Windy weather, tired legs (500 mile mark)

I was still tired from yesterday's ride, so I knew today would be slow. Liz came with me today, as we headed down to Haines Point to ride four laps in the prevailing 15 mph winds. It was a crosswind, so it was never at my back, but never head on either. Nevertheless, it took its toll.

On the plus side, as of today I crossed the 500 mile mark. I am now 1/7 of the way towards my goal. Considering 4/12 of the year is gone, I better get cranking.

Stats:
21.1 Miles
1 Hr 27 mins
Avg: 14.5
Max: 26
Odometer: 504

PS - Welcome back to the blog Meffen

Sunday Ride

Just a short in town ride trying to spin keeping at 90+ cadence. Beautiful day for ride!

Stats:
Max: 30.0
Avg. 14.2
Trip: 16.2
Time: 1:08:25
Odometer: 213.9

Mercer Miles

This ride begins and ends at the Moravian Tile Works built by Henry Chapman Mercer in 1910. The ride is considered moderate but some of the hill climbs are anything but. Its pretty cool cruising around Bucks County finding old farmhouses and vineyards I didn't know existed.

Stats:
Max: 29.7
Avg: 14.4
Trip: 32.2
Time: 2:22:02
Odometer: 197.7

Getting lost is not fun

On Sunday of last week I tried a new ride and got lost. It ended up not being that bad but its never a good feeling to know that you may be causing yourself a lot more work by missing one little right hand turn.

Stats:
Max: 34.7
Avg. 14.8
Trip: 19.4
Time: 1:19:38
Odometer: 165.5

The List

After a brief hiatus from posting my rides I have returned. Here is the breakdown of my Florida rides:

February 18th I rode from the Boca Resort north on A1A. The terrain is very flat which was a nice change from the hills of the Commonwealth. The trade off is a constant head wind.

Stats:
Max: 18.6
Avg. 17.2
Time: 1:45:13
Trip: 25.6
Odometer: 107.6

February 20th more of the same. Rode from the hotel south on A1A and actually the rodes were only open to bikers and runners since there was a marathon. It was a really nice day but I am not sure if i like flat with wind over the hills.

Stats:
Max: 18.3
Avg. 16.9
Time: 1:26:04
Trip: 22.3
Odometer: 129.9

February 21st. This ride was just to get some mileage in. I rode up and down the streets of Boca which all have bike lanes.

Stats:
Max: 17.2
Avg: 15.5
Trip: 16.3
Time: 1:03:16
Odometer: 146.1

Saturday ride

Today I crossed the bridge and did the VA loop. For the first time this spring, the wind was at my back the whole time.

Stats:
23.5 miles
1 hr 35 mins
Avg: 14.9
Max: 31.1
Odometer 483

Thursday ride

Today I rode four Haines Point laps...

Stats:
20.5 miles
1 hr 17 mins
Avg. Speed: 15.9
Max: 28
Odometer: 459

16 miles

Yesterday I got out for a 16 mile ride. Down to Haines Point and 3 laps and back...

Stats:
16.3 Miles
1 hr 1 min
AVG: 15.9 MPH
TOP: 28.3 MPH
Odometer: 438

A long lunch break

It's 80 and sunny today so I went out for a ride around lunch time. I went down and rode the Haines loop twice before heading over the bridge and riding up to Rosslyn. Then I came back and did one more Haines loop.

The wind was nasty today, and I am pretty sore from fighting it the whole time.

Stats:
21.8 miles
1hr 29 mins
AVG: 14.7 mph
Odometer: 422 miles

400 mile mark

Got out for almost 24 miles this afternoon. 68 and sunny...wind from the NW at 11 mph. I rode the VA loop.

Stats:
23.5 Miles
1hr 37 mins
AVG: 14.2 mph
Top Speed: 32 mph
Odometer: 400

Ten miles does not a ride make

Sunday afternoon at Liz's parents I snuck out for a quick ten mile sprint.

When you only ride ten miles, you never really get into it. But oh well, mileage is mileage and every bit counts towards the 3500.

Stats:
10 miles
40 mins
avg speed: 15 mph
Odometer: 377

Two rides in three days

Its recess for Congress over the next couple weeks so my work schedule has eased up. As such, I am trying to make the best of my time. I need to, cause that 3500 mile New Year's resolution is a long way away.

On Tuesday I took an evening ride down to Old Town and back. Here are the stats for that one:

18 miles
1 hr 12 mins
Avg Speed: 14.9
Odometer: 343

Then today I took a long lunch break and did the Virginia trails loop. Here are the stats:

23.8 miles
1 hr 40 mins
Avg Speed: 14.2
Odometer: 366

By the way, that last ride was a serious pain...I felt like I was riding into the 15 mph wind for the whoe loop. Because its a loop, you figure I'd get a tailwind eventually. But if I did I couldn't feel it.

Mt. Vernon and back again

Today was gorgeous! 70 and sunny and cherry blossoms in full bloom.

I rode down to Mt. Vernon and back today. Liz came with me and did a great job keeping up...although towards the end she was exhausted, and frankly so was I.

Also, today's ride took me over the 300 mile mark on the year.

Ride Stats:
39.4 miles
Time: 2hrs 52mins
AVG Speed: 13.6 mph
Max SPeed: 27 mph
ODOMETER: 325 miles