december 31, 2007

went out for the last ride of the year after getting out of work early today. figured i would get in a few more miles and burn some calories for the eating that would take place later tonight. headed out with the wind blowing pretty hard. decided on my way home that a good way to end the year would be to climb zion. despite being cold and the wind making the ride tiring my climb up zion impressed me. big wheel second gear. this was a gear that during the summer i was shocked that my legs could get the pedals around in. just shows me how far ive developed this year.

great year though. did a lot of tours, raised a good amount of money, accomplished all my goals, and did more miles than i originally wanted to by far. dont know what moment was my favorite but giving a quick thought id say getting to the top of warrenville rd and screaming "fuck you!!" as if the hill had personally offended me the year before when i had to walk up it. another moment was my exploding during my last time trial for century in the summer. something came out of me that day that i cant wait to build on. and another moment was sitting in the field at the rest stop during the covered bridges ride then at the end laying in the parking lot with mike and ed.

great ride, great year. ride;

t-1:06:00
d-19.87
as-18.1
ms-38.6

2007 miles ridden - 2952.36

december 29, 2007

went for a nice ride this afternoon. did a nice loop around the course century uses in the summer. was glad to see the bridge was open since it had been closed since august. despite being under the weather the past few days since christmas i put out a good effort. didnt want to go to hard to cause my headcold to return. but after the ride i felt good. looking forward to jan 1 tt. hopefully the weather is nice and not too cold. ride;

t-1:13:50
d-22.31
as-18.1
ms-35.6

december 25, 2007

spent the morning eating pancakes and lounging around. after getting some bike gifts i knew going out for a christmas ride was needed. headed out and did a nice hard pace ride. my odometer (gift :) was telling me my speed was fast and it suprised me. not sure if it is running high or if my speed was that fast! hopefully it was the true! eventually got home and felt good. also got a balaclava that worked great. kept my head, ears, and neck warm.

century has a time trial on new years day that im going to attend. its 15 miles that i hope to do well in. looking forward to it. ride;

d-14.84
t-46:01
as-19.3
ms-31.2

december 22, 2007

been a month since ive ridden outside. started a new job and no longer have off during the week. with the short days that keeps my to riding on the weekends only or hitting the trainer. took me a couple weeks to get started since leaving sbux but eventually hooked the trainer up. decided that the best thing for me to do on it would be interval training. sit it in my room with no music, no tv, just a clock. this way my distractions were limited. so far its been going good just want to keep it up.

my eating habits have still been poor and not commuting to work has also slowed me down a bit. but with the new year a week away that is going to change (everyones favorite line). so today i headed out and wanted to put some miles up to add to 2007. road around with hope of heading up hollow rd but got a little mixed up and just went down 518 to canal rd. alaong the way paired with another rider who pulled and didnt seem to want to be pulled. whatever, the short break from the wind resistance was nice and helped me to finish my ride strong. ride;

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