Activity: off-road cycling Location: Georgetown > Great Falls (C&O Canal Towpath) Distance: 28.8 miles (flat) Duration: 1:54 Weather: sunny and pleasant, 73 degrees Avg HR: 145 (max 165) Type: aerobic A wonderful post-work ride on the C&O Canal Towpath. I went all the way out to the Great Falls Tavern, which is a typical turnaround …
Today was Bike To Work Day here in DC, as well as in many other locales around the United States. Thousands of cyclists descended upon downtown DC this morning, both as a sign of solidarity and to pick up freebies: t-shirts, water bottles, bagels, bananas and coffee. Amazingly, motorists in downtown accepted the myriad intruders …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point (laps) > Dupont Circle Distance: 23.2 miles (flat) Duration: 1:16 Weather: warm, humid and windy, 81 degrees Avg HR: 151 (max 180) Type: aerobic Some interval laps around Hains Point. I mostly rode solo this time, though one lap had me join some DC Velo and …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 32.6 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:46 Weather: sunny, 80 degrees Avg HR: 155 (max 178) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. A big group showed up on this warm evening, with more hammerheads than usual. And when Wolfgang dropped the hammer …
The data for week two: 9 rides 147.0 miles And for the month so far: 17 rides 266.1 miles I’ve missed two days, but that’s fine. And now it’s Bike-To-Work Week, so every weekday will feature bike commuting.
Activity: road cycling Location: Georgetown > Alexandria, VA > Dupont Circle Distance: 19.1 miles (mostly flat) Duration: 1:22 Weather: mostly cloudy but pleasant, 70 degrees Avg HR: 128 (max 142) Type: aerobic A nice, gentle post-work spin on the Mount Vernon Trail. I didn’t do this ride with any goal other than to move the …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Seneca, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 45.5 miles (hilly) Duration: 2:29 Weather: mostly cloudy and muggy, 81 degrees Avg HR: 150 (max 179) Type: aerobic A solo jaunt from the statue of Gandhi. I ended up riding solo by chance, and that was okay, as I was able …
Some food for Friday morning: Rep. Tim Boehner (R-OH) shouldn’t be so quick to mention the potential of genocide in Iraq when he (as well as most of congress) has done virtually nothing to address the current genocide in Darfur. Look at what already exists and your woeful inaction before trying to hold the concept …
To the driver of a gold Honda Accord, DC tag AK1347: Were you so amazed that a cyclist riding in DC: used hand signals rode the speed limit for the streets was courteous to pedestrians and other drivers that you felt compelled to: honk your horn repeatedly at me almost run me into a parked …
Activity: road cycling Location: Hains Point, DC Distance: 22.5 miles (flat) Duration: 1:05 Weather: warm and humid, 80 degrees Avg HR: 151 (max 180) Type: aerobic A nice, post-work (and post-almost-being-turned-into-a-bumper-ornament) ride with a bunch of NCVC, Artemis and Route 1 Velo riders. The intervals were fast and competitive. I managed to take the lead …
