Biking: July 19, 2009
19.Jul.09
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Today’s ride was pretty similar to last Sunday’s ride – up and around Cherry Creek state park and back home. I took a more direct route up to the park today though. Less trail and more road. Coming back south from the park I drifted a bit to the west to ride down Potomac and Chambers to get in some more hills.
I suck at hills. I really need to work on hills. Man, hills hurt me.
Total mileage on today’s ride was 35.2 which is quite a bit less than my previous estimate of 40 from last week. I know my route change cost some miles… but I guess I still must’ve overestimated last week’s ride by a bit.
Avg Speed was just under 17. I’ll admit that I was definitely out of gas on the last 10 mile stretch 
Now over 760 miles for the season, the 1000 mile goal is almost in sight.
My Folks’ Wedding Vid
19.Jul.09
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My mom recently found, converted and then posted this on YouTube. How cool is that? Go mom!
This is some video shot when they where married back in 1966. Really fun stuff to watch.
Biking: July 18, 2009
18.Jul.09
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(Click the map for more details courtesy of MapMyRide.)
I have another neighbor taking up cycling so this morning we met up and did a 14 mile ride. Nothing too crazy, but he was able to set a good pace and we had a nice ride. The weather was gorgeous which made it all the better. Almost cool, a bit overcast and just the hint of breeze.
We jumped on the trails and headed south for about 5 miles. On the return route we went north beyond the entry point and then made a north loop back to the start/end spot. This is one of my favorite 14 – 15 mile routes.
Total mileage was just over 14 and we finished around 55 minutes. Not a bad pace for his first extended ride on his new (and very very fancy!) bike.
I’ve been riding alone the past few years — kind of cool to ride with other people from time to time. Two neighbors so far, I wonder if we can eventually get a little “club” going for the neighborhood?
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