Activity: road cycling Location: Brandywine, WV > Sugar Grove, WV > McDowell, VA > Monterey, VA > Blue Grass, VA > Sugar Grove > Brandywine Distance: 100.0 miles Duration: 5:28 Weather: sunny, cold in the morning, then mild, 46-63 degrees Avg HR: 140 (max 167) Type: aerobic Rode the Blue Ridge Byways route with a …
Activity: road cycling Location: Westfield, MA > Chester, MA > other Berkshire towns > Westfield, MA Distance: 111.2 miles Duration: 6:15 Weather: overcast and damp, then sunny and dry, 62-72 degrees Avg HR: 135 (max 168) Type: aerobic My second stab at the “Great River Ride” went off far better than the first time. I …
Activity: road cycling Location: Frederick, MD > Thurmont > Middletown > Frederick Distance: 73.4 miles (hilly – mostly in last two-thirds) Duration: 3:58 Weather: sunny and mild, 57-74 degrees Avg HR: 137 (max 170) Type: aerobic PPTC “Tour du Thurmont Extended” ride. This was my first major ride on the new Jamis, and it was …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Palisades > Dupont Circle Distance: 13.2 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 0:54 Weather: sunny with rapidly-approaching dusk, 82-84 degrees Avg HR: 135 (max 160) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride…. sorta. It was a ride that started out well enough: we had great turnout with an earlier start time, …
Activity: road cycling Location: Bowie, MD > Friendship, MD > Bowie Distance: 52.8 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 2:52 Weather: sunny with a breeze, 70-80 degrees Avg HR: 131 (max 170) Type: aerobic PPTC “Bowie To The Beach And Back (In Time For Baseball)” ride, led by me. This ride left Allen Pond Park at 7:45 …
Activity: road cycling Location: Laytonsville, MD > Woodbine > Mt. Airy > Laytonsville Distance: 68.6 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 3:39 Weather: sunny and a touch humid, 73-83 degrees Avg HR: 142 (max 172) Type: aerobic PPTC “Another Laytonsville Ride.” A good ride, with some killer rollers and a small-but-sincere A group. I wasn’t firing on …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Glen Echo, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 21.5 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 1:19 Weather: sunny with rapidly-approaching dusk, 66-71 degrees Avg HR: 142 (max 170) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride, Mohican Hills route. This is the last time we could do this ride at the usual 6 …
Activity: road cycling Location: Berryville, VA > points in northern VA and northeastern West VA. Distance: 101.0 miles (moderately hilly) Duration: 4:44 Weather: sunny with a few drifting clouds and cool, 42-68 degrees Avg HR: 140 (max 171) Type: aerobic PPTC “Historic Back Roads Century,” my second year doing it. I met up with a …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Glen Echo, MD > Dupont Circle Distance: 20.9 miles (rolling hills) Duration: 1:20 Weather: sunny, 76-82 degrees Avg HR: 130 (max 168) Type: aerobic PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride, Mohican Hills route. This was my first ride on my loaner bike, a Cannondale R800 that a generous PPTC friend …
Activity: mountain biking Location: Dupont Circle > Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle (C&O Canal Towpath) Distance: 26.4 miles (flat) Duration: 1:41 Weather: partly cloudy, 86-90 degrees Avg HR: 121 (max 150) Type: aerobic A simple trail ride on the C&O Canal Towpath. As I had broken my LeMond the previous day, I felt that …
