Race Across Oregon (2 course records), Furnace Creek 508, UMCA North American 500 Mile Time Trial Champion, 4 consecutive 10k mile years. I no longer bike after being hit 3 times by drivers who violated the law, but were never held responsible. I no longer want to risk my life for the fun of riding bike.
I recently rode a 58 mile birthday route in Seattle but didn't take the time to get photos. Today I had hoped to reride the entire route just for fun, and to take a few photos along the way. As it ended up, I had some work to do this morning and couldn't get out early enough to ride the entire route, since I have plans for happy hour early this evening. I did manage to get a short ride in however, and at least got out to Magnolia Blvd, where I knew there should be some good views. I was riding solo today, so I didn't have to listen to complaints about the hills, but nobody there to listen to my complaining either! There was still some fog/low clouds/whatever in the sky but it was rapidly dissipating.
Mt Rainier was just beginning to become visible through the grey.
I made by way back across to the Queen Anne neighborhood, where I couldn't resist taking a photo of the Seattle landmark, the Space Needle, even though there were those pesky wires in the way.
As I was finishing up my little ride the sun finally came out. :-)
In October of 2010 I completed a 4 year goal of finishing the Furnace Creek 508, an Ultra Cycling race billed as "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport". I had planned to put together a video of the experience, however I could never come up with a plan on how to document what ended up being just a long bike ride.
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