DATE

TIME

MILES

DURATION

TOP SPEED

May 30

Afternoon

22.6

120:00

 

Prior to June 4:  34.73 miles

 

June 4

Morning

6.71

 

 

 

Afternoon

6.69

 

 

June 8

Morning

6.71

32:24

26.6

 

Afternoon

6.67

31:44

27.1

June 9

Morning

6.71

33:15

27.6

June 11

Morning

6.70

31:39

28.1

 

Afternoon

8.29

41:33

27.6

June 15

Afternoon

12.3

53:18

26.0

June 21

Morning

6.71

31:28

26.8

 

Afternoon

6.70

28:14

30.2

June 23

Morning

6.72

30:01

29.2

 

Afternoon

6.72

29:25

28.6

June 24

Morning

6.71

30:18

26.4

 

Afternoon

6.85

31:45

28.2

June 25

Morning

6.71

29:12

29.1

 

Afternoon

6.72

30:36

30.5

June 30

Morning

6.75

31:04

27.6

 

Afternoon

6.72

30:03

29.8

July 1

Morning

6.73

30:28

26.5

July 6

Morning

6.76

30:23

27.6

 

Afternoon

6.74

30:25

28.2

July 7

Morning

6.72

28:49

30.5

 

Afternoon

6.73

30:10

28.5

July 8

Morning

6.73

29:19

29.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riding Observations:

July 15, 2004: Okay, so if you have been checking back lately, youÕve no doubt noticed that I have not been updating my riding since the morning of the 8th.  That would be because if I rode any time since the 9th I would have died.  Apparently I have developed some form of allergies and it hit me so hard on the 9th that I thought it was possible I needed to be hospitalized for not being able to breathe.  Like, at all.  Scary.  Needless to say, I am recovering and should hit the bike again in the next couple days.  In less than one month I will be on a bike for a really really long time making my ass really really sore.  Yippie!

 

July 7, 2004: Riding into a strong headwind blows.  And it seems that I am always riding into a strong headwindÉboth directions, any time of day.  Blows.

As you can tell I am not big on the training.  I like riding the bike but when it interferes with life, weÕve got a problem.  But I attended a ride party this evening and I really really really need to be training more.  Some guy has done over 200 miles in like 12 days.  Yeah.

 

June 23, 2004: Boston drivers really suck when it comes to paying attention to cyclists, a given.  But what is even worse is when that driver works with you and he/she almost nails you in the parking lot.  Whoops!  Hello folks!

 

In the mornings, I have one hell of a time breathing.  I just refilled my Nasacort Aqua prescription from CVS but donÕt know that itÕd doing the trick.  Jon wants me to try his inhaler, yet that seems dangerous.  What if I am riding down the road and my lungs freeze or something?  Not that I know what an inhaler really does, but it seems like freezing lung pops is a possibility.  The breathing is not as bad in the afternoon so I think itÕs a combo of the way I sleep (my body is contorted and constrained and not stretched out and ready for activity) and the fact that I can never breath in/out of my nose.  I need to see someone about this before I just pass out dead.  If there is some dead gay guy on the side of the road, stop to see if itÕs me.  Either the inhaler got me, a coworker hit me, or I just plain couldnÕt breathe.  IÕll keep you posted.