cyclochip

Wed, Jun 24, 2009 – 7.40 mi [Cycling]

7.40 mi in 00:46:14 hours at 9.60 mi/h on GT Zum 4.0. [Cycling] Slow after work ride with Kelley. Up to Celebration Park, two loops around, and then North into the neighborhoods across from the park. Tooled up and down the streets getting landscaping ideas. Then back home.

Been a while since I’ve done one of these…

06.23.09

This is from Hoblitzelle Park in Plano on one of the ‘not Plano Parks and Rec Dept sanctioned’ trails in the woods.

Mon, Jun 22, 2009 – 7.50 mi [Cycling]

7.50 mi in 00:41:08 hours at 10.94 mi/h on GT Zum 4.0. [Cycling] Evening ride with Kelley. Rode through the neighborhood for a quick few miles before nightfall. Kelley kept up a good pace throughout the ride. It was the first ride with my new ergonomic grips I bought in Memphis. They seemed to be OK. Time will tell.

Sat, Jun 20, 2009 – 7.30 mi [Cycling]

7.30 mi in 00:59:47 hours at 7.33 mi/h on Sette Reken. [Cycling] Mike’s ‘Bachelor Party’ ride. Went to Memphis for Mike’s wedding and he wanted to do a morning of the wedding group ride at Herb Parsons Lake. I’d never ridden this trail before but was looking forward to it. We ended up with 7 riders total. Unfortunately, I broke my chain a tenth of a mile in. After a repair session, Bob and I set off again and eventually caught up with the group who had waited for me. But, it was not a good day for my riding, as I just didn’t have ‘it’ in me. Very slow and very weak. Maybe it was the heat, maybe the humidity, but I certainly SHOULD have been stronger, as much as I’ve been riding. Everyone was pretty awesome and took turns riding at the back with me.
It’s a fun but very rooty and rough trail. Add in a LOT of fallen trees / limbs (many hike-a-bikes) due to a recent wind storm and my tired legs and you’ve got one slow ride. But the most important thing is that we were all together again, having fun on bikes.

Thu, Jun 18, 2009 – 9.20 mi [Cycling]

9.20 mi in 00:50:09 hours at 11.01 mi/h on Sette Reken. [Cycling] After work ride around Allen with Mike. Cruised around pretty much just exploring. Found some paths, some pirates and a peloton. Felt for a few moments like I was in Le Tour. Need to do stuff like this more often.

This video brings new meaning to the phrase ‘old-time hockey!”

Seriously, I hope to be this active at 70, much less 80.

Mon, Jun 15, 2009 – 8.70 mi [Cycling]

8.70 mi in 00:50:52 hours at 10.26 mi/h on GT Zum 4.0. [Cycling] After work ride with Kelley around Eastern Allen. Up the Mustang Creek trail, past the high school, skatepark and into ‘Ye Olde Allen.’ Looped back by the library and headed for home.

Sun, Jun 14, 2009 – 6.00 mi [Cycling]

6.00 mi in 00:42:09 hours at 8.54 mi/h on GT Zum 4.0. [Cycling] What started to be just a quick jaunt around the neighborhood to get may daily quota of miles in turned into a fun tag-along with my neighbor and one of his buddies. We rode up to Bethany Lakes Park and basically goofed off for a while – Reminded me of our group rides in Memphis. Saw some guy doing tricks on a street bike (motorcycle) in the parking lot at the park. He nearly wadded it up a few times, which REALLY would have been entertaining. Very slow average speed due to all the cruising around the park. Fun night.

As if the fall itself wouldn’t be bad enough, the bike just had to go in and add insult to injury.

Sat, Jun 13, 2009 – 9.40 mi [Cycling]

9.40 mi in 00:53:13 hours at 10.60 mi/h on GT Zum 4.0. [Cycling] Rode around White Rock Lake with Kelley this morning. Got a later start that we’d planned on, and about halfway around Kelley needed to take a break due to overheating. Aside from that, she did great. We had planned on two laps of the lake, but since she’d gotten overheated we decided to just do one and get things done around the house this afternoon. Had some obviously generally unhappy old man say “Don’t ring that damn bell at me!” after letting him know we were passing. A bicycle bell is one of the best sounds on Earth – How could anyone get pissed off when they hear one?