Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Vienna & Alexandria, VA Distance: 42.3 miles (occassionally hilly) Duration: 2:37 Weather: sunny and windy, 70 degrees Avg HR: 155 (max 172) Type: aerobic An afternoon ride on the W&OD and Mt. Vernon trails. The outbound leg and the last 6 miles of the return leg featured a …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Kensington, MD Distance: 20.5 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 1:17 Weather: sunny, 73 degrees Avg HR: 162 (max 183) Type: aerobic A fast and fun ride in gorgeous weather. On the ride up Beach Drive, I averaged 21.5 mph – nice and quick, considering it’s all uphill. I was …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Bethesda & Avenel, MD Distance: 23.1 miles (hilly) Duration: 1:30 Weather: sunny, 71 degrees Avg HR: 152 (max 180) Type: aerobic A fun post-work ride. My mom’s package arrived, containing my birthday presents from her – including an Ernie & Bert jersey! So I wore said jersey on …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Bethesda, MD Distance: 12.1 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 0:41 Weather: sporadic showers, 67 degrees Avg HR: 152 (max 171) Type: aerobic A ride cut short by showers, when the roads became slick. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Activity: road cycling Location: Bowie, MD > Deale, MD Distance: 52.6 miles (mostly flat with a few rolling hills) Duration: 2:46 Weather: overcast and muggy, 60 degrees Avg HR: 160 (max 180) Type: aerobic PPTC “New Deale” ride. An excellent ride, one of my all-time favorites. It had everything: a few hills, gorgeous farmland, forests, …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Bethesda & Glen Echo, MD Distance: 32.2 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 1:59 Weather: mostly cloudy, 70 degrees Avg HR: 154 (max 171) Type: aerobic A ride before running errands, and to get one in before the weather turns ugly for the next few days. Heading out of DC …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point Distance: 26.7 miles (flat) Duration: 1:29 Weather: sunny, 75 degrees Avg HR: 159 (max: 180) Type: aerobic Laps around Hains Point. During the laps (not during the ride to and from the Point), I averaged 20.8 mph – nice and fast. During the final lap, I …
Update on the May cycling challenge: It’s finals time at school, so I’m in the midst of finishing projects (just gave a 10 minute presentation on Haïti, and am finishing a paper on post-tsunami Indonesia). Also, I had a late night yesterday with my college buddy, Lunesse, who is managing Thomas Dolby’s tour and was …
Activity: road cycling Location: West Friendship, MD > Dupont Circle, DC Distance: 47.5 miles (hilly) Duration: 2:47 Weather: sunny and breezy, 75 degrees Avg HR: 157 (max: 175) Type: aerobic A lovely afternoon ride from the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival to The Burrow. I did a portion of this ride last year, and this …
So far, so good. Four days into the month, and I’ve been on the bike every day. The first two days had decently long rides, which made riding to work yesterday a bit more trying. But the legs broke through the slog, and all is well again. And I’m approaching 70 miles for the month …
