Month: February 2008
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Fairfield Ride
length: 24.08 miles average speed: 14.7 mph time: 1:38 average heart rate: 75% of max maximum heart rate: 91% of max
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Tri-County Hill-Hopper
This time I actually used all of my gears and, WOW, What a difference! This was also the first time my bottom really felt uncomfortable near the end of a ride. But I still had a blast and it was certainly an affirming ride. I hope to add more later on that. This weekend was a major…
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Bastrop State Park or Oh! THAT’s what those gears are for!
This weekend Gary and I biked through Bastrop and Buescher State Parks. Wow, was it hilly! I was terrified most of the time. The fact that it was misty and wet, that the climbs and descents were steeper than I had ever experienced and that the roads were quite windy with blind turns might have had…
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Are ya with me? Request for Support in the 2008 BP MS 150 ride from Houston to Austin
In April, I plan to hop on my bicycle and take a ride to Austin, riding about 90 miles on my first day, camping out with about 13,000 fellow riders in LaGrange, and jumping back on that bike the next morning to finish with a quite hilly 80 miles or so to Austin. Yes, I…