Weekend Purge Ride

This ride was to purge my system after a long weekend. I can't say that I was too into this excursion being that I was still have the cold sweats. I did it anyway and here are the results:

Stats

Distance: 19.4
Max: 22.8
Avg: 15.6
Time: 1:14:36
Odometer: 345.4

Catching up on posts

Last weekend I was in Pittsburgh visting family. Over the weekend my dad and I managed to get in nearly 50 miles.

Stats for the two-day ride:
46.7 miles
Avg: 15.5 (not bad given the many hills we tackled)
3 hrs 2 mins
Odometer: 630

The this morning I woke up guilty at 6:00 a.m. I haven't been out all week and I knew I wouldn't get out given the planned festivities for this weekend.

I managed a quick ride down to Haines Pt. with 3 laps and back before work.

Stats:
16 miles
1 hr 2 mins
Avg: 15.5 mph
Max 32
Odometer: 646

Great Workout Day

Today was great for getting on the bike. I skipped out of work at lunch time and spend 45 minutes doing laps at the YMCA. Then I left work early to get a ride and some time in the gym in as well. All-in-all it was great but we'll see if I can walk tomorrow.

Stats:

Distance 18.3
Speed 14.8
Time 1:14:11
Odometer 326

Lots Going on and the Bike Keeps Me Level

Lots o stuff happening in the Meffen household these days. What with the checks being written for school, looking at spending a small fortune to rent or own (at this point I think we will rent). And at some point in all of this Cynda and I have to move to D.C.

Wow!

We are both stressed and thankful at the same time.

The bike and certain very large hills allow me to blow off steam so I have been spending some extra time in the saddle as of late.

Here goes the

Stats:

Distance 16.1
Time 1:01:54
Max 31.3
Odometer 307.7

This week has had some nice riding weather

Today I decided I could sneak out a little early from work and try to hit some roads before the traffic started. It worked. The ankle is still a little iffy but after a few advil I couldn't tell the difference.

Stats:
Distance 31.9
Avg. 14.2
Time 2:14:48
Max 17.8
Odometer 291.6

18 holes and 24 miles make a great Saturday

I woke up this morning at 5:30 to drive 40 minutes south to Westfields golf course in Virginia. It's funny how waking up at 5:30 to play golf at such an absurd hour of the morning is nearly effortless...especially compared to say, waking up at 5:30 in the morning to crank out the tps reports you were to lazy to do the day before and are due to your boss by 8:00. But I digress...

I had never been to Westfields before, and the Freddy Couples design failed to disappoint. On the contrary, the course was spectacular: challenging and playable at the same time -- not an easy task for most courses.

I bogeyed my first 7 holes then doubled 8 and 9. Heading into the turn my buddy Jeff -- who is my arch nemesis on the golf course (that bastard has beat me the last four outings) -- was one stroke up on me, and I had just tanked it on the last two holes.

After the turn, I proceeded to drop 3 mores strokes to Jeff after I bogeyed holes 10-13...but then, the magic happened.

I shot par golf on holes 14-18 to beat Jeff by two. Meaning, I shot a 39 on the back and an 86 overall.

For me, that's as close to the zone as I ever get.

Now, isn't this a cycling blog...oh yeah.

This afternoon I mustered the motivation to hit the trails knowing that Sunday called for rain and cold. I cranked out a solid 24 miles on the VA loop.

Stats:
23.6 miles
1 hr 35 mins
Avg: 14.7 mph
Max: 35.6 mph
Odometer: 582 miles

Test Ride

The most recent injury in my accident prone life is a sprained ankle. Its been a week and a half and the Doctor said I can ride so I am(staying close to home though).The weather is still great for riding. I chose to do a 4.1 mile loop and after a while it was really boring doing the same thing for 2 hours. The highlight of the course though is the huge hill climb at the turn around. By 1hr 50 minutes that last climb took all the energy I had(literally because my bottles were empty) I managed to grind up it at around 6.8 mph and 73 cadence though.

Stats:
Time: 1:58:19
Max 35.6(I swear I hit 36 for a second but the computer didn't agree)
Avg: 14.8
Miles: 29.6
Odometer: 259.7

Making use of the good weather

Is it wrong to skip out a little early on only your third day on the job? I hope not, cause that's what I did today.

I started my new job Monday and was out of town all last week so I haven't been out on a ride in seven days. Towards the end of the day today, I noticed the weather was nice, the wind was down, and the forecast for the next 3 days was complete crap.

At 5:50 I did what I had to do: snuck out the back to take advantage of the daylight and the weather, knowing full well it may be the only ride I get in this week.

Stats:
16.6 miles
1 hr 1 min
Avg: 16.1 mph
Max: 24 mph (on a flat stretch sustained for half a mile)
Odometer: 559

Looks like Meff and I had similar rides today. Good minds think alike.

Tuesday was a good day for a ride

The wind was very light and the temprature is still moderate. I just did the Doylestown ride to get some mileage out of the way.

Stats:
Max: 31.5
Avg: 16.6
Trip: 16.2
Time: 58:13
Odometer: 230.1

Long ride

Today I got out for 37.6 miles.

I did the VA loop and then four laps at Haines Point.

Stats:
37.6 miles
2 hrs 35 mins
Avg: 14.6
Odometer: 542