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Mar 22 2008

I think I’ll call him Eddy…

Posted by: riddenwords, in Cycle, Fuso, Snovalley

Got up a little later than I planned this morning and have Veronica’s birthday and a night out with Kim tonight so I decided to cut the mileage down to 30 miles so I’d for sure make it through the day. When I was planning on 40 miles I was going to venture into the lower valley but decided to do 30 up here in the upper valley - through Maloney’s grove Edgewick, North Fork, Maloney’s grove, and Ernie’s grove and home. (more…)

Workout:

Type: Cycle
Date: 03/22/2008
Time: 07:00:00
Total Time: 2:10:00.00
Average Heart rate: 150
Max Heart rate: 200
Distance: 33.1 miles
Average Speed: 15.28 mph
Max Speed: 30 mph
Average Cadence: 87
Max Cadence: 104

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Mar 15 2008

Dark and Wet

Posted by: riddenwords, in Cycle, Snovalley

It always comes early. 5:30 am. I thought I had done a good job of getting ready for the ride. I mounted my headlight on my helmet so I could see when I left in the dark. I had pre-mixed my bottles of Perpetium. I even tracked down my Digital Hero camera and charged up the battery for the head lamp. I got out of bed, the nice warm bed, and headed down stairs. As I noticed it was raining I decided to take the Fuso. As I got it from the Garage I realized it only had one water bottle cage. And that began the unplanned phase of prep for my ride. (more…)

Workout:

Type: Cycle
Date: 03/15/2008
Time: 06:31:00
Total Time: 3:05:59.00
Average Heart rate: 145
Max Heart rate: 193
Distance: 41.44 miles
Average Speed: 13.37 mph
Max Speed: 31.9 mph

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Mar 09 2008

First 50 miler of the year…

Posted by: riddenwords, in Cycle, Snovalley

Oh, it was hard to get out of bed this morning. My plan was my first 50 miler. I wanted as much time as possible for it and I needed to be home by 10 AM to take the girls to swimming lessons. That meant getting up at 5:30 to be on the road at 6:00. It took all my willpower to not roll over when the alarm went off. (more…)