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LOL. I'm up by Chain-O-Lakes state park playing camp therapist for a week for a camp for kids who have a parent who's had/has cancer. I get back Friday. Not exactly too remote, but surely not Oak Park either :)Quote:
beta--where are you? I go offline for a weekend, and you're exploring a deer-infested countryside populated by camp-going children? Toto, I don't think we're in Oak Park anymore!
Well, after I got backup keys to casa, and permission from my boss to swap days off. I went on a ride.
I pedaled west thru Upland and into claremonthttp://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6...20/shinn01.jpg
That's Ontario peak in the background.
I rode to a shinn road. It normallly takes me about hour twenty miniutes from place. Today it only took hour 15! Whoo Hoo!
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I decided to climb a little bit further. Saw plenty of Spanish broom along the way:
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Finally I reached the south tunnel on Baldy road:
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There was also a neat Yucca Plant that was still in bloom:
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I decided to turn around here and fly back down the hill. about 24 miles and 2,000 feet:)
I actually rode my new bike today! Woo hoo!
I got a serious flu right after I bought it, so this was my first outing with the clipless pedals. I took it to a nearby park and rode around and aound... in the grass. :) When I got the hang of clipping out, I rode around and around in the basketball court. Clip out, back in, stop, start. I did this for an hour and then rode home.
It's a start!
Now that I don't think I'm going to fall EVERY time I ride, maybe I'll put the computer on.
Amy
Yep, janetsplanet that the same tour I'm doing. I can't wait. By the way did you get an email today regarding this year's Paperfest Ride? I'm going to try to switch my work schedule so I can do it. Maybe we can meet up again....I'm sure you're ready to do the 75 miles this year.
OK... Back to the Topic : As for today's ride, I did our usual Weds. night group ride. The weather was a bit cloudy with a few drizzles but no swarms of gnats like have been out on the trails lately. We took a detour thru the botanical gardens and the smells were heavenly. Since there weren't any walkers around we cheated and went up and down a few of the paved garden paths for a closer look.
Decided to ride into town for groceries today. Thought I'd take a little detour. Finally got to town. Loaded up with groceries. Realized weight makes quite a difference when biking. the 6 miles there was a coasty spinny downhill dream. the 6 miles back was an uphill, a slow meandery one but still UPHILL, almost the entire way. The last leg of it is of course uphill but it's a gravel road that takes a mountain goat or a range rover <or my mountain bike> to get up.
I flopped down on the porch glad I made it home, looking forward to stretching and then making some dinner. Realized I hadn't picked up any smokes. Well, that's one way to quit. I'm sure as &*@) not biking that again tonight to get a pack of coffin nails. I'm sure I'll do it later. in a day or three. when I'm feeling seriously masochistic. That last half mile nearly killed me. I know I'm out of shape but GEEZE that was brutal.
Reminder to self..do not lose extra bike light in house...Where is it...??? :mad:
I wanted to go for a 2-2 1/2hr ride tonight but knew that if i couldn't find the extra weeny light i'd be relying on imaginary night vision goggles for the venture home....I have 1hr on my light before it needs recharging....
I wanna ride my bike....it's calling me...
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Now just think how much easier that hill will get for each time to you ride it and keep "forgetting" to buy the lung gunk. ;) You'll be building hill climbing strength twice as fast as the rest of us. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JoyfulGirl
I took the plunge, took the 6 am train where I can load a bike (not on my regular 7 am) and worked until 5, then took off for my first ride home from work - 57 km and it was hot hot hot. Still felt the 200 k from the weekend in my legs.
Will try to do this once every week or 2. as long as it's light until 8 pm.
My coworkers all came to look at Fred who was sitting in our storage room instead of the bike rack outside, but I felt like a bit of a showoff leaving in all my gear. Got a comment in that direction too. They're just jealous.