Friday, December 31, 2010
The last day of the
The last day of the San Diego Christmas Bike Ride. Today's ride Fallbrook to Oceanside then down the coast to SD.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
one last milestone
The forecast was for wind and cold rain, but the plan was to ride 20 miles with a few friends today and bag my 10,000 miles for the year. The weather prognosticators missed it. No complaints here, we enjoyed a mostly dry, and definitely wind free ride. There were a few rain drops in the last few miles but it wasn't really rain as defined by our little group of Oregon winter bike riders.
The route followed the East Bank Esplanade, Springwater Corridor, I-205 Bike Path then surface streets back to close the 20 mile loop. Here's our route.
We were a group of 9, that morphed into a group of 7 for the after event at Madison's Grill..........that lasted for 3 hours!
10k bagged, and good friends to join me. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......20...............0................0...........20
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........272...............0................0..........272
______________________________________
TOTAL....10,000...............0..............5........10,005
The route followed the East Bank Esplanade, Springwater Corridor, I-205 Bike Path then surface streets back to close the 20 mile loop. Here's our route.
We were a group of 9, that morphed into a group of 7 for the after event at Madison's Grill..........that lasted for 3 hours!
10k bagged, and good friends to join me. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......20...............0................0...........20
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........272...............0................0..........272
______________________________________
TOTAL....10,000...............0..............5........10,005
Woo Hoo! 10,000 miles for
Woo Hoo! 10,000 miles for the year logged today. Joined by 9 friends on a better than expected weather day. Now doing beer!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
24 hours later
Last night was almost the most miserable I've been on a bike. Cold rain and poor visibility made it a chore. If I hadn't had company on the ride I would have opted out.
Tonight Dave and I rode the same route. Dry roads, good visibility, and Dave is pretty good company too! ;-)
We pedaled along at a pretty good pace and had so much fun we took a little turn near the end to give us a bonus mile.
That gives me 20 miles yet to ride to get 10,000 "real bike" miles for the year. Saturday will be the day to do that when I'll be joined by some of my social bike group members.
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......25...............0................0...........25
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........272...............0................0..........272
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9980...............0..............5.........9985
Tonight Dave and I rode the same route. Dry roads, good visibility, and Dave is pretty good company too! ;-)
We pedaled along at a pretty good pace and had so much fun we took a little turn near the end to give us a bonus mile.
That gives me 20 miles yet to ride to get 10,000 "real bike" miles for the year. Saturday will be the day to do that when I'll be joined by some of my social bike group members.
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......25...............0................0...........25
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........272...............0................0..........272
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9980...............0..............5.........9985
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
A birthday ride
A friend had a birthday today. What better way to celebrate than go for a bike ride!
We had planned on a 45 mile ride after work tonight, however a tire issue delayed our roll out. The nice weather of the daylight hours had morphed into a steady cold rain. We made one lap of a planned two lap ride before time constraints and family duties forced us to bag the rest of the miles.
It was wet, it was cold, it was dark, but the company was good, and the miles were good too. My riding partner tonight will be one of the 5 of us heading down to San Diego from here in a few days to ride the 400 mile San Diego Christmas Ride and felt there was a need to ride a few miles to maintain fitness.
It will be nice to be pedaling in sunshine surrounded by palm trees and citrus!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......24...............0................0...........24
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........247...............0................0..........247
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9955...............0..............5.........9960
We had planned on a 45 mile ride after work tonight, however a tire issue delayed our roll out. The nice weather of the daylight hours had morphed into a steady cold rain. We made one lap of a planned two lap ride before time constraints and family duties forced us to bag the rest of the miles.
It was wet, it was cold, it was dark, but the company was good, and the miles were good too. My riding partner tonight will be one of the 5 of us heading down to San Diego from here in a few days to ride the 400 mile San Diego Christmas Ride and felt there was a need to ride a few miles to maintain fitness.
It will be nice to be pedaling in sunshine surrounded by palm trees and citrus!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......24...............0................0...........24
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........247...............0................0..........247
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9955...............0..............5.........9960
Monday, December 13, 2010
a short evening ride
I got off work a bit earlier than normal tonight, the temps were mild. I have this crazy idea to have a ride on Saturday where friends of almost any bike fitness can join me as I reach the 10,000 mile mark for the year. I want to get my remaining miles down to about 20-25 miles or so for the Saturday ride so I jumped on my bike tonight and rode a favorite night route. Well lit, low traffic, mostly wide shoulders or painted bike lanes. Just perfect. I got the first 23 mile loop done just as it was getting dark, could easily have done another lap, the weather was so nice, warm, light wind, dry, but I am likely being joined by company for riding this same course again on Wednesday and Friday. I don't want to go over the 10k until Saturday, so it was one loop tonight!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......23...............0................0...........23
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........223...............0................0..........223
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9931...............0..............5.........9936
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today.......23...............0................0...........23
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........223...............0................0..........223
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9931...............0..............5.........9936
Sunday, December 12, 2010
A warm day in December
It was warm with temperatures most of the day just above 60 degrees. We did ride into a 20mph wind for the first 35-40 miles, then a blustery quartering head wind for the next 20 miles, and THEN it started to rain! Along with the precipitation came a reduction in the wind so now we were robbed of that nice tailwind we had been hoping for. We still had a tailwind, allowing us to ride 21-22 without a lot of effort but just not that 20 mph wind pushing us.
Here's the route
One of our riders had a bit of problems keeping up. With the effort to ride against that wind it was not surprising. It slowed us down a bit and since the Canby Ferry was closed because of high water we'd be crossing the Boone Bridge on I-5. We didn't want to be crossing that in darkness, compounded by spray kicked up by autos. After taking the Wheatland Ferry side loop we changed plans and decided to take the most direct route back to Wilsonville. It would save us about 5 miles of riding, not much, but perhaps enough to cross the bridge in daylight.
We did indeed get to the bridge in daylight, just barely. I was so close to the somewhat magical 100 mile mark that I couldn't resist. I was already wet, but not cold. I made a loop of Wilsonville picking up the 4 miles I needed to reach 100 for the day.
Despite the wind and rain we all decided that it was a good day. How many time can an Oregonian ride 100 miles in December and have 60 of those miles be dry and the day be near 60 degrees all day!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today......100...............0................0..........100
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........200...............0................0..........200
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9908...............0..............5.........9913
Here's the route
One of our riders had a bit of problems keeping up. With the effort to ride against that wind it was not surprising. It slowed us down a bit and since the Canby Ferry was closed because of high water we'd be crossing the Boone Bridge on I-5. We didn't want to be crossing that in darkness, compounded by spray kicked up by autos. After taking the Wheatland Ferry side loop we changed plans and decided to take the most direct route back to Wilsonville. It would save us about 5 miles of riding, not much, but perhaps enough to cross the bridge in daylight.
We did indeed get to the bridge in daylight, just barely. I was so close to the somewhat magical 100 mile mark that I couldn't resist. I was already wet, but not cold. I made a loop of Wilsonville picking up the 4 miles I needed to reach 100 for the day.
Despite the wind and rain we all decided that it was a good day. How many time can an Oregonian ride 100 miles in December and have 60 of those miles be dry and the day be near 60 degrees all day!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today......100...............0................0..........100
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........200...............0................0..........200
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9908...............0..............5.........9913
Sunday, December 5, 2010
A sunny day in December!
As of Saturday evening the weather forecast for today was a low of 32, high of 41, and 6mph winds from the NE. Wrong on all counts!
At 7AM the temperature was 42, as we rode through Salem near mid day I saw a time and temp display that said it was 52, and the wind was far greater than 6! Hey, can't have everything! Dry roads and sunshine were a plus, and the wind was really only an issue the farther north we rode.
I was joined by 3 others today.
We rode this route:
The ride today was a bit challenging as we had a virtually free ride down to Salem because of a tailwind but had to earn our way back northward and the last 10 miles of the ride had the vast majority of the elevation we'd climb today. What that meant is we had most of the work today at the end of a 100 mile ride.
Not a problem for the Desert Coyote ;-) but for those who don't ride 500 mile rides with lots of hills and winds it was an issue. Okay, so it was a bit of an issue for me too!
But we made it! Our lone female rider today logged only her second century ever under these challenging conditions. Congratulations to her!
Despite the wind it was a great day to be on bikes!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today......100...............0................0..........100
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........100...............0................0..........100
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9808...............0..............5.........9813
At 7AM the temperature was 42, as we rode through Salem near mid day I saw a time and temp display that said it was 52, and the wind was far greater than 6! Hey, can't have everything! Dry roads and sunshine were a plus, and the wind was really only an issue the farther north we rode.
I was joined by 3 others today.
We rode this route:
The ride today was a bit challenging as we had a virtually free ride down to Salem because of a tailwind but had to earn our way back northward and the last 10 miles of the ride had the vast majority of the elevation we'd climb today. What that meant is we had most of the work today at the end of a 100 mile ride.
Not a problem for the Desert Coyote ;-) but for those who don't ride 500 mile rides with lots of hills and winds it was an issue. Okay, so it was a bit of an issue for me too!
But we made it! Our lone female rider today logged only her second century ever under these challenging conditions. Congratulations to her!
Despite the wind it was a great day to be on bikes!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today......100...............0................0..........100
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........100...............0................0..........100
______________________________________
TOTAL.....9808...............0..............5.........9813
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