The Journey Continues
Today was a great day to ride! Nice weather, clear skies, and warm! Funny thing about the altimeter on my Polar S720i, at the high pressure front builds and it gets warmer, it gets a little crazy - really, I didn’t have that big of a climb at the end of my ride tonight.
Total miles for the year: 1077
Spinning again tonight to the tunes on PodRunner. Song choice: Corybantic, 162 bpms for an hour, will most likely ride outside tomorrow.
Rode on the trainer tonight, listened to PodRunner to spin. The song choice: Pro Forma, a 163 bpm song that works out to be an 82 rpm cadence perfect for long distance riding.
This video was shot by a good friend of mine, Garth Walker, during the 2005 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. Testing out my server to see what the performance is like handing out a video stream:
Today went by pretty fast, no riding, but that’s ok - the rest of the week looks to be quite warm and just right for taking the trike out.
I’ve thought of purchasing a new trike - but which one?
ICE no longer makes custom trikes (the Monster was next on my list before my Micro rebuild), so it would be a Trice Standard QNT with a hardshell seat.
I’ve drooled over the Greenspeed SLR (a racing trike).
The Catrike 700 has some appeal as it is a “big” wheel trike like the Trice Monster.
I’ll have to save my pennies and see what this year brings - other things are more important for now.
Rode the Wasco today - Hans Wessel was there, and what a rider he is! He completed the course (that’s 4 laps) in just over 3 hours (3 hours and 56 seconds or so). He is really fast.
My performance wasn’t so impressive (being lapped by Hans not such a bad thing though). I completed 3 laps in 3 hours 15 minutes. I averaged 16.9mph for those laps. There was a second trike (shout out to Mike!) at the race (finally, someone to race with!) - although, I only saw him at the begining and the end, he came in second in the trike class - good showing for a first timer.
A big thank you to Clay for putting on a great race and finding sponsors - the winners of our classes received plaques - nice touch!
Later today I’ll be heading off to the Dalles in preparation for tomorrow’s Wasco Wild West 75. Should be fun.
Last night I did a short spin to loosen my muscles, I may do that again tonight at the hotel to relax.
Monday was my most recent ride, averaging 19 mph for 40 miles. Not bad prior to the Wasco. Tonight I’ll do a short spin to loosen my muscles. Getting ill isn’t very fun especially wanting to do better than last year. As long as I can complete the four laps faster than last year I’ll be happy (heck, I’ll be happy to complete three laps!)
Thursday night and all day Friday I felt pretty crappy - no mood to go riding or do much of anything. This morning I’m feeling much better - I can breathe, and I may go out for a “short” ride later.
Next Saturday will be my 4th Wasco, last year was the first year I completed the 4 laps (it was also VERY windy!) Here are graphs from 2005, 2006, and 2007:
2005 Wasco
