Monthly Archive for May, 2008

I planned a 100 mile ride today starting at 5:00, however, it felt so good to sleep-in that 5:00am came and went and by the time I got up it was almost 8:00am. Being Saturday, getting up 3 hours after you planned on really isn’t that big of a deal, so I headed out at 9:00am with the intention of riding 100 miles. Three hours into my ride (just under 60 miles) I wanted to go home (best to listen to my body), I did another 13 for a grand total of 73 miles today. Not bad really considering that my total miles for the year is 1200 miles less than last year and total was my longest ride of the season.

As I my rides get longer, I get strongee, comparing this year’s milage and averages with last year, although my total miles is less, my average ride is longer and faster. Overall I feel good about my progress and the upcoming events: the Strawberry Century and the Seattle to Portland. Both are long rides and are fun to participate in. Looking forward to my next ride.

Total Miles as of 5/31/2008: 1382.3

August here in Newberg bring us to our very own century ride called “The Vine Ride”. I’ve ridden this ride in 2003 and 2006. The century ride has a large hill and is a pain - always love a challenge. I may do this ride again!

Finally the cloudy weather has broken and blue skies are shining! Enjoyed my ride home from work and contemplated what to do once I got home. Decided that tonight will be a good time to go for a 40 miler. Took my trike out and rode my favorite 40 mile loop, not a bad ride either. I took a little over 2 hours and averaged 18.7 mph for the 40 mile loop. I plan on doing a century in the morning, I’ll see how I’m feeling. The weather this weekend should be just as nice as today - can’t wait!

Last year’s Strawberry Century was a fairly good ride, wet, but good just the same. Looking forward to this year’s ride on the 14th of June, it should be a fast century (and hopefully DRY!) Need to come up with a way to keep my directions dry, may end up using a large sized ziplock bag.

Tonight was a trainer night, listened to a podcast from PodRunner “Strong”, 153 BPM (76 RPM), lasted for an hour.