So. I had my last NFTY event this past weekend, which means that last week I didn't even KIND of get on my bike. It was a little pathetic really, but I was relatively swamped with work stuff so it's not like I was sitting around doing nothing at least.
I tried to get back on the horse for this last week of 'real riding' (ack, after this week no more riding 'cause it'll be too close to the ride!! SO SOON!) and thusfar I have managed to commute to work once via bike and do my 50-mile Topanga/Sepulveda loop. Which is better than nothing. If I get in another one of those loops tomorrow, or get in some 50+ route, I'll feel okay about this ride. I think.
Totals:
05.19.09: 8.3 miles via bike - work commute
05.20.09: 52.3 miles, OrangeLine/Topanga/PCH/Montana->Sepulveda loop
Thursday
Monday
05.11.09 (but really in regards to 05.09.09)
I shall quote you from an email I wrote a friend: "Yesterday I actually drove to meet up with a training ride (because I knew otherwise I wouldn't get on my bike =) and we did a ride called "Climb Every Canyon". It was 70 miles of HELL. I hate hills. You know I hate hills. This ride was made up, aside from a couple of nice (but not worth it) downs, ENTIRELY of hills. By the end of it I was really really mad at the streets. BUT. I had done two 'real' rides in a row, so mission accomplished. And I'm only kind of in pain today because of it."
...in short, I managed a back-to-back total of 120 miles. Wahoo!
total:
05.09.09: 70 miles via bike
...in short, I managed a back-to-back total of 120 miles. Wahoo!
total:
05.09.09: 70 miles via bike
Friday
05.08.09
I can't focus on anything right now, the SB fire is just making me restless - and I'm not even THERE! I just...Binky (well, her dad, but her HOUSE so she's there helping out) and Kristen and probably Rick and all of my CBB kids and NFTY kids have been evacuated and I want to help but there's nothing I can do and it just makes me feel helpless =(
...but, that's not the reason I'm posting. I'm posting because I finally managed another significantly lengthy ride. I basically did the Victory to Topanga to the water and back over Sepulveda ride, but I made some slight route changes (they didn't really do much to the mileage, but they did loads for my sanity) - for one, I stayed on the Orange Line bike path and so I cut out some of the street-riding on Victory, which was nice. I also stayed on PCH until I got to the Santa Monica pier and then I took Santa Monica Blvd to Sepulveda, which cut out Sunset (godsend, Sunset is a BITCH - full of cars and potholes and hills and just generally unpleasant). Also, while I was on PCH I saw dolphins! My first LA dolphins, I haven't seen any here yet. They were really close to the beach too, I was kind of surprised.
Right. I also biked to work on Wednesday and forgot to mention it on here.
totals:
05.06.09 - 8.3 miles via bike, reg. work commute
05.08.09 - 52.0 miles via bike, wahoo!!
...but, that's not the reason I'm posting. I'm posting because I finally managed another significantly lengthy ride. I basically did the Victory to Topanga to the water and back over Sepulveda ride, but I made some slight route changes (they didn't really do much to the mileage, but they did loads for my sanity) - for one, I stayed on the Orange Line bike path and so I cut out some of the street-riding on Victory, which was nice. I also stayed on PCH until I got to the Santa Monica pier and then I took Santa Monica Blvd to Sepulveda, which cut out Sunset (godsend, Sunset is a BITCH - full of cars and potholes and hills and just generally unpleasant). Also, while I was on PCH I saw dolphins! My first LA dolphins, I haven't seen any here yet. They were really close to the beach too, I was kind of surprised.
Right. I also biked to work on Wednesday and forgot to mention it on here.
totals:
05.06.09 - 8.3 miles via bike, reg. work commute
05.08.09 - 52.0 miles via bike, wahoo!!
Tuesday
05.05.09
This morning's ride was full of interactions with people, which is weird for me - usually when I'm biking people tend to leave me alone.
I was planning on leaving the house around 8 am and doing a three hour-ish ride before heading to a meeting I had in Malibu, but I woke up feeling awkwardly nauseous and had to sit around for an hour and a half and drink tea and eat toast before I felt like I could actually GO anywhere. I ended up heading toward Griffith Park. About 5 miles in, I was passed by an old guy who then proceeded to bike JUST a little slower than my pace. I stayed behind him 'cause I didn't want to leapfrog all the way to G.Park, and eventually we started talking. He's 72, his name is Richard, and he's really nice! He gave me the card for a bike shop he frequents and he showed me a new bike path that I swear I've passed fourteen times and never even noticed! He was meeting up with some friends of his so we split ways. On my way home I got stopped by a dude in a car who was looking for some store (and hadn't gotten te address before leaving his house? Weirdo.) Anyway. Lots of interactions.
Total: 24.5 miles via bike
I was planning on leaving the house around 8 am and doing a three hour-ish ride before heading to a meeting I had in Malibu, but I woke up feeling awkwardly nauseous and had to sit around for an hour and a half and drink tea and eat toast before I felt like I could actually GO anywhere. I ended up heading toward Griffith Park. About 5 miles in, I was passed by an old guy who then proceeded to bike JUST a little slower than my pace. I stayed behind him 'cause I didn't want to leapfrog all the way to G.Park, and eventually we started talking. He's 72, his name is Richard, and he's really nice! He gave me the card for a bike shop he frequents and he showed me a new bike path that I swear I've passed fourteen times and never even noticed! He was meeting up with some friends of his so we split ways. On my way home I got stopped by a dude in a car who was looking for some store (and hadn't gotten te address before leaving his house? Weirdo.) Anyway. Lots of interactions.
Total: 24.5 miles via bike
Monday
05.04.09
Quick post before bedtime: did a short ride before heading to work today and also did the bike-to-work commute, so ended with a 24-mile day - if only I could get myself to do that + 10 miles every day this week, I'd at least be almost at where I need to be mileage-wise. I'm nowhere near where I need to be endurance-wise, but life will go on.
The ride is less than a month away, which is TOTALLY surreal. Mostly just exciting though - California coast and best friends, here I come!
total: 24 mils via bike (15 m + an almost immediate 4ish m to work + the 4ish m return home ride at 6pm)
The ride is less than a month away, which is TOTALLY surreal. Mostly just exciting though - California coast and best friends, here I come!
total: 24 mils via bike (15 m + an almost immediate 4ish m to work + the 4ish m return home ride at 6pm)
Sunday
05.03.09
Gah. I am such a failure at getting on my bike this last week. I hang my head in shame.
Long story short I was going to go on a bike ride but roommate plans changed and I ended up at Costco for an hour smack dab in the middle of when I would have been out on the road. Biking failure.
I did however manage to get out on a run this afternoon. When Matt was here on Friday we discovered a tunnel off of Ethel that runs under the 101 to the neighborhood area on the other side, so I ran through there (usually I head the other way, further into the valley).
Total: 4.31 miles via my own two feet (in almost exactly 50 minutes - I am SUCH a slow runner)
Long story short I was going to go on a bike ride but roommate plans changed and I ended up at Costco for an hour smack dab in the middle of when I would have been out on the road. Biking failure.
I did however manage to get out on a run this afternoon. When Matt was here on Friday we discovered a tunnel off of Ethel that runs under the 101 to the neighborhood area on the other side, so I ran through there (usually I head the other way, further into the valley).
Total: 4.31 miles via my own two feet (in almost exactly 50 minutes - I am SUCH a slow runner)
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