Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
There Are Many Times When I Can Relate
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Exercise Turned Excursion
When I first started reading websites that discuss bike gear of various sorts, I was puzzled to see gps systems thrown in among the saddles, grips, brakes, clips, bags, racks and the like. Okay, fine, if you’re an adventure cyclist riding the northern tier route to cross the United States by pedal power, I guess [...]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
A Reflected View
Day 354 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
Every time I ride east toward the city, I pass a new apartment complex. I can see into the ritzy exercise room as I go past. The treadmill row looks out onto the bike path — currently unused — [...]
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
iPod Traveling
Thanks to some unexpected travel deals, I have friends who are spending the weekend at a resort hotel in the Hill Country. I just looked the place up and clicked through photos of the room they rented. All I could think was, “Damn I bet they have good air conditioning in that place.”
Yeah. Texans have [...]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Mornings on the Trail: A Vignette
Monday morning in the park across the river from downtown I saw a slender woman sitting gracefully erect on a wooden bench. Her bronze skin glowed in the soft dawn light, her head inclined slightly forward at a meditative angle. Beside her, the whisper thin pages of a Bible turned softly in the breeze.
Behind her [...]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
An Easy 20
Day 350 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
Okay, I never thought I’d write or say the words, “I went for an easy 20 mile ride,” but that’s exactly how the morning went. It was gorgeous. No nasty head wind. I just coasted along and enjoyed the [...]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Headed for the Century Mark
Day 349 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
Looks as if we’re headed for about five days of 100 degrees or above. I didn’t bike this morning, but I’ll definitely continue riding at the crack of dawn for the temperature benefits if nothing else. Beyond that, though, [...]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Yes, She Who Bikes . . .
. . . was at it again.
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Lots going on right now. Not all bloggable, and the biking helps keep it all cleared out or at least tamped down and cooled off. But I’m telling you, this is the job I want:
So, 20.5 miles for today making 67 miles over the last [...]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
We Saw a Fox, How Cool is That?
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(B.R. insisted I get a photo of myself with Slim, hence the rare instance of me on the wrong side of the lens.)
For the second morning in a row I was up at 5 and out on the trail by 6, this time in the company of the Wookie. Since I’d [...]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Broke the 25 Mile Barrier
Yes, another milestone. I rode 25.25 miles this morning and the excursion was a complete success from start to finish. Alas, I didn’t stop to take any pictures (my time was considerably slowed down by a nasty headwind), but I can offer a few observations.
When the paper said dawn was at 6:22, they lied. I [...]
