11/03/2012 - 27.2 miles with 1421 feet of climbing. A VERY cold and wet 27 miles this am. When I started it was 34 degrees and cloudy. It started spitting rain at about the 12 mile mark and was drizzling heavily by the 15 mile mark. I feel great now, but the last 4 miles really sucked!!

11/04/2012 - 40.9 miles with 2032 feet of climbing. A beautiful sunny day for a ride and quite the opposite of yesterday. It was still pretty cool though with a starting temp of 35 degrees.

11/05/2012 - 26.7 miles with 858 feet of climbing. Slow ride with my nephew, but every once in a while you have to stop pedaling, get off the bike and enjoy the view! Pics are in the Post-Your-Daily-Ride-Pics thread!!

11/10/2012 - 30.9 miles with 539 feet of climbing. I had to take advantage of the beautiful weather we are having. 72 degrees here today which is uncommon for Nov 10th in the Midwest! The wife did 22 miles with me on her hybrid.

11/11/2012 - 55.2 miles with 1600 feet of climbing. A longish slower ride could've been quicker, but haven't been riding like I should. First half of the ride was into a 12mph headwind. I also hit the pavement for the first time since starting my riding in May of 2012. I have a knee and elbow with some road rash and my right brake lever has a very minor scratch, but other than that all is well. The dog that I hit ran off, so I guess he is OK as well, but I bet he has some sore ribs for a few days. Also, my IPhone battery died on this ride so I had to use my nephews Garmin data. I trust the mileage he came up with, but the climbing I think was a little off at 2569 feet. I will add another 7 miles and 400 feet onto my ride STRAVA data.

11/16/2012 - 12.2 miles with 568 feet of climbing. Not much to say about this ride except that I've been off the bike for 5 days except for a couple hours on the trainer, which I don't really count as riding. It was all I could do to get those 12 miles. I just was not feeling it today.

11/18/2012 - 10.1 miles with 411 feet of climbing. My wife's first road ride. She was so worried about the cars. I'm proud of her!! This is the first step to her becoming a bonafied "roadie".

11/18/2012 - 25.7 miles with 1292 feet of climbing. Beautiful weather this afternoon and couldn't stand to sit on the couch and watch anymore football. 57 and sunny only happens once in a while this part of the year.

11/22/2012 - 22.1 miles with 385 feet of climbing. This was supposed to be a slow ride to get some blood flowing and get rid of some lactic acid from a 10K I ran in the morning, but I hit it faster and harder than I wanted to. For some reason I CANNOT just ease into and ride a smooth easy ride. It seems like I have to suffer to get any enjoyment out of it.

11/24/2012 - 19.6 miles with 952 feet of climbing. Wow, it turned chilly overnight! I'm not sure what the temp was when I started, but at the end of my ride it was 32 with a windchill to 24 degrees. 19.6 miles and my toes were numb. Shoe covers are on the X-mas list.


11/25/2012 - 25.5 miles with 1335 feet of climbing. A little warmer ride than yesterday at 45 degrees, but the wind was up and sustaining at 16mph. Because of the wind I rode a good portion of the ride in the drops. I also dropped my chain in the steepest portion of a small steep section of the ride. NOT FUN!!!

11/30/2012 - 12.1 miles with 629 feet of climbing. Suckage!!! Two of the bolts holding my chain rings together fell out or broke. The chain went between the two rings and did enough damage that the rings are no longer able to be bolted together correctly. Bike is in the shop and I should be back on the road by Wednesday. I barely made my 300 mile goal.

MTD: 308.2 with 12022 feet of climbing in 12 rides