July is almost done and I have done just a little over 200 miles for the month. 21 days of biking for about 9.5 miles each of those days. Not bad for mostly going to and from work. There are a couple of days in there where I rode over 20 miles in one trip. I know that August will have a higher total mileage then July. The main ride will be the MS150 ride plus a few other 20+ rides.
I have a 1992 Giant Rincon mountain bike. It is pretty much the same as when I bought it. The only change that has been made is a Scott curved handle bar. I mostly ride with a Burley hard shell bike trailer on the back. This past week has been spent hauling an extra 40 pounds of weight in the trailer. I have a laptop case with several free weight plates inside.
Biking in and around Moscow, plus other things that randomly seem to make sense to me.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Glasses
Nice day to ride the bike to go pickup new glasses in Pullman. Started out at 7:40 after dropping all of my work stuff off at the library. The Chipman trail between Moscow and Pullman is pretty smooth and has a gradual slope. Had a slight wind at my back as I headed down the trail. Made it to Pullman by the optometrist in 48 minutes from home (12 miles). The ride back to Moscow felt like it was slower since I was going into the wind. The bike trailer acts like a little parachute. I did make it back to work after another 48 minutes (9 miles). Just a little slower then the first leg of the trip.
The heat was really starting to come down when I was about 3 miles away from getting to Moscow. I was kind of glad that I had to stop at WalMart to pick up a tube for Philip's bike. It will be good to get his bike fixed so that we can ride to campus tomorrow.
The MS-150 ride is exactly a month away and I am getting so ready to do it. I just hope the deer are ready for me this year because I am ready for them. :)
The heat was really starting to come down when I was about 3 miles away from getting to Moscow. I was kind of glad that I had to stop at WalMart to pick up a tube for Philip's bike. It will be good to get his bike fixed so that we can ride to campus tomorrow.
The MS-150 ride is exactly a month away and I am getting so ready to do it. I just hope the deer are ready for me this year because I am ready for them. :)
Monday, July 6, 2009
Weekend
What a great weekend. It all started on Friday morning. Fr. Vogel and I biked to Troy starting a little after 7:00 in the morning. We did a total of 26 miles. We arrived back at my house at about 9:00.
Victoria, Philip and I went on a geocaching excursion in the afternoon. We went with some of our neighbors that are really into geocaching. We found 5 out of 7 that we looked for. Would like to go back out and find the 2 that we were unable to find.
That evening we had everyone over for dinner and played some card games while the kids played Rock Band. It was fun listening to the kids as they sang to the music. We did have to go in every so often to add to the voices.
Saturday morning was made up of playing several games of tennis at the annual 4th of July tennis extravaganza. It was a pretty warm morning and the tennis was very good. Worked up quite an appetite that was filled with plenty of food at the neighborhood picnic. Table tennis and more card games rounded out the evening.
Sunday was pretty relaxing other then going to the in-laws for dinner.
Victoria, Philip and I went on a geocaching excursion in the afternoon. We went with some of our neighbors that are really into geocaching. We found 5 out of 7 that we looked for. Would like to go back out and find the 2 that we were unable to find.
That evening we had everyone over for dinner and played some card games while the kids played Rock Band. It was fun listening to the kids as they sang to the music. We did have to go in every so often to add to the voices.
Saturday morning was made up of playing several games of tennis at the annual 4th of July tennis extravaganza. It was a pretty warm morning and the tennis was very good. Worked up quite an appetite that was filled with plenty of food at the neighborhood picnic. Table tennis and more card games rounded out the evening.
Sunday was pretty relaxing other then going to the in-laws for dinner.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Mileage
Over the past year (July 2008 to the end of June 2009) I have ridden almost 1080 miles on my bike. The most I rode in one month was in August and that was 260 miles. 110 miles of that was during the MS150 in McCall.
All the biking has been a good thing for me. I must say that just getting outside and doing some activity is going to be good.
This Friday morning I will be biking to Troy. I will have a special guest on this trip by the name of Fr. Caleb Vogel. Fr. Vogel is the new priest at St. Auggies in Moscow. This is an introductory tour to show him one of the trails. The next time it will be the ride to Pullman.
All the biking has been a good thing for me. I must say that just getting outside and doing some activity is going to be good.
This Friday morning I will be biking to Troy. I will have a special guest on this trip by the name of Fr. Caleb Vogel. Fr. Vogel is the new priest at St. Auggies in Moscow. This is an introductory tour to show him one of the trails. The next time it will be the ride to Pullman.
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