Thursday, August 26

Morning’s ride: 40:08 Distance: 12.08 miles I was much less reticent about getting my butt out of bed and riding. I had hoped to ride a little longer than this, but I wanted to make sure I had time to take a shower before I went to work, so I ended it a bit early. [...]

Friday, January 22

This morning’s ride: 50:00 Distance 0 miles Average cadence: 93 RPM Well, you won’t hear me complaining about my gracilis or my ileopsoas. At least, you probably won’t. What I have, it appears, is a tear of the hip joint’s labrum, on the adductor side. Or something. Basically, the stuff that prevents my femur from [...]

Tuesday January 19

This morning’s ride 45:33 Distance 0 miles Average cadence: 96 RPM I said ‘aaaaahhhh.’ I breathed in through my mouth and out through my nose. Or vice-vera. My chest was thumped. My neck was rubbed. My epiglottis was swabbed. Oh, boy, and isn’t that fun? Inconclusive. There was no sign of blood in my throat. [...]

Wednesday, October 7

This morning’s ride: 47:47 Distance: 9.58 miles Average cadence: 91 RPM I dodged a bullet this morning. No, not literally. Not like that car the other day. The bullet in this instance is a metaphor for the weather. The forcast was for rain and a high wind advisory this morning, but neither really appeared on [...]

Friday September 25/Sunday September 27

Friday morning’s ride: 44:40 Distance: 9.99 miles Average cadence low 90′s Sunday morning’s ride: 1:04:34 Distance: 15.34 miles Average cadence 94 Friday morning’s ride was cold and dark. Sunday’s ride was after sunrise, but more than half of it was in the rain. I’m doing my best not to push myself because of the muscle [...]

Sunday, September 13

This morning’s ride: 1:03:11 Distance 13.98 miles Average 96 RPM I wanted to go 15 miles. I had planned on going 15 miles. I didn’t plan on running into a marathon. I suppose it ‘s my own darn fault for not paying attention to local events, but when I slipped onto the canal path about [...]

Wednesday, September 9

This morning’s ride: 1:01:23 Distance: 13.73 miles Average: 90 RPM It was dark this morning when I started my ride. No–that’s not entirely correct. It was night, but it wasn’t really dark. There was a waning gibbous moon hanging in the sky, and it was bright enough that I saw my shadow as I climbed [...]

Monday, September 7

This morning’s ride: 1:58:34 Distance: 24:07 miles Average: 80 RPM I didn’t want to ride today. I had no desire at all. Instead, shortly after I woke up, I called my friend Mike, and we talked. We talked about politics and life, and–this is important–we talked about ourselves. It’s surprising how few people are really [...]

Monday, August 31

This morning’s ride: 52:00 or so Distance: 11.88-ish Miles Average: low 90′s It was cold this morning. Jacket and gloves cold. My combination GPS/timer’s batteries ran out 10 miles into the ride. I don’t care. My kids are home. This evening’s ride: 51:25 by my watch Distance: around 12 miles. Average: 90′s I had a [...]

Sunday August 30

This morning’s ride: 1:20:44 Distance 18.39 miles Average: 90 RPM I had a nice 2-hour ride mapped out. I had the time, traffic was light, the weather was good, and my legs felt fresh. So why did I stop 40 minutes short? My freaking gracilis. That damned muscle on the inside of my left thigh [...]

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