18.07 mph
• Max Speed: 36.6 mph
• Average Cadence: 88
• Max Cadence: 112

Kim ran the 8K run at Northwest Trek’s Run Wild today, I walked the 5K with the girls.  The day started at 5 am so both Kim and I could shower and eat breakfast.  We carried the girls from their beds to the car at 6:10 and headed out on the 60ish mile drive to the park.  Driving down the street we live on we were treated to “observations of a 4 yr old” (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Walk
• Date: 09/22/2007
• Time: 08:30:00
• Total Time: 1:02:00.00
• Distance: 3.11 miles
• Average Pace: 19:56.01/mile

Rode my bike to work today for the second time.  This time I remembered the bike lock and didn’t have to carry my laptop since I left it at work the night before.  This time I forgot water bottles and to eat breakfast.  Not really a big deal to do a 12 mile ride without water but not how I generally ride. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/19/2007
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 1:18:09.00
• Average Heart rate: 168
• Max Heart rate: 191
• Distance: 24.25 miles
• Average Speed: 18.62 mph
• Max Speed: 30.7 mph
• Average Cadence: 97
• Max Cadence: 115

Got up at 5:30 this morning to get a ride in before Kim headed off to the barn to ride Rysin.  I hoped to head out at 6:00.  Wishful thinking.  I got down stairs to the kitchen to mix up my bottles for the ride and looked out the window.  Oh dear.  Total darkness.  A quick visit to weather.com told me sunrise wasn’t for another hour, and it was cloudy so it wasn’t going to be light any time before that. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/16/2007
• Time: 06:30:00
• Total Time: 3:12:45.00
• Average Heart rate: 160
• Max Heart rate: 191
• Distance: 52.42 miles
• Average Speed: 16.32 mph
• Max Speed: 37.4 mph
• Average Cadence: 82
• Max Cadence: 128

After sitting around smelling myself all day (I didn’t get complaints from my new office mates so I assume I wasn’t stinking up the place but I could smell it) it came time to ride back to the car.  I was both looking forward to this and not.  It was a fun ride in but with my over stuffed backpack my shoulders had been sore all day and I wasn’t looking forward to aggravating them with the ride home. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/12/2007
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 00:39:59.40
• Average Heart rate: 168
• Max Heart rate: 191
• Distance: 12.1 miles
• Average Speed: 18.15 mph
• Max Speed: 29 mph
• Average Cadence: 95
• Max Cadence: 123

After scoping out potential routes to the new office I had the perfect opportunity to ride into work today.  I took our youngest to preschool in Issaquah and rode straight up East Lake Samamish.  Basically a straight shot to the office, great shoulders, basically flat.  Only 12 miles so it didn’t take too much time. (more…)

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 09/12/2007
• Time: 08:52:00
• Total Time: 00:38:51.20
• Average Heart rate: 168
• Max Heart rate: 192
• Distance: 12.1 miles
• Average Speed: 18.69 mph
• Max Speed: 32.6 mph
• Average Cadence: 96
• Max Cadence: 115