We do!
This morning at 7AM a few folks will be starting from St George Utah to compete in the Hoodoo 500/300. Emily Burrows and I will be supporting Donna Braswell (#1107) as she competes in the Hoodoo 300. You can follow our progress via satellite tracking.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
Diamond Lake
This was supposed to be the annual Crater Lake/Diamond Lake cycling weekend. In the past I've had up to 28 people join me. This year I had 14 "maybes" but no actual attendees. No matter, I had the campsite paid for so Julie and I decided to go camping! I brought the carbon bike, thinking I might still want to ride around Crater Lake. However that is a nearly all day endeavor and beyond Julie's comfort level, so instead we rode around Diamond Lake.
On Saturday we drove around Crater Lake instead of cycling around it. We did run into a couple who had pedaled across the country to get here, and were going to be continuing on down the California coast. Their story was fascinating.
It doesn't look like I'll get many miles this month. I'm crew chief for a Hoodoo 500 racer and that will keep me busy and off the bike. Glad to help, but sad to ride so few miles.
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ..........13................0..................0.......................0............13
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......40.............0....................0......................0............40
YTD...... 2058.............0...................0.......................0..........2058
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On Saturday we drove around Crater Lake instead of cycling around it. We did run into a couple who had pedaled across the country to get here, and were going to be continuing on down the California coast. Their story was fascinating.
It doesn't look like I'll get many miles this month. I'm crew chief for a Hoodoo 500 racer and that will keep me busy and off the bike. Glad to help, but sad to ride so few miles.
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ..........13................0..................0.......................0............13
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......40.............0....................0......................0............40
YTD...... 2058.............0...................0.......................0..........2058
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Hot day, cold beer
Today was 96 degrees. What better way to beat the heat than to ride the fixed gear bike to the Wilsonville Brewfest. This is the second year for this fledgling event. Security gave me a quizzical look when I asked where secure bike parking might be. I finally just asked if there was anyplace that they DIDN'T want me to lock up. I locked up to a staple rack that was in the park where the event was held. I was there just after the gates opened, but already the people were beginning to fill the place in.
It was my sister's birthday, so she and her adult kids joined me today, but they drove rather than pedaled. Slackers! ;-)
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ..........6................0..................0.......................0............6
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......27.............0....................0......................0............27
YTD...... 2045.............0...................0.......................0..........2045
It was my sister's birthday, so she and her adult kids joined me today, but they drove rather than pedaled. Slackers! ;-)
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ..........6................0..................0.......................0............6
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......27.............0....................0......................0............27
YTD...... 2045.............0...................0.......................0..........2045
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Back on the saddle again
But barely.
I am buried under preparations for the Hoodoo 500. If I were racing, preparations would involve riding long and hard. Instead I'm crew chief, and my job involves a lot of computer work, booking arrangements, and rental reservations. My job this time is made more difficult because of moving targets. I had the route all programmed into my on dash navigation systems, only to have the route change, so I got to start all over. Oh well, this is fun...... right?
At any rate, after 11 hours on the computer today I decided that I earned a night off to ride bike. Off to the Thursday Night Ride I went.
The temperature reached 94 today and the evening was still quite comfortable. Our fearless leader is on an around the world bike ride, so we have rotating guest leaders,
The crowd was not quite as big as normal, but there were still quite a few bikes ready to take the streets.
We rolled out, not surprisingly, on a different route than we frequently ride. We rode across the Broadway Bridge then turned north on Williams Ave. We traveled on that until we reached Alberta St then headed east. When we got to 33rd Ave we turned south.
We stopped at a Fred Meyer store to gather snacks. While there a cat got a chance to stretch its legs.
By the time everyone got their supplies gathered, it was getting dark.
There was plenty of bike bling though. There were a couple of bikes that had programmable spoke lights that displayed patterns as the wheels turned. This bike had stationary lights attached to the spoke nipples.
I had been up early this morning and was tired, so as the group settled in to the usual picnic spot, I pedaled back toward Sellwood, where my pickup was waiting. Along the way I paused to get a photo of Tillicum Crossing, wearing magenta tonight.
It was a great night for a bike ride.
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .........21................0..................0.......................0...........21
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......21.............0....................0......................0............21
YTD...... 2039.............0...................0.......................0..........2039
I am buried under preparations for the Hoodoo 500. If I were racing, preparations would involve riding long and hard. Instead I'm crew chief, and my job involves a lot of computer work, booking arrangements, and rental reservations. My job this time is made more difficult because of moving targets. I had the route all programmed into my on dash navigation systems, only to have the route change, so I got to start all over. Oh well, this is fun...... right?
At any rate, after 11 hours on the computer today I decided that I earned a night off to ride bike. Off to the Thursday Night Ride I went.
The temperature reached 94 today and the evening was still quite comfortable. Our fearless leader is on an around the world bike ride, so we have rotating guest leaders,
The crowd was not quite as big as normal, but there were still quite a few bikes ready to take the streets.
We rolled out, not surprisingly, on a different route than we frequently ride. We rode across the Broadway Bridge then turned north on Williams Ave. We traveled on that until we reached Alberta St then headed east. When we got to 33rd Ave we turned south.
We stopped at a Fred Meyer store to gather snacks. While there a cat got a chance to stretch its legs.
By the time everyone got their supplies gathered, it was getting dark.
There was plenty of bike bling though. There were a couple of bikes that had programmable spoke lights that displayed patterns as the wheels turned. This bike had stationary lights attached to the spoke nipples.
I had been up early this morning and was tired, so as the group settled in to the usual picnic spot, I pedaled back toward Sellwood, where my pickup was waiting. Along the way I paused to get a photo of Tillicum Crossing, wearing magenta tonight.
It was a great night for a bike ride.
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .........21................0..................0.......................0...........21
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........310...............0..................0.......................0...........310
August.......21.............0....................0......................0............21
YTD...... 2039.............0...................0.......................0..........2039
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