Snow Chance of Riding Today

There is snow chance I will ride today. After three weeks of beautiful spring weather old man winter is coming back to visit Ohio. The Cleveland weather God is calling for 6-12" of snow. Which is fine with me since I have to watch the kids all weekend and my shoulder is still a little sore.

After my crash two weeks ago I realized how old my Giro helmet is. I bought the Exodus in 1997, I definitely think its time to get a new helmet. The Giro that I have now has held up through many crashes and has no cracks. I have been eyeing up the Giro E2, not a fan of the looks of the Zen.

I was going to do Bike New York next week, however I am unable to travel next week. I think I may just ride at West Branch or Vulture Knob.

What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor.
--David Perry

Slacker

I have been quite the slacker as of late. I did do a trail run on Tuesday after work, not long. Ran about 2 miles then felt a little pain in my left shoulder. Still sore from the crash on the SJ first ride. I may try to run again on Thursday. I was thinking about trying to ride on Saturday, but now its going to snow.

First Ride

Had plenty of fun on the Spokejunkies first ride last Saturday. The only downfall (no pun intended) was my crash about 7.25 miles into the 16 mile ride. Started going downhill hooked my right arm on a tree branch flipped over and went down rather hard. The worst part of the crash was that no one witnessed it. My left shoulder was still hurting on Sunday night. I thought I might have had a torn rotator cuff, went and got a evaluation on Monday, its not torn.

I may try to get a run in this evening after work. Thursday may get a short road ride in.

Impressive Sight

I saw 785,000 cases of beer in one giant cooler. Thats 1,766,250 gallons of beer.

First ride in 2 days.

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST!

Get this the man wanted me to work another week. Ha! The Man never did me any favors, why should I do him one.



"To the bastards talking down to me, I aint your whipping boy.."

Third Eye Blind

Today's Ride

Same as Wednesday except add 1 more kid (50 pounds) and 1 minute.

Towpath Ride

After a few months of riding the trainer, even the Towpath seems interesting. Got a good workout in this morning. Rode from station road bridge to Peninsula and back in 1:02 towing one of the boys in the trailer.


Called the Rogue Mechanic www,roguemechanic.com this afternoon getting the road bike ready to ride.

Tuesday Ride

Did a short ride this morning of about an hour. I woke up at 6:30 to ride but it was still a little foggy outside. I was not in the mood to get run over by some fool who did not get any sleep, and who was to lazy to clean their windows.

I do not think I will have any time to ride outside before the weekend. I may have to do a trainer ride on Wednesday or Friday.

Going Postal

Went out on my road bike today for the first time since October. 10 minutes on the road is a better work out than an hour on the trainer. Not to bad for the first time out. About 40 degrees, rode snowville in under 15 minutes. Did not check the mileage of the ride, but rode for little over an hour.

Two weeks until the Spoke Junkies (www.spokejunkies.com) first ride.

Rogue Mechanic 

Stickin' it To The Man

I had the great pleasure of telling the man to "stick it" yesterday. That is the only good thing about working for the man, when you get fed up with his antics just walk away. Thinking about going Postal this afternoon.

Happy Easter 

Weekend Rides

Saturday rode on my mountain bike to new place of employment. It took me 25 minutes to get there. Rode a different route home, so I ended up with an hour ride total. Not bad outside about 35 degrees with a little wind..

Had a road ride planned on Sunday with Dirt Diggler, unfortunately it was about 35 again but with a steady rain. I spent another Sunday riding the trainer watching NASCAR. The first and last lap were the only interesting ones, 497 miles of boring racin. Took a good 30 minute NASCAR nap on the couch though.

I do not have much time to ride outside this week. I see a few more trainer rides on Wednesday and Friday.

Trainer rides

Tuesday 1 hour 150-160 HR over 180 a few times.

Wednesday-Thursday out of commission due to food poisoning.

Friday 30 Minutes

Thinking about going postal this weekend. The end of the snow is near.

Due to change in employment I may have to rethink my thoughts on mass produced beer.

ride

had made great post about the trainer ride i did today and old punk rock. somehow it did not get posted. shit happens

Tuesday trainer ride

Today's ride was a better workout than Mondays. Today I did 1 hour with my HR around 150-160. When listening to old-skool punk like suicidal Tendicies, Bad Brains, Social Distortion, etc the HR will creep over 180 without much effort.

Will try do another 30 minutes on Wednesday.

"Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it."
Jello Biafra

Monday trainer rider

Did 30 minutes on the trainer today. I wasted my weekend away doing nothing. Hopefully I can use my time better this week.

Driving in the snow

If for some reason you have an SUV and still drive 15 mph in the snow YOU ARE AN IDIOT! Just in case you have not noticed it snow every year in Ohio between October & April.

Tuesday Run

Did a 4 mile run on Tuesday, about 30 minutes. The temp was not to bad, however; the wind was a blowin' strong.

Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm. ~Jacquie Phelan

Ramblin Rants

The following is several days’ worth of rambling rants.


Saturday I did what may be the slowest 6 mile trail run ever; it took 1:15 to run six miles. Granted there was plenty of snow on the ground, in various states from untouched to very trampled and uneven. I measured 14” of snow in BVH and am sure there was a similar amount on the Buckeye trail. My previous slowest 10K run was 50 minutes. It was the 1985 Bank One run in Ashland, OH. I went through 5 miles in under 35 minutes then just cramped up and finished off the race with a blazin 15 minute mile.

Sunday went to the new car show and looked at several cars/ trucks I will never be able to afford. When you work for the man you should be lucky if you can afford to drive an 85’ Yugo.

Monday did 35 minutes on the trainer. I just did not have much interest in riding longer than that. I wonder how I was able to do the 24 hours of going nowhere, when now 30 minutes on the trainer is a long time.


"People don't understand how riding for 24 hours straight can be a rush, but it is."

John Stamstad