Moon Tower Cache Ride #1

Rides w/ MB have to be destination rides. I don't think I'll ever get her to just ride on a country road, something I'll have to learn to accept.

So Saturday when I found out the ride would just be MB, I started looking at geo caches...found a moon tower series..perfect...

mapped out how to get to them if we did them in order, then I realized we wouldn't have the time to do 5, so I figured we could do #'s 3 & 4. She arrived early so I thought, great we can do #'s 1 &2

First stop: Moon Tower #1 at the corner of 12th & Rio Grande.




Second stop Moon Tower #2 at East Side Drive & Leland. MB found this cache.



On the way back we rode down Congress, must stop at Home Slice. I started to panic when I found out it was 2:30 (we just ordered) and I hada massage appt at 4... I finally got over it.

It was a great day for a ride & I enjoyed the riding & geo caching, I just need to adjust my atitude & acceptance level on some things...once again realizing D will never be replaced.


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Miles for this ride: 14.7
Minutes on the bike: 82
Miles for the week: 14.7
Total miles for the month: for January 150.37
Total miles for 2012: 150.37
Miles to go: 1962 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11981

To work & home again..

For the past 2 Friday's I've completed a full commute to work, this one included carrying my clothes and riding in 45 degree weather to work.

Nothing too exciting as it was a commute, I did take advice from the Eagles and "took it easy"

So wishing I had a bike w/ a rack & paniers...or am I just being silly...I really do want to tour & riding to work & back w paniers would help get me in shape. Guess I'll know in a week if I'll be interviewing for the backroads job or not.

silly how a little bit of cement can make the ride a bit better..




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Miles for this ride: 9.15 & 8.3
Minutes on the bike: 48 & 42
Miles for the week: 37.93
Total miles for the month: for January 136.8
Total miles for 2012: 136.8
Miles to go: 1975 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11956

ride & cache

another sunny day in January.
Nice 20 mile ride w/ KPT & Victor, stayed in town.
two exciting things happened, K & V thought they were going down a hill that was Mesa, nope, it was steeper...then I had a flat.
I stopped to find a cache on Mesa, 3rd for the year. Had to climb a tree in my bike shoes.

Who would have thought I"d have over 100 miles on my bike in January? I think the nice weather is over for a while.

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Miles for this ride: 20.48
Minutes on the bike: 103
Miles for the week: 20.48
Total miles for the month: for January 117.46
Total miles for 2012: 117.46
Miles to go: 1895 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11938

to work & back in 1 day in January

Who would have thought I could ride to work in January wearing shorts, a jersey & arm warmers & not be cold? Well it happened!
Weather was supposed to be extremely warm on Friday. Morning low 67, high 75, so I HAD to ride to work! But my legs were still tired from boot camp & Tuesday's ride in, so I rode to work Foghat style 'Slow ride take it easy'. My goal was to be as close to 55 mins as possible. I hit 53:50, not bad.



I never really did get sunny, but the temp was about 73 on the way home. No arm warmers needed! Easy ride home, 42 mins.

Very reflective oonsidering when I first commuted to work, it did take at least 50 mins, wow has my physical condition changed in 3 years! For the better!

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Miles for this ride: 9.09 & 8.14
Minutes on the bike: 53:50 & 42:00
Miles for the week: 33.82 (all commuting!!)
Total miles for the month: for January 96.96
Total miles for 2012: 96.96
Miles to go: 1915 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11918

on strike

not that anyone reads my blog, but it's important for me to participate in this today.

http://sopastrike.com/strike/

another commute in January!

High on Monday of 75, gotta ride home! fast ride home via expo---14 mph, 35 min 8 secs saddle time! Now to somehow better this record



Morning low of 65! unheard of in January!
Sweatty ride to work the next morning!
Took Rolling wood, I was feeling cocky after the ride home yesterday. Well, the hills on rollingwood, put me back in my place. I was in the wrong gear, ouch...crept up the first hill at 5 mph...must get stronger! Still made it to work in under 41 min...will I ever break the 40 mark?





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Miles for this ride: 8.24 & 8.34
Minutes on the bike: 35:08 & 40:55
Miles for the week: 16.48
Total miles for the month: for January 79.7
Total miles for 2012: 79.7
Miles to go: 1932 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11900

depressing ride w/ a happy ending

MB came over to ride on Sunday. Didn't have much time to get in a ride, but anything is better than nothing.
So we headed to the cemetery to try to find section 5E, no luck, but it's pretty depressing riding thru the cemetery.

Then we saw a dead squirrel.

When riding w/ MB, I have to create destination rides, today's destination was to go see the house that exploded because of a gas leak that was not fixed.

Read my friend Kelly's blog, she lives vey close to the explosion. http://kellyaatkins.com/2012/01/11/exploding-house/

We gawked at the house for a while, then at the one next door which was knocked off it's foundation. We noticed the flowers people left on the fence.

Then I remembered Eleanor was a block away. So we rode over to see Katie & Eleanor for a quick 10 mins. E is so much bigger than the last time we saw her & Katie looks awesome!

At the end of the ride, MB acknowledged that she had a great time! Now to get a longer ride in next week!

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Miles for this ride: 9.95
Minutes on the bike: 55
Miles for the week: 9.95
Total miles for the month: for January 63.1
Total miles for 2012: 63
Miles to go: 1949 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11884

anti depression ride almost backfire

I missed out on riding the day before...totally gorgeous day...75 & sunny. I was out helping others...cut down a tree & burn weeds & clear the roof of leaves. at least I was outside.
so sunday came & I needed to do something to keep my serotonine levels up, ie, not get depressed. I bundled up...it was 58 or so & left to ride at least shoal creek.
when I got to hanock & bullcreek, I decided to go into the cemetery. interesting decision. I went on the quest to find Anne's grave (Anne is my ex mother in law). Still couldn't find it, but while riding around, I kept getting a sadness sweep over me, it involved the possibility of my mom's funeral service & feeling I would be alone for it. I let that sink in for a while. then left and finished the ride.
I think I felt better, but I was still blue, guess had I not gone out there I would have been really blue.

this week, I also completed my first commute for the year, wasn't too cold!

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Miles for this ride: 13.5
Mins on the bike: 66
Miles for the week: 30.1
Total miles for the month: for January 53.1
Total miles for 2012: 53
Miles to go: 1959 miles til 2012

Odometer: 11874

2012 New Years Day Ride

oh the joys of life.
woke up around 7:30 am w/ stomach issues. great I have a bike ride in 2.5 hours. woke up again at 8:30, same stuff. at 9 started receiving the text messages about not being able to make it. sent KPT a message making sure she wasn't bailing, she wasn't.
I'm getting ready & I hear the cat barf..I have 3 small 2'x3' rugs in the house & the rest of the 1263 sq ft is tile or wood floor. cat chooses to puke on a rug. thanks cat. my mind started going down the 'oh this is a great start to 2012' path, but I turned it off and made myself realize it was just puke & poo not a sign from the Mayans.
Made my smoothie, then out the door to meet up w/ KPT & V.
I knew the rest of the day would go well when V arrived & he gave me a big hug & said 'happy new year.'
Easy bike to McKinney Falls State Park. Learned how to say left and right in Spanish.

Now the ride back wasn't as fun...I'm not a big fan of riding against the wind.

The post ride breakfast at Mi Victoria was super, as always.

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Miles for this ride: 23
Miles for the week: 23
Total miles for the month: for January 23
Total miles for 2012: 23
Miles to go: 1989 miles til 2012
Mins on the bike: 111
Odometer: 11844