No bike ride today. :( Mostly due to the fact that it has been raining off and on all day. We had our first thunderstorm of the year this morning. It woke me and the dogs up at 3:30 am. I jumped out of bed and ran to the back door to see if the [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Sick Kitty
Posted in sick kitty on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Group Ride
Posted in bike, bike rack, biking, cycling, frozen dog food on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 30
Mileage: 26.1
March Mileage: 92.4
Year to date mileage: 92.4
Temp/Weather: 47F, Cloudy, breezy
Days until RAGBRAI: 111
I went for my first group ride today. I was the only person that showed up that didn’t work at the bike shop. So it was me, Steve, and Steve. Easy to remember at least. They were really nice, kept [...]
Spring’s Big Disappointment
Posted in bike, biking, claim your lane, cold and gray, commuting, cycling, knitting, knitting and bicycling, wet weather on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 28 (exactly 8 months until my birthday)
Mileage: 5.1
March Mileage: 66.3
Mileage year to date: 66.3
Temp/Weather: 40’sF, gray, cloudy, “breezy”
Days until RAGBRAI: 113
I think the big disappoint with Spring is the weather, specifically March weather. They say March is “In like a lion, out like a lamb”. But this year seems more like “In like [...]
Whoda thunk it? or… Knitting and Bicycling
Posted in bike, biking, cold and gray, commuting, cycling, etsy, knitting and bicycling, knitting patterns, lists, rain, self publish on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Date: March 27
Mileage: 4.6
March Mileage: 61.2
Mileage year to date: 61.2
Temp/Weather: 30F-40F, rainy
Days until RAGBRAI: 114
I added two new pages to my blog today. One is “Things You Never Wanted To Know About Me”, and the other is “Things I want to Accomplish”. I will keep adding to them as I think of new things. My [...]
Meh.
Posted in bike, bike school, biking, meh, planet bike, tail light, work on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 26
Mileage: 5.1
March Mileage: 56.6
Year to date mileage: 56.6
Temp/Weather: Up to 60F. partly cloudy, partly rainy
Days Until RAGBRAI: 115
Meh. It pretty much sums up my day. My job is getting pretty boring. It isn’t that it is too easy, or not hard enough, or that I’ve mastered it. It is that I am not [...]
Tractors
Posted in bike, biking, claim your lane, commuting, cycling, great dane, kitten, tractor on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 25
Mileage: 5.2
March Mileage: 51.5
2008 Mileage to date: 51.5
Temp/Weather: 58F, Sunny, windy
Days until RAGBRAI: 116
My ride home today was largely uneventful. I am getting more brave about “claiming my lane”. It really is much better. I was scared to do it because of all the cars that were barely squeaking past me when I [...]
What’s in my bag today?
Posted in bike, biking, cycling, messenger bag, rude driver, wind on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 24
Mileage: 5.4
March Mileage: 46.3
Annual Mileage: 46.3
Temp/Weather: WINDY, 50’s
Days until RAGBRAI: 117
My knees hurt. It was super windy today. I was peddling into the wind for pretty much the whole ride home. It wasn’t too bad until after I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some grub. I ended up over-estimating how [...]
Thievery
Posted in asshats, paranoid, steal, tail light, thievery on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No bike ride today. Tomorrow I will be back on the bike to commute. I had planned on riding this weekend, but it is so cold and windy outside. I am just so tired (already) of frozen fingers. So anyhow, I am going out to the car and I notice that my bike looks different. [...]
Good (almost lazy) Friday
Posted in biking, frozen dog food, good friday, lazy on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 21
Mileage: 9.0
March Mileage: 40.9
Year’s Mileage: 40.9
Temp/Weather: 58F, Sunny, very windy
Days Until RAGBRAI: 119So yesterday I had the day off from work. All I had on my schedule was the finishing of folding and putting away three loads of laundry, and to run (bike) a couple of errands. Sadly, I got stuck on the [...]
Commuting can suck
Posted in bike, bike rack, biking, commuting, messenger bag, panniers, punctured lung on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: March 19
Mileage: 5.4
March Mileage: 27.3
Year’s Mileage: 27.3
Temp/Weather: Sunny, clear, 54F
So, commuting can suck. I haven’t minded it so much yet, but this morning I had a messenger bag on my back with about 35 pounds of books inside, jabbing into my back. Ouch, ouch is all I can say. Between the strap rubbing my [...]
