Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 32.0 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:39 Weather: sunny, 72 degrees Avg HR: 157 (max 173) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Amazingly, I made it (I write this after dong more editing on my final project for class). We rode the …
The data so far: 8 rides 119.1 miles Fair enough. I hope to do more miles for the coming week, though I may miss out on tomorrow’s PPTC ride due to a pesky final involving video editing. I also need to swap out the rear tire on the LeMond, which means scouring the closet for …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Glen Echo, MD (C&O Canal Trail) Distance: 11.3 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:00 (approx) Weather: sunny, 65 degrees Avg HR: 120 (max 135) Type: aerobic An nice, easygoing ride with sprite. We saw lots of wildlife on the ride: turtles, geese with goslings, and a night heron which …
Yesterday, sprite and I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival to take in an annual tradition: hanging out with sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas and angora rabbits, seeing the sheepdogs do their thing, and marveling at the wonderful wool products. It took us a while to get there, as I took the long way …
Activity: road cycling Location: West Friendship, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 51.4 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 2:51 Weather: overcast with rain, 60 degrees Avg HR: 147 (max 179) Type: aerobic A solo ride from the Howard County Fairgrounds, home of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. The ride featured some nice, tough climbs around Tridelphia …
I’m an only child. So when a parent is due for surgery, I head out for support – both moral and physical. Since my mom has surgery coming up, I’d started making plans around the scheduled surgery date: looking at airfares, looking into a cat sitter, and arranging to rent a hardshell bike case to …
Since Bush vetoed Congress’ Iraq funding bill – with Congress failing to override the veto – the Dems are in a bit of a tizzy. Some are willing to retreat to the useless and already-proven-pointless benchmarks approach: setting a timetable for the Iraqi government, while continuing an all-military approach toward getting the U.S. out of …
Another year, another celebration of National Bike Month. And if you’ve read this blog for a while, you’re aware that I made every effort to ride very day in the month of May, 2006. I didn’t quite make it, but I became much faster and stronger by riding as much as I did. So this …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 33.0 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:42 Weather: sunny, 79 degrees Avg HR: 150 (max 177) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. A good, spirited group showed up tonight. Five of us who rode at a AA pace added a few miles …
