Card Game

I was exhausted this afternoon at work today, but I knew I had to ride tonight.  I could just feel it.  I rode last night, but it just didn't do it.  I wasn't satisfied.  I pulled the pedals off of the mtb and put them on my "road" bike.  That's the high end operation I run here.  I switch the pedals that were given to me between bikes.  And while I was pumping up my tires, I noticed that they said 110 pounds!  I thought they were 100 pounds!  Another example of the quality operation; stupifying attention to detail.  So I pumped them up to 110 while wincing.  In the last month, I've had 3 tires pop on me while pumping them up.  Even for me, that's excessive, but alas!  Properly pumped up and ready to go!  Sweet ride down to the prison/jail and back and I saw only three deer.  The others must have been at a card game or something.

Bad Biker, Bad Biker!

I didn't know what time sunset was.  That makes me a bad biker.  Or since we're having a baby, it makes me a biker who makes bad decisions.  Love and Logic folks let me hear ya'!  Well, it's either that or keep studying Nanny 911 episodes!

 

If you must know, I did ride tonight.  I felt good for almost 10 minutes.  I went down and up the hill at Crystal Ridge twice.  The second time, I had feelings in my legs that I never felt before.  That must have been because I am usually too out of breath to notice.  On the Mountain Biker Fitness Scale I must be at 1.5.  That's on a ten point scale.  What do I care?  I have a blast doing it.

 

 

 

 

Killer Ride!

I rode with friends today.  This is a picture of my main competitor's ride.  We went at it for 5.5 miles and he beat me by a nose at the end.  I sent the raw data to some rocket scientists , and they figured he peddled 29,000 revolutions on that ride.  It was a blast.  I got a little extra workout pulling his little brother. 

Madison Ride

I was going to ride in Pewaukee with a friend of mine today, but the rain  changed my plans.  I work in Madison, and since the rain missed us there, I rode  in Madison.  It was a nice change of pace.  It seems like I've been riding on  an empty stomach a lot lately and today wasn't any different.  I can handle it  for about an hour, but after that, I'm pretty much on a hope and a prayer.  I pulled through, and I got to see a bit of Madison along the way.


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A Couple More Pictures from the Weekend

I did have a passenger on the tandem. REALLY! I impressed her with my
exceptional ability to exercise poor judgment.

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Hooray!

Intsy and I went around Lake Michigan Thursday through Monday. I rode
everyday except Thursday. Bruno's Run, Mackinaw Island (on a tandem and
also on my mtb), VASA, and for the last ride, I cheated. I rode at home.

I'm from Illinois, and I thought Wisconsin was really cool with the whole
mountain biking thing, but Michigan is REALLY crazy about mountain biking.
It was awesome. I can't say the trails are a lot better than Wisconsin, but
there seem to be a lot of them. The trails seemed to be flatter than what I
am used to, but I didn't mind. I'm not hill climber. It did give me a
chance to get in some easy miles.

I did take the chance to jump in Lake Superior. I'll try attaching a
picture and we'll see what happens

I did a road ride yesterday because of all the rain. I was going to road
ride today, but I did take the chance to go over to Crystal Ridge to ride up
and down the gravel road killer climb. I also took great pleasure in
blowing away a couple scooters on 92nd street. I was on a hill, they didn't
have a chance. Of course, they caught me on the climb. I'll have my day.

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Test Run

I'm trying to email my entry to my blog. I can't open my blog in Internet
Explorer at home and I can't log into my blog from AOL at home so I flipped
the email switch at another location today and I'm hoping this works.

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Just Like Waking Up Late and Missing The Day

I just about missed summer! Not really. Summer was a blast. In early July we took a road trip to the Grand Tetons, Utah, Yellowstone, and the Badlands, not in that order. I rode a little. This summer, work has been CRAZY and struggled to find time to ride, but I did find some time. I rode tonight at Crystal Ridge and it was fantastic. I didn't do the hills and I hit all the singletrack I could. Just amazing!