It was light late enough for Jeff and I to hop on the bikes for a little ride after work. It's cloudy and rain is on the way along with lower temps, so it may be a while before we do this again.
RIP Silas
12 years ago
Friday, March 7, 2008
After Work Quickie
Well, it's definitely not Copenhagen Cycle Chic, but here's proof that biking is not always hardcore and spandex for me!
It was light late enough for Jeff and I to hop on the bikes for a little ride after work. It's cloudy and rain is on the way along with lower temps, so it may be a while before we do this again.
It was light late enough for Jeff and I to hop on the bikes for a little ride after work. It's cloudy and rain is on the way along with lower temps, so it may be a while before we do this again.
Monday, March 3, 2008
1st Ride of March
This morning was sunny and spring like, though now it is gray and windy out. That's New England weather alright! I felt quite motivated to get out on a bike this morning and did just shy of 20 miles around one of my regular loops. I took it easy and didn't feel too bad even after so much time off.
I hope we have a good March for riding as this off season time is the best around here. It's quiet and peaceful, even along the beaches. The sand dunes try to spread and fill in this boardwalk path and even try to cover the roads in spots. It's nice to have the cross tires so I feel pretty secure on any loose sand.
In between the heartache of losing grandmother and the winter weather keeping me off the bike, Jeff and I treated ourselves to a new TV that we've been wanting for some time. It's a 50" plasma one which certainly boosted my mood! Saturday, Jeff hooked up my laptop to it and we played around with watching Cycling TV and Versus on the big screen. Hopefully we'll be able to watch some of the Tours this way over the coming year as we don't have satellite or cable for race coverage.
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Otherwise, I don't have much to report. I'm trying to catch up on reading cycling blogs and am getting through my Bloglines list though I haven't gotten around to commenting much. I'll get back to that soon too!
I hope we have a good March for riding as this off season time is the best around here. It's quiet and peaceful, even along the beaches. The sand dunes try to spread and fill in this boardwalk path and even try to cover the roads in spots. It's nice to have the cross tires so I feel pretty secure on any loose sand.
In between the heartache of losing grandmother and the winter weather keeping me off the bike, Jeff and I treated ourselves to a new TV that we've been wanting for some time. It's a 50" plasma one which certainly boosted my mood! Saturday, Jeff hooked up my laptop to it and we played around with watching Cycling TV and Versus on the big screen. Hopefully we'll be able to watch some of the Tours this way over the coming year as we don't have satellite or cable for race coverage.
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Otherwise, I don't have much to report. I'm trying to catch up on reading cycling blogs and am getting through my Bloglines list though I haven't gotten around to commenting much. I'll get back to that soon too!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Here I Am, At Last
Sorry for being a neglectful blogger lately. I have been in the doldrums following the death of my grandmother and have been derailed from my biking for awhile. Fortunately, it is winter, so I haven't been missing too much!
Jeff and I got back on the bikes today for an easy ride with friends in Old Saybrook, CT. As you can see from the pics, it is a beautiful area. Part of our ride crossed a golf course in Fenwick, the community in which Katharine Hepburn had a home on the water.
After the ride, Chris and Debby hosted a party for watching the final stage of the Tour of California!
I'm not sure I'm back to blogging on a very regular basis just yet, but I wanted to let you know I'm not gone forever!
Jeff and I got back on the bikes today for an easy ride with friends in Old Saybrook, CT. As you can see from the pics, it is a beautiful area. Part of our ride crossed a golf course in Fenwick, the community in which Katharine Hepburn had a home on the water.
After the ride, Chris and Debby hosted a party for watching the final stage of the Tour of California!
I'm not sure I'm back to blogging on a very regular basis just yet, but I wanted to let you know I'm not gone forever!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Weekly Ride Report
The weather warmed up and the roads were clear this week, so I got out 4 days on X6 for a total of 96.71 miles. It felt great to be out again, though I got a bit saddle sore the first day. I doubled up the padded bike shorts and tights the next days and felt a lot better!
Today, Jeff joined me for a ride and I played around with the video feature on the camera to make this little movie of the ride.
Today, Jeff joined me for a ride and I played around with the video feature on the camera to make this little movie of the ride.
Monday, January 7, 2008
1st Ride of '08!
I was so excited to head out for a ride today after my break. The temperature was around 50 degrees and felt so balmy! (Three days ago, it was only 9 degrees.) I did 32.14 miles.
I felt a little out of sorts getting ready as my cycling things had been put away for awhile and I had to make sure I didn't forget anything. Once I was all dressed and equipped, I got started and felt like there hadn't really been a break as my mind and body just set out pedaling like usual. Well, about a third of the way out, I realized I'd better ease up a bit if I was going to make it around my route! I definitely lost a little fitness during my break, but it's not like starting over or anything that bad. I took a few little picture breaks to keep things easy.
I paused by Newport Harbor and a couple of ducks came over looking for handouts.
This is out at Brenton Point, where there is a park. Looking ahead:
And, looking back the way I'd come:
I took a dirt shoreline access road to this pretty spot:
Later, I had famous Bellevue Drive just about to myself. Most of the gates to the mansions were closed up.
Though the gate to Marble 'House' was open and the building looked particularly pretty in the warm sunlight.
This evening, I'm a little saddle sore and I can feel my glutes, but otherwise the exercise felt great.
I felt a little out of sorts getting ready as my cycling things had been put away for awhile and I had to make sure I didn't forget anything. Once I was all dressed and equipped, I got started and felt like there hadn't really been a break as my mind and body just set out pedaling like usual. Well, about a third of the way out, I realized I'd better ease up a bit if I was going to make it around my route! I definitely lost a little fitness during my break, but it's not like starting over or anything that bad. I took a few little picture breaks to keep things easy.
I paused by Newport Harbor and a couple of ducks came over looking for handouts.
This is out at Brenton Point, where there is a park. Looking ahead:
And, looking back the way I'd come:
I took a dirt shoreline access road to this pretty spot:
Later, I had famous Bellevue Drive just about to myself. Most of the gates to the mansions were closed up.
Though the gate to Marble 'House' was open and the building looked particularly pretty in the warm sunlight.
This evening, I'm a little saddle sore and I can feel my glutes, but otherwise the exercise felt great.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
2007 Wrap Up
Things fizzled out in December due to weather and holiday commitments, but it was still a great year for me overall.
For a little background information, I really got into biking a lot in July of 2006 and started keeping records of my rides. Here's the summary for 2006, so you can see what I was starting from.
Almost all these rides were on my mountain bike. A few rides at the very end of December were on a borrowed road bike. We had a really mild winter in 2006 as you can tell from the number of rides I did in November and December.
My highlights of 2007 were getting my first road bike in February and my first cyclocross bike in September. Also, riding my first Century.
Here is the table for my 2007 outdoor rides:
And a chart of the above table, plus trainer miles:
Here is a chart of all my mileage by week:
A few interesting totals:
Solo rides: 51
Group rides: 46
Mountain bike rides: 4
Road bike rides: 140
'cross bike rides: 31
For a little background information, I really got into biking a lot in July of 2006 and started keeping records of my rides. Here's the summary for 2006, so you can see what I was starting from.
Almost all these rides were on my mountain bike. A few rides at the very end of December were on a borrowed road bike. We had a really mild winter in 2006 as you can tell from the number of rides I did in November and December.
My highlights of 2007 were getting my first road bike in February and my first cyclocross bike in September. Also, riding my first Century.
Here is the table for my 2007 outdoor rides:
And a chart of the above table, plus trainer miles:
Here is a chart of all my mileage by week:
A few interesting totals:
Solo rides: 51
Group rides: 46
Mountain bike rides: 4
Road bike rides: 140
'cross bike rides: 31
Saturday, December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Weekly Ride Report
The weather lately has made for interesting photo ops and happy dogs, but has not been so conducive to biking.
We had an ice storm on Monday and I took these pics of the ice glazing berries in the privet hedge and a dried stalk of Joe Pye Weed.
Thursday, we had snow which the dogs absolutely love. Saffy makes Jeff and I play soccer with her. We have to use a basketball since it takes such a beating!
She invented this version of the game and puts a lot of energy and muscle into it and expects us to do the same.
Jeff and I can get quite a workout keeping up with her. She loves to try to steal the ball away from us and then wants us to try to take it from her. She loves 'fake outs' and is really good at doing it to us. She'll hold the ball with one paw, start to send it one way and then quickly change and go the other way!
Yes, I'm trying to distract you from my lack of cycling content for this post. I was so psyched up to ride after watching the cx race Saturday, but didn't get out until the brief warm up on Wednesday.
I had a really good ride with my fresh legs. I can't remember the last time they felt that fresh! They felt strong, even twitchy, which was a good feeling since I definitely have more bulky muscle than quick twitch fibers. I was on the 'cross bike, but it felt so light and connected to me. I guess that was the benefit of being so physically well rested.
The temperatures got up to 45-50 so I could go with my lighter clothes. Although a few splatty raindrops landed on me at the start of my ride it cleared a little. The wind was mild at first, though it got pretty strong toward the end of my ride.
My (meager) total for the week was 1 outside ride of 32.81 miles on the cross bike.
Rest is nice to a point, but if all this 'rest' continues I'm definitely going to start to atrophy, so workouts will be picking up again one way or another.
We had an ice storm on Monday and I took these pics of the ice glazing berries in the privet hedge and a dried stalk of Joe Pye Weed.
Thursday, we had snow which the dogs absolutely love. Saffy makes Jeff and I play soccer with her. We have to use a basketball since it takes such a beating!
She invented this version of the game and puts a lot of energy and muscle into it and expects us to do the same.
Jeff and I can get quite a workout keeping up with her. She loves to try to steal the ball away from us and then wants us to try to take it from her. She loves 'fake outs' and is really good at doing it to us. She'll hold the ball with one paw, start to send it one way and then quickly change and go the other way!
Yes, I'm trying to distract you from my lack of cycling content for this post. I was so psyched up to ride after watching the cx race Saturday, but didn't get out until the brief warm up on Wednesday.
I had a really good ride with my fresh legs. I can't remember the last time they felt that fresh! They felt strong, even twitchy, which was a good feeling since I definitely have more bulky muscle than quick twitch fibers. I was on the 'cross bike, but it felt so light and connected to me. I guess that was the benefit of being so physically well rested.
The temperatures got up to 45-50 so I could go with my lighter clothes. Although a few splatty raindrops landed on me at the start of my ride it cleared a little. The wind was mild at first, though it got pretty strong toward the end of my ride.
My (meager) total for the week was 1 outside ride of 32.81 miles on the cross bike.
Rest is nice to a point, but if all this 'rest' continues I'm definitely going to start to atrophy, so workouts will be picking up again one way or another.
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