So ... I had a good "training" ride on the 10th,  But I didn't ride anything the next day???  [That may have been because during the ride on the 10th,  My hands hurt, my butt bothered me, and I got hot-foot / feet for the the first time in ... a long time.]    Most every day between the 10th and the 17th would have been  A good day for a short (25 - 30 miles) ride, but The only rides I did were a couple errand rides [But at least I did those 8.3-miles in 39/13 gearing and standing the entire distance].    Part of the reason for not doing any rides AFTER ..read more

Two weeks until the Raleigh Region 200 brevet,  It seemed a good idea to do some "serious" training.    I left my abode, not sure what I wanted to ride:  to Oxford, a modified Denny's Store route, or Bahama Beach.  My Excel log indicates that I started my ride via:  Honeycutt Rd to  Durant Rd (to Six Forks Rd) to Mt Vernon Church Rd.  That I turned onto Durant and then onto MVC indicates to me that although I might not have been sure,  I had decided by the time I got 2.1-miles into the "start" that I had decided upon Bahama Beach.    Th ..read more

Apr-09  -> ATM -> friend's -> E.MineCrTrail ->  purposes:  get some $$$  probably helped friend do some simple yardwork  8.7 total miles in 42-min in-motion    12.2-mph avg pace in-motion  standing the whole way, of course  (probably) 39/13 gearing  My Excel log notes this:  "pollen today    --    POLLEN yesterday ..read more

The plan was to meet IvaHawk at 1:30 pm at the Bay Leaf CVS.  But I was a bit behind schedule, and receiving multiple texts,  Which I thought were from an impatient Hawk, So instead of the intended Honeycutt - Durant - Coachman's neighborhood - Norwood routing  To get the CVS, I took Durant to Six Forks to Mt. Vernon Ch to Norwood to the CVS.  That cut a mile or more from my commute.    Even so, it was nearly 1:40 as I approached the CVS and discovered the Hawk riding toward me.  He had concluded that I might have mistakenly gone to PUE instead of the CV ..read more

My intent was to do the same ride I did in late November.   Except that in November, I used only one gear, the 39/14, and For this ride, I purposefully intended to use as many different gears as felt appropriate.    All was going well until when climbing the shallow incline of Virgil Rd,  I suddenly had the thought, "why / how am I on Virgil Rd?  For this route, I should only be on Virgil once."    Giving the matter some deep thought, I realized that at the 36.7-mile-mark of the "pseudo route" map  Linked to from within the November blog post, I had turn ..read more

I waited until the afternoon to ride.  Actually didn't get around to riding until later than I intended, but hey, at least it was 57 degrees, or supposedly so, when I rode.  Turned out 57 degrees felt chillier than I expected.  I was wearing a long-sleeved jersey the origin of which I don’t know.  Anyway, wherever the black jersey with the full length zip came from, it seemed like it would be plenty warm, so I dispensed with any other arm coverings.  I did wear a short-sleeved jersey from a circa 2008 MS-150 ride over the black long-sleeved jersey.  To get to the ..read more

Longest ride so far this calendar year.  Also the fastest in-motion avg pace -- marginally, and I mean MARGINALLY, faster than last Sunday's ride.  Rode approx 28 miles with Gary & Wendy's TLC group ride, at an avg pace clearly less than 13.4-mph.  I know that because after zooming up Virgil Rd at a delightful fast-feeling (unknown avg) pace in the 39/14 gearing, but certainly I avg'd more than 13.4-mph on the 2.1 or 2.3 miles of Virgil Rd -- I checked the distance and avg pace to that point -- 13.4-mph for 30.4-miles -- hmmn, both ending in point-4 seems rather coincident ..read more

Since overheating during an attempted 100-mile ride in late June-2020, and also overheating during a late July-2020 ride, and given that stopping at convenience stores for re-supply of cold liquids was problematic during the pandemic restrictions, I've been staying closer to "home."  Luckily, there are sufficient appropriate roads quite near my sleep quarters to get in sufficient climbing rides, 40-mile rides, and even the occasional 100+ km ride.    My typical goto routes have been versions of the "Possum Tracking" route(s) and a modified version of my "historical" "TT"/cadence ..read more

Mar-20  -> ATM -> friend's -> E.MineCrTrail ->  purposes:   get some $$$     put friend's canopy back up (it had been taken down the previous day because of expected severe weather including strong winds),  fix / replace friend's TP holder  3.94-m to ATM + friend's in 19m44sec   3.82 returning in 18m45sec  dealing with strong N/NE wind for half the distance  standing all the way, of course, mostly on sidewalks (except the first part to the ATM was on streets) I figure if I'm not riding long, I can get in ..read more

So that I wouldn't wimp out on riding, I arranged to ride with the TLC group,  Which supposedly would start their ride at 9 am.  But I knew they would start late, so I arranged to arrive right at 9.  No one was ready, so I rode another 2 1/4 miles or so on neighboring streets and  Also made at least three loops around the Layfayette Square shopping center. The ride started about 0915.    I mostly rode with Gary + Wendy, the latter I hadn't seen since before the pandemic.  In a reasonably safe side-by-side manner, we chatted about subjects of interest to each ..read more