4.44 a.m.
Date: Sept 14
Mileage: 21.5
Ride type: Commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 73 overcast
September mileage: 137
Year to date: 1399
this a.m. really started out pretty a la mierda. work has been quite taxing and i wanted to grab a couple extra ZZZs before the commute today. instead i wake up at 4.44 a.m. needing to take a leak (coffee from last night, decaf. i don't do that very often). i then stare at the clock for 10min before getting up. i was on the bike by 5.50 or so and did a little extra mileage for good measure, winding through the park to Lexington (moreorless past 'Sheryl's' place, down Breckinridge and finally up the 3rd street bike lane to work. my, what a dumbass bike lane that goes nowhere. this town has 2 painted bike lanes and neither really has a terminus that goes anywhere. it's not like they link with other bike lanes, or that they traverse space from one major entity to another. they just start and stop. to be fair, the 3rd street lane does end southward at the Univ. of Louisville, but if you arrive at UL in the lane, then where do you go after school; there is no corresponding lane. stupid.
i did about 10am and 10pm, feeling pretty good herenthere. maybe i'm building a smidge of fitness b/c it seems like i can push a slightly bigger gear on occassion. tomorrow is viernes so i think i'll 'bent in in. it seems like that kind of day.
i had a funny occurrence this a.m. that was somewhat shocking for 6.30 in hte morning. i was coming up a street in the appropriate direction when, out of my blind spot, i see a bike of all things coming off the sidewalk across my trajectory. a bike-on-bike collission at 6.30. he veered and it was never that close, but it was more the idea. it was some skateboarder/BMX type (notthatthere'sanythingwrongwiththat). no harm done, but ironic at least. well, finally got a day in over 20. 'lance' is busy filling his weekends with kayaking trips, so i haven't done a good 30 in while. it's time.
oh, i bought some Lake cycling sandals on sale from Nashbar. i've heard they're great for cold weather. you wear a couple different socks and maybe a plastic layer and the sandals don't pinch your toes and your feet don't go to sleep. yep, it's a bit counter-intuitive, but we'll see. they were pretty cheap (compared to, say, $250 Carnacs) and i like how my normal Lakes fit.
Mileage: 21.5
Ride type: Commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 73 overcast
September mileage: 137
Year to date: 1399
this a.m. really started out pretty a la mierda. work has been quite taxing and i wanted to grab a couple extra ZZZs before the commute today. instead i wake up at 4.44 a.m. needing to take a leak (coffee from last night, decaf. i don't do that very often). i then stare at the clock for 10min before getting up. i was on the bike by 5.50 or so and did a little extra mileage for good measure, winding through the park to Lexington (moreorless past 'Sheryl's' place, down Breckinridge and finally up the 3rd street bike lane to work. my, what a dumbass bike lane that goes nowhere. this town has 2 painted bike lanes and neither really has a terminus that goes anywhere. it's not like they link with other bike lanes, or that they traverse space from one major entity to another. they just start and stop. to be fair, the 3rd street lane does end southward at the Univ. of Louisville, but if you arrive at UL in the lane, then where do you go after school; there is no corresponding lane. stupid.
i did about 10am and 10pm, feeling pretty good herenthere. maybe i'm building a smidge of fitness b/c it seems like i can push a slightly bigger gear on occassion. tomorrow is viernes so i think i'll 'bent in in. it seems like that kind of day.
i had a funny occurrence this a.m. that was somewhat shocking for 6.30 in hte morning. i was coming up a street in the appropriate direction when, out of my blind spot, i see a bike of all things coming off the sidewalk across my trajectory. a bike-on-bike collission at 6.30. he veered and it was never that close, but it was more the idea. it was some skateboarder/BMX type (notthatthere'sanythingwrongwiththat). no harm done, but ironic at least. well, finally got a day in over 20. 'lance' is busy filling his weekends with kayaking trips, so i haven't done a good 30 in while. it's time.
oh, i bought some Lake cycling sandals on sale from Nashbar. i've heard they're great for cold weather. you wear a couple different socks and maybe a plastic layer and the sandals don't pinch your toes and your feet don't go to sleep. yep, it's a bit counter-intuitive, but we'll see. they were pretty cheap (compared to, say, $250 Carnacs) and i like how my normal Lakes fit.
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