My first 5 rides
I'm catching up on the rides I can't post as current since this blog didn't exist when I rode them.
2/20/06
I test rode the bike I've been eyeing. It was basically amazing. Cold, but amazing. I'm used to mountain bikes, and this, while technically being a cyclocross, is for all bought the most serious enthusiast, a road bike. So fast and light. Needless to say, I bought the bike, a 2005 Lemond Poprad.
Total Miles: ~4ish (I'm not counting these though...it wasn't my bike at the time)
2/22/06
A quick ride tonight, for a few reasons. One, dinner was cooking. Two, it was getting dark. Three, it was cold. Four, being as I'm out of shape and the only way from my apartment is UP, well, you can do the math.
Miles (M): 2
Miles to Date (MTD): 2
Miles Left (ML): 998
2/25/06
My first decent ride. The weather was decent enough, or so I thought. Dave, Jim, and I rode the bike path by the river. It's about 6 miles there, so roughly 12 miles roundtrip. Add the distance from Dave's house and its about 13 miles. I was told to be wary of a headwind that often hits you on the return trip. Today, though it came on the way to the turnaround point. I could not accelerate on a downhill. I averaged 9 mph once I hit the headwind. I wanted to quit. On the return trip, I averaged 16 mph. I felt like Lance Armstrong (maybe Greg LeMond...I am on a poprad, after all). So, ok...a good first real ride.
M: 13
MTD: 15
ML: 985
2/28/06
Again, Dave, Jim, and I rode the path. This time there was no wind either direction. Averaged around 15 mph. Legs felt like noodles afterwards, though. I went to pull off my shoe the "normal" way (ie one foot pushing the shoe off the other foot) and pulled my calf muscle. PAIN BEYOND PAIN. I won't make that mistake again. Lindsay cooked stuffed manicotti though, so I felt a little better.
M: 13
MTD: 28
ML: 972
3/07/06
Dave and I rode the path. Averaged 15 mph (ok, so I actually averaged 14.9, but I TRIED to get that up to 15 like there was no tomorrow on the last mile. I think my computer hates me).
M: 13
MTD: 41
ML: 959
3/12/06
I will never get to 1000 miles if the friggin weather does not start cooperating. I don't mind chilly. I don't mind a little rain. But cold, rainy and/or snowy does NOT cut it. Today, luckily, it stopped storming long enough for Dave and I to attempt the path. I say attempt because about 1.5 miles into it it was flooded. We decided rather than play frogger with our bikes on our shoulders we'd ride around his neighborhood. We climbed our first hill. (HA! You call that a hill sissy man?! Just wait till you take on John Grey! Wussy boy) That must be my inner beefcake calling me out.
M: 7
MTD: 48
ML: 952
2/20/06
I test rode the bike I've been eyeing. It was basically amazing. Cold, but amazing. I'm used to mountain bikes, and this, while technically being a cyclocross, is for all bought the most serious enthusiast, a road bike. So fast and light. Needless to say, I bought the bike, a 2005 Lemond Poprad.
Total Miles: ~4ish (I'm not counting these though...it wasn't my bike at the time)
2/22/06
A quick ride tonight, for a few reasons. One, dinner was cooking. Two, it was getting dark. Three, it was cold. Four, being as I'm out of shape and the only way from my apartment is UP, well, you can do the math.
Miles (M): 2
Miles to Date (MTD): 2
Miles Left (ML): 998
2/25/06
My first decent ride. The weather was decent enough, or so I thought. Dave, Jim, and I rode the bike path by the river. It's about 6 miles there, so roughly 12 miles roundtrip. Add the distance from Dave's house and its about 13 miles. I was told to be wary of a headwind that often hits you on the return trip. Today, though it came on the way to the turnaround point. I could not accelerate on a downhill. I averaged 9 mph once I hit the headwind. I wanted to quit. On the return trip, I averaged 16 mph. I felt like Lance Armstrong (maybe Greg LeMond...I am on a poprad, after all). So, ok...a good first real ride.
M: 13
MTD: 15
ML: 985
2/28/06
Again, Dave, Jim, and I rode the path. This time there was no wind either direction. Averaged around 15 mph. Legs felt like noodles afterwards, though. I went to pull off my shoe the "normal" way (ie one foot pushing the shoe off the other foot) and pulled my calf muscle. PAIN BEYOND PAIN. I won't make that mistake again. Lindsay cooked stuffed manicotti though, so I felt a little better.
M: 13
MTD: 28
ML: 972
3/07/06
Dave and I rode the path. Averaged 15 mph (ok, so I actually averaged 14.9, but I TRIED to get that up to 15 like there was no tomorrow on the last mile. I think my computer hates me).
M: 13
MTD: 41
ML: 959
3/12/06
I will never get to 1000 miles if the friggin weather does not start cooperating. I don't mind chilly. I don't mind a little rain. But cold, rainy and/or snowy does NOT cut it. Today, luckily, it stopped storming long enough for Dave and I to attempt the path. I say attempt because about 1.5 miles into it it was flooded. We decided rather than play frogger with our bikes on our shoulders we'd ride around his neighborhood. We climbed our first hill. (HA! You call that a hill sissy man?! Just wait till you take on John Grey! Wussy boy) That must be my inner beefcake calling me out.
M: 7
MTD: 48
ML: 952
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