Quick trip to Home Depot

To get an 8mm allen wrench for my road bike's pedals, at like 9pm. More to come on why I took this trip later...

Daily Ride Stats

Mileage:

5.72 miles

Time:

N/A

Avg Speed:

N/A

Max Speed:

N/A

Return to the Long Branch Trail... but not really

Fullterton west to Elston. Elston north to Long Branch Trail. LB Trail until ... no bike path? Yeah, apparently about 5-7 miles into the path they started repaving efforts which means I'd be going off road. No tred + loose gravel means no Long Branch Trail for me. Once I hit Harms road by the equestrian farms (are they farms?) I decided to pull a U-turn and just try to head back to the city. Harms Road to Lincoln Ave to Western and I was back to civilization. I knew I was back in the city when I started getting run off the road by the CTA buses... ah home sweet home. It was Western to Damen, then Damen to Chicago ave to the Lake Front Trail.

Side note: there was 15-18mph winds coming from the south. Since I was heading south into the city I thought this was great training for Utah. When I stopped at a light to talk to some other cycling couple, they didn't share in my enjoyment.

Once I hit the Lake Front Trail, it was a quick cliff bar break and back on the bike to keep hitting the southern winds. I made it all the way to 63rd then headed back. All in all, a great ride, and probably the first ride over 40 miles since the century ride in July (I've been such a slacker before this blog).

Daily Ride Stats

Mileage:

61.12 miles

Time:

~3 hours 40 minutes

Avg Speed:

~16mph

Max Speed:

~25mph

Week Ending SEP 15 2007

I haven't had much time to post my training rides, however this past week I biked to work two days and did one decent length ride after work. The mileage this week is a rough estimate due to an accidental computer reset and using my fixie for work. It's a shame because my after work ride was easily averaging 18-19 mph, in part thanks to some guy wearing a Team Pegasus jersey who I took turns drafting off of when I was too tired to pulling into the southern head winds.

Weekly Stats

Mileage:

~50 miles

First Big Ride Donation

I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Josh Gleason for the great first donation! A brother, friend, and role model, Josh is always willing to help someone, even when he is contracting in Iraq. To learn more about Josh and his adventures working in Iraq check out his site at: http://joshuajgleason.googlepages.com/home

Thanks again Brother Wiggum!

Week Ending SEP 8 2007

Weekly Stats

Mileage:

0 miles

Note: I was away at a work conference in San Jose all week so there was no real option for biking

Week Ending SEP 1 2007

Weekly Stats

Mileage:

56.24 miles