Monthly Archives: May 2010

Day 17

Stats Distance: 16.80 miles Time: 01:00:00 Terrain: Road: Rolling Bike: Specialized Allez Road Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 9 – 10am – 73F sunny. Chipmunk index of 1. Ride I had to go return something to Lowe’s in Torrington.  The ride was nice.  That Stillriver Greenway is smooth as silk.  I wish all

Day 16

Stats Distance: 12.70 miles Time: 00:55:00 Terrain: Road: Hills Bike: Specialized Allez Road Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 74F, sunny. Chipmunk index of 1. Did the Burr Mountain thing again -12.7 miles.  BEAUTIFUL!  Added a swim to the mix.  I’ll add details later.  Saw some geese.  ”Ah look at the ducks!” Headed out

Day 15

WOW!  15 days in [to the the 2010 Terratrike Car-Free Challenge] already? Today I put in 20.6 miles.  12.8 on the Sandblaster, 7.8 on my new Specialized Allez road bike that I picked up on my way home.  I haven’t ridden a road bike in 18 years – not since the Sandblaster, actually – so

Day 14

Morning Stats Distance: 11.60 miles Time: 01:00:00 Terrain: Road: Rolling Bike: Fuji Sandblaster SX XC Mtn Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 8:30a – 65F, sunny, cool air, no humidity, great vibe! Chipmunk index of 6. Morning Ride I sure wanted to bike today, but my legs sure didn’t.  Even walking around the house,

Day 13

Morning Ride Stats I’ll paste them in later. Morning Ride They don’t call them the northwest hills for nothing.  I decided to try a different route, as well as to bike the whole way to work today.  I followed the recommended directions that Google came up with, and let me tell you, they must really

Day 12

Ride Stats I’ll paste them in later when I have time. Ride Descriptions HOT HOT HOT.  Riding through the woods was so much better than the road.  However, my accomplishment was that I rode up that damn hill on 44 on the second set of gears, and did the whole 16 miles in just over

Day 11

Morning Stats Distance: 11.60 miles Time: 00:55:00 Terrain: Road: Rolling Bike: Fuji Sandblaster SX XC Mtn Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 8A – 80F, warm, sunny. Chipmunk index of 3. Morning Ride I haven’t got too much for you today.  I was a little disappointed that it took me 55 minutes to go 11 miles.

Day 10

Ride Stats Distance: 45.80 miles Time: 03:10:00 Terrain: Road: Rolling Bike: Fuji Sandblaster SX XC Mtn Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 7:30 – 10:40a: 65F – 73F, partly sunny, overcast at times. Chipmunk index of 23! The Ride Wooooooo!  Forty-lovin’-five miles!  That’s the longest trip I’ve ever done in my life, I think.

Day 8 and 9

Stuck inside all day on the stupid computer. Can’t wait to ride tomorrow.

Day 7

Morning Stats Distance: 16.00 miles Time: 01:25:00 Terrain: Road: Rolling Bike: Fuji Sandblaster SX XC Mtn Club: 2010 TerraTrike Car-Free Challenge Weather Conditions: 7:30 – 9a – 68F, sunny, nice air. Chipmunk index of 4. Beaver index of 1. Morning Ride That’s right, I said beaver index of 1. I saw a BEAVER!  Isn’t that