Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac, MD Distance: 37.4 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:23 Weather: sunny, 67 degrees Avg HR: 156 (max: 171) Type: aerobic After a morning painting at Shaw Middle School as part of Hands On DC, I went on this nice, meandering ride. The weather was perfect, and I had …
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee defeated an amendment to the the Barton-Rush Act, a bill that will affect the broadband telecommunications industry. This particular amendment requires the internet to be “neutral,” and would prevent phone and cable companies from instituting tolls and pay-as-you-go pricing for internet services. However, after yesterday’s 34-22 vote to …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point, DC Distance: 17.0 miles (flat) Duration: 1:05 Weather: partly cloudy, 72 degrees Avg HR: 131 (max: 148) Type: aerobic A recovery ride (“zone 2″ in the CTS scale) to take advantage of some postcard weather and get in some more miles. I tried to keep my …
On April 26, 1986, there was a nuclear accident in Chernobyl, USSR (now Ukraine). And I remember where I was when I heard the news: I was on a school outing to Mesa Verde National Park. Our group from Rowland Hall – St. Mark’s School was camping in the Morefield Campground, and I happened to …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac/Avenel, MD Distance: 27.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:39 Weather: mostly cloudy and breezy, 75 degrees Avg HR: 158 (max: 185) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Same route as last week, which was fine. There were thunderstorms threatening during the second half, which thankfully held off …
Sam knows all about the inherent goodness of cone. If you add ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet to it, it achieves nirvana. Can you tell that today is Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day? My cone was topped with strawberry ice cream – positively divine!
A few things for the late night: Today’s definitely a recovery day. I got home from work and reading for class, plopped into the living room chair, and fell asleep for a 30-minute power nap. After that, I cooked turkey and TVP chili – yum! The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson just had The …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac, MD Distance: 45.9 miles (hilly, then mostly flat) Duration: 2:08 (first 39.0 miles) & 0:48 (last 6.9 miles) Weather: sunny, 70 degrees Avg HR: 158 (max. 183) & 140 Type: aerobic This was one ride, but in two phases. The first phase was a hardcore ride: …
This past weekend, the Washington Post ran a profile of frequent Daily Kos author Maryscott O’Connor. In “The Left, Online and Outraged”, O’Connor is painted as a loud, extremist nut. Her response, posted on her My Left Wing blog, doesn’t do much to disagree with the Post’s conclusions: that Maryscott – and the majority of …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle, DC > Potomac/Avenel, MD Distance: 27.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:41 Weather: sunny, 70 degrees Avg HR: 136 (max: 165) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Each week has a slightly different, slightly longer route, owing to longer daylight hours as summer approaches. Today’s route included the Mountain Gate …
