This morning I hit my 1,000 mile goal that I set for myself on 8/19. By my math, that averages to just over 13.5 miles every calendar day... which isn't too shabby, given that there were plenty of days I couldn't or didn't ride. It was a cold ride in this morning and I overdressed... so I managed to...

Goals: The Agony of Victory →

Miles This Week: 93 Miles Towards Goal: 999.1/1000 New Bike Miles: 428.2 Sunday: 0 Monday: 15.5 to work, slow and chilly... 41degrees when I started 15.5 home, did OK, but not fast. Tuesday: 15.5, slow. I'm back on the "If I'm not feeling it, just soft-pedal". Another slow 15.5 on the way home...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/19/2008 →

Miles This Week: 141.8 Miles Towards Goal: 906.1/1000 New Bike Miles: 335.2 Sunday: 29.3 around the area. Good ride to start, but I pushed myself a little too far and slowed down towards the end. Monday: 15.5 to work, not as fast as last week, but still made it in less than 55 minutes. 17.4 moving average...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/12/2008 →

I finally got around to starting a personal project that I've been meaning to do for quite a while (ironically, a project to help keep me motivated and organized... and it took me forever to get started) and after some thought I decided to make it fairly simple (1 tier, ASP.NET hitting the SQL DB) and...

One New Thing a Week #1: LINQ to SQL →

I've been bad for the last few years. I haven't really made much of an effort to keep up with the technology NEARLY as much as I should have. Not that I haven't been doing things, but nothing that really got me familiar with all the new stuff out there. So this is my effort to come clean. I'm going to...

One New Thing a Week #0: A Beginning →

Taunja wanted tickets to Cirque du Soliel's local presentation of Saltimbanco for her birthday, which it turned out was right down the street at NKU's new arena. We went Thursday night, and I have to say it was quite a show. It was my first time in the new arena (it opened this summer, I think). There...

Cirque du Soliel: Saltimbanco →

Miles This Week: 62 Miles Towards Goal: 764.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 193.4 Not a phenominal week... I was hoping to make up for some miles today, but it wasn't to be. Sunday: Rest day after the ride to Augusta. I did a little cleaning of the bike and fitted my GPS to my handlebars to serve as a cycling...

Weekly Ride Report: 10/5/2008 →

Miles This Week: 180.6 Miles Towards Goal: 702.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 131.4 Sunday: 18.6 fast miles (for me, avg speed of 15.6, including my long hill) and then I went out and test rode new bikes for about 6 miles Monday: 15.5 to work, also fast (for me, 16.6 avg). 15.5 home, normalish speed Tuesday...

Weekly Ride Report: 9/29/2008 →

Well, that went quicker than I expected. After having ridden the bikes on Sunday, I had pretty much made up my mind that I wanted the Jamis Quest, so yesterday night I went out , rode it one more time and then did the deed. I'll post some Old Bike/New Bike pictures later. The reason I decided to go ahead...

Bike Shopping: Part 2 of 2 →

I spent Sunday (9/28) test-riding some bikes at 2 different shops. In the morning I went out and did 18 miles as fast as I could to kind of wear myself out a little so I could feel how the bikes would be when I was not so fresh. All rides were done with my pedals and shoes. Biowheels First I went out...

Bike Shopping: Part 1 of ? →