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June 06, 2006
Cycling Season 2006
It's here. Finally! Cycling season has officially started for me. I guess the true start of the season began many weeks ago, but really... who wants to go cycling in a constant downpour of rain?
I was thinking I'd try to keep a distance log within the blog sidelines, but my free time to do so has gone down. Not because of anything exciting except the longer rides at night.
Without further ado... Sat 16.74 miles, Sunday 8.20 miles, and Monday 23.33 miles.
Monday's ride was quite fun. Paul and I headed out along a fairly popular trail, which turned out to be really really empty. Given the rain we had Sunday morning (hence the 8 mile ride only) the trail had a good bit of mud on it. I convinced Paul to make the ride to the trailhead, which includes a rather long uphill portion. The grade isn't sooo bad, but it's not much fun either. My bike doesn't have the heavy grip rear tire on right now either, so I ran into a few cases of mud wipe-outs. It was fun.
Now to keep this momentum up for the rest of the season. I've started biking to work, somewhat. I take the train to the local station and ride the rest of the way. While a short trek, it's amazing what 10-15 minutes of exercise can do to you early in the morning. I had forgotten about that. Too bad work isn't quite ready for the influx of bikes. You can see the impact of gas prices by the flood of bicycles just laying around the bike lock areas. Instead of doing some quick extensions to these on the weekend, they're closing down selective bike stands for two days to expand them. I think it's silly.
Posted by Dan at June 6, 2006 03:40 PM