Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2006
Today was the Armadillo Hill Country classic. This was by far the hardest ride I’ve ever done. Being in Hill Country, it was 107 miles of rolling hills. The wind kept shifting all day, essentially we were in a headwind on every leg of the route which took a lot out of me. While I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2006
I took my GPS receiver along for the ride yesterday. Route waypoints: Start N 30 12.898′ W 97 41.775′ 7.9 mi N 30 08.393 W 97 39.821, stop for hour while FD puts out brush fire around highway ~20 mi N 30 01.583 W 97 32.548 ~30 mi N 29 57.624 W 97 27.087, C-store […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4th, 2006
I snagged this off of Chris’ site, Horribly Hilly Hundreds. 200 kilometers (124 miles) of hellish hills, totalling around 10,000 feet of ascension. Totally sick, I love it. I might just have to box up my bike and travel up north for this sucker. I suspect this would be way worse than doing the Mansfield […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2006
The bike shop had a sale today and I couldn’t resist buying a set of Look Keo Sprint pedals at a deep discount. I was using Shimano SPD pedals on my road bike, and they were frustrating if not dangerous things. 3/4s of the time when I tried to step into them in a hurry, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 6th, 2006
I must say, shaved legs really do make cleaning wounds and dealing with adhesive dressing much less painful. Less damned hair to pull out by its roots!
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2006
Today went out with a bang. Started the 5k/10k program, ran 7 miles. It felt good running when it wasn’t below freezing. I got the wild notion to put in a 100 miles today on the bike, so I did it. I followed part of the Shiner BASH route southeast of town. There was a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2006
“Who replaced my quads with lead” or “that’s what I get for laying off the bike for a month.” First ride of the year, Mansfield Dam loop, 41 miles. It was a great Texas day, sunny, around 23 C with a light breeze. As I suspected, it feels wonderful doing nothing today. This message is […]
