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Ride on 2020.01.01

Can’t believe how nice it was this afternoon. Was looking forward to today since the news had been saying it was going to be nice. Nice to see several others taking advantage of the nice weather as well.

Ride on 2019.12.29

Finally bit the bullet and picked up a pair of shoe covers. I was hoping for some Pearl Izumi’s but they didn’t have the pair I wanted at the LBS. I settled for another pair. Thankfully they worked great keeping my feet much warmer than without. Took it a little…

Ride on 2019.12.28

First ride with new Garmin computer and various sensors. Also trying out new wool socks and winter gloves. Think I need to get some shoe covers because my feet were still frozen at the end. Felt good though and proud of myself for actually getting out there and putting down…

Ride on 2019.12.22

Nothing much to say other than just another 33.5 miles under my belt. Was nice today, not too cool. Actually got dangerously warm climbing the hill after my turn around.

Ride on 2019.12.15

Once again was making excuses to not go out. It’s too cold. It’s too windy. So I went down to REI to get a riding jacket and picked up a base layer while I was there. On the way home realized, “Hey the wind has stopped.” So figured no better…

Ride on 2019.12.07

The Thanksgiving holiday and its associated travels mandated a couple weekends off. Been looking forward to getting back on my bike all week. Felt amazing to be back in the saddle even if the ride whooped my butt. Get to ride again tomorrow, but have to take next weekend off…

Ride on 2019.11.17

Beautiful late afternoon/early evening ride. Once again felt really good during this ride considering I did 15 miles the day before. Think this will be my new default 30+ mile ride. Like that I climb all the way to where the Union Pacific Rail Road trail intersects the River Mountain…

Ride on 2019.11.16

Had a rather busy day today. The kiddo has her horseback riding lesson at 8:30. That was followed by brunch. We didn’t get back to the house until 11:30. Lexi got straight into the shower while I bought an extra UNLV football game ticket for today’s game. Picked up Lexi’s…