Just a few feet shy of 40 miles! Home to North Park (to pick up Jennifer), downtown, Point Loma, OB, Mission Valley to Mission Gorge, UP HORRIBLE HILLS, then lake murray and home. What a ride!
Classic moment of the day... when biking past the occupy protesters in front of civic center, I signaled a right turn -- left arm bent 90 degrees up with a fist. One of the protesters saw me and signaled back...
I HATE YOU JACKSON BLVD HILL. I will make you my bitch.
Showing posts with label mission valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mission valley. Show all posts
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Because I overslept...
I missed today's training ride because I slept in til 10. Oops. I guess I was tired.
So I headed out at 11 and tried the commute to work. I made it there! And then took the long way home (over to La Jolla, down to Mission Bay, then home across Mission Valley) which added about 7 miles on the return trip for a total of 36 miles. In 3 hours of saddle time, no less, which factoring in some gnarly hills and a ton of stoplights, I think I made pretty good time. In spite of coining a new catch phrase at the top of a hill, when I turned left and found out there was another steep climb ahead of me. "Oh fucknuts." I think I'll use that more often.
And I'm glad I made an unplanned stop for a vanilla bean creme frappuccino at starbucks. Om nom nom.
So I headed out at 11 and tried the commute to work. I made it there! And then took the long way home (over to La Jolla, down to Mission Bay, then home across Mission Valley) which added about 7 miles on the return trip for a total of 36 miles. In 3 hours of saddle time, no less, which factoring in some gnarly hills and a ton of stoplights, I think I made pretty good time. In spite of coining a new catch phrase at the top of a hill, when I turned left and found out there was another steep climb ahead of me. "Oh fucknuts." I think I'll use that more often.
And I'm glad I made an unplanned stop for a vanilla bean creme frappuccino at starbucks. Om nom nom.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sunday Fun Ride
Having thoroughly exhausted myself yesterday, I was asleep by 10 PM. Would have been 9 but Phillip wanted to finish watching a tv program. When it turned out to be a two parter, I kicked him out of bed to go watch in the living room. Ha! Anyway, it meant I woke up at 5:30 AM today. I opted to go back to sleep but was still out of bed by 8.
So, I went out for a bike ride because, frankly, what else is there do at that hour on a Sunday?
From home through mission valley to OB and back. Grand total of almost exactly 2 hours saddle time for 24.63 miles -- bringing my weekend total to 59.07 miles. Woot woot! Off to a rocky start today, though... there's a bike path from the bottom of fairmount around the freeway entrance that is the most sorry excuse for pavement I've ever seen. One particularly nasty bump sent my phone flying out of its holder. Thankfully, it survived the fall, but for a few dings and scratches. The rest of the ride was great -- apparently I was going over 30 MPH a few times on downhills. Brutal hill back out of mission valley, but I killed it. 350 feet up over 2 miles! WOW!
I think I will take a well-earned rest day tomorrow.
So, I went out for a bike ride because, frankly, what else is there do at that hour on a Sunday?
From home through mission valley to OB and back. Grand total of almost exactly 2 hours saddle time for 24.63 miles -- bringing my weekend total to 59.07 miles. Woot woot! Off to a rocky start today, though... there's a bike path from the bottom of fairmount around the freeway entrance that is the most sorry excuse for pavement I've ever seen. One particularly nasty bump sent my phone flying out of its holder. Thankfully, it survived the fall, but for a few dings and scratches. The rest of the ride was great -- apparently I was going over 30 MPH a few times on downhills. Brutal hill back out of mission valley, but I killed it. 350 feet up over 2 miles! WOW!
I think I will take a well-earned rest day tomorrow.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thursday's WOD, Saturday Training #4
Thursday WOD: Buster AMRAP
10 30# Thrusters, 15 burpess
Results: 3 rounds + 6 thrusters.
This morning's training ride was up and down the 101 from Solana Beach to Carlsbad. Great ride! Even got to watch my first ever flat tire get replaced. Fun times. =) 25.5 miles in about 1:50 saddle time.
http://runkeeper.com/user/music2mychakras/activity/55414899
To reward my good work, I rode up to Trek (4.5 miles away, UP the hill to La Mesa) and pimped my ride. Another water bottle and cage, a bento box for the front of the bike, an under-seat swag bag, new gloves, and a spare tube. Yay for sales, I kept it to $100 today. Then 4.5 miles home, including UP the hill from mission valley. Good stuff!
10 30# Thrusters, 15 burpess
Results: 3 rounds + 6 thrusters.
This morning's training ride was up and down the 101 from Solana Beach to Carlsbad. Great ride! Even got to watch my first ever flat tire get replaced. Fun times. =) 25.5 miles in about 1:50 saddle time.
http://runkeeper.com/user/music2mychakras/activity/55414899
To reward my good work, I rode up to Trek (4.5 miles away, UP the hill to La Mesa) and pimped my ride. Another water bottle and cage, a bento box for the front of the bike, an under-seat swag bag, new gloves, and a spare tube. Yay for sales, I kept it to $100 today. Then 4.5 miles home, including UP the hill from mission valley. Good stuff!
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