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Originally Posted by jppe
(Post 20862310)
67 yesterday and 65 miles today. So far so good with the new hip but just wondering how I got so slow so quickly...... Today did 76.7 miles over 15 MPH with a friend. Longest ride since fractured femur. Speed not what it was however been over two years since rode my age — and it seems to get harder each year. Turning 74 in 10 days so very pleased to have ridden age. Funny thing got stronger as day wore on. Not sure how or why but hard work does seem to payoff. |
My best long ride ever - 77 mi at 14.1 no aches no pains. Just three more miles and I could have got my birthday ride eary. I felt like Superman the entire ride. 175 miles for the week - not bad for 79 year old IMO. Wanted to keep going for 100 but Mrs gets really worried and upset if I'm not home when I said I would be. Leaving sunny FL today headed for Houston and the land of SHORT rides with lots of cars.
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I rode yesterday. I got off my 45 year old road bike for a change, and took the 2013 Fuji Absolute 2.1 out for what I planned to be an easy 10 mile spin. The weather was so nice, and knowing that I would have a tailwind on my return leg, I stretched it to 24 miles up and around Lewisville Lake. Every time I get on this bike, I wish I rode it more than I did.
And, because my wife and I both went to Texas Tech, our son attends there now, and Texas Tech advanced to the Final Four, I had to post the final picture... WreckEm Texas Tech! https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4cf3357779.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3af9ec31bf.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f0f535af63.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3b61afc6db.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...54da0ec6c7.jpg |
Got out for a ten mile ride today on the first day of #30daysofbiking . Low 40's but sunny and supposed to get warmer this week.
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Hammered out my first double century, felt great.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2fe24db0db.jpg Before even waking up! Well, it is April 1st. :-) |
Who would have thought it would be sleeting and snowing in Florida in April no less. I had planned to ride my age but felt like I was 35 again so settled for 35 miles in some nasty conditions.https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e0a593150.jpeg Can you see the sleet and snow falling? |
Originally Posted by jppe
(Post 20865283)
Who would have thought it would be sleeting and snowing in Florida in April no less. I had planned to ride my age but felt like I was 35 again so settled for 35 miles in some nasty conditions.https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e0a593150.jpeg Can you see the sleet and snow falling? |
Originally Posted by Rider51
(Post 20865088)
Hammered out my first double century, felt great.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2fe24db0db.jpg Before even waking up! Well, it is April 1st. :-) |
Originally Posted by jppe
(Post 20865283)
Who would have thought it would be sleeting and snowing in Florida in April no less. I had planned to ride my age but felt like I was 35 again so settled for 35 miles in some nasty conditions. Can you see the sleet and snow falling? |
Another 57 miles in rain and sun! |
19 sunny warmish miles on the tandem this afternoon on Day 2 of #30daysofbiking . Couldn't have done it without my stoker.
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Nice ride ona beautiful Saturday
Saturday was beautiful all day. Warm. Sunny. Dry. So we went on a late 9 mile ride to Leesburg, VA. While we were riding a front started to roll n and it got pretty windy. Made it hard on my old quads. But made it to town, a beer and then we rode home. (By pre-staged car). Really good day. Then it got cold and rainy. Typical NoVa weather. |
A hill workout in the neighborhood today. Whatever was "on" for my last ride wasn't on today. So it goes. I'm heading back out later for a long loop, maybe I can wake up some muscle fibers then.
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40 miles on a beautiful spring evening. Intended to join a group ride but got a late start and went off on my own. Felt good to shake off the dust and cabin fever.
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First big hill of the season. Cutting wind with temps in 40s, but sun. Passed some snow machines and a guy on snowshoes on the way up. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...198a7d91c.jpeg Brandon Gap |
We have had two wonderful Spring days with temps in the 60's. I got in 40 minutes yesterday and 1 hour today.
This morning I heard the weatherman say to expect a high pollen count today. The center of my bike tires turned light green during today's ride. I can only imagine what my lungs look like. |
Got some work done up in the hills. Climbs and sessioned one of my favorite downhill segments in the area:
https://live.staticflickr.com/7842/4...0346f6e5_b.jpg IMG_7434 by 2cam16, on Flickr |
Yesterday was Day 3 of #30daysofbiking and we rode the tandem to downtown Indy so my stoker could pick up a quilt pattern at a fabric shop on Mass Avenue. Then, took the long way back to our home in the suburbs - total of 29 miles including one short, steep hill.
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This afternoon got in a 19 mile ride. |
30 miles on a beautiful springtime Thursday afternoon. Had to keep reminding myself it was a ride, not a workout. Sorta split the difference.
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23 mile tandem ride today on Day 5 of #30daysofbiking . |
Short ride on Northern Rail Trail in NH. Still a tad wintry in places. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e24eb18ab.jpeg |
Got out on my Airborne Zeppelin titanium. Only the 3rd or 4th time this year that it was my ride. Beautiful Delmarvalous spring day, sunshine, mid 60s and NE wind between 5 and 10 mph. Did my Bethany Beach boardwalk, Indian River bridge circuit, 25 miles. I wanted to ride this morning but it was very foggy, so I did some catch up on stuff around the house. Got on the bike around 2 pm. I was a little surprised at the few people I saw on bikes.
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Day 6 of #30daysofbiking . 20 miles this afternoon on the ti long wheelbase bike. Beautiful day - warm and sunny.
Able to avoid the detour by walking across a bridge under reconstruction. (No crews on weedends.) https://live.staticflickr.com/7832/4...b8c997d5_b.jpg |
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