Date: August 12, 2008

AM Weight: ?

Bike: Eggplant

Ride Time: 30 minutes

Ride Distance: 0-rollers

Ride: Rollers on the deck.

Ride Thoughts: Did 5x 20 second sprints (spin sprints) with 100 second recovery. Tendon not getting worse, not feeling better. Going to take a few days off now.

Date: August 16, 2008

AM Weight: 197.4

Bike: Booger Ibis

Ride Time: 125 minutes

Ride Distance: 22ish miles

Ride: From house towards Junction. Turnaround at 22 mile marker.

Ride Thoughts: Very hot day. That and steep climbs and riding on the dirt road made for a slow ride but that’s okay. Feeling quite tired after the heat and hills and generally headachy.

Date: August 17, 2008

AM Weight:

Bike: eggy

Ride Time: 30”

Ride Distance: 0-rollers

Ride: rollers

Ride Thoughts: Blah. Feeling tired and a little achy in the legs. Backed off from bigger gears and just spun the little ones.

Date: August 9, 2008

AM Weight: 198.5

Bike: Eggplant Ibis

Ride Time: 140 minutes

Ride Distance: 32-ish miles

Ride: From work (yes work on a Saturday) out to the Sand Hill loop via Charleston-Foothil-Page Mill and return Foothill-Shoreline.

Ride Thoughts: Rode with an Ace Bandage ankle support and it worked well – for about 15 minutes. Oh well. Simply a great ride other than that. Nice sunny warm day bordering on hot. Haven’t done this ride in probably four years but still remember every little climb and descent and detail. I guess I did used to ride it at least once or twice a week so that should be no surprise.

Date: August 10, 2008

AM Weight: ???

Bike: Eggplant Ibis

Ride Time: 30 minutes

Ride Distance: 0 – ROLLERS!

Ride: Rode the rollers on the deck.

Ride Thoughts: Rode the rollers on the deck since I’m solo with Jasper but also because I want to keep the legs spinning but reduce the wear and tear on my Achilles tendon. It still feels sore but less stressful. Had a fun time showing off for Jasper. I think he was having a hard time trying to figure out how the heck I stayed on there without falling off.

Date: August 11, 2008

AM Weight: 198.5

Bike: Eggplant Ibis

Ride Time: 30 minutes

Ride Distance: 0-rollers

Ride: Rollers on the deck again.

Ride Thoughts: Quite pleasant for not going anywhere!

Date: August 6, 2008

AM Weight: Didn’t

Bike: Eggplant Ibis (Road bike, Dura Ace, Ritchey, Diacompe, Chris King… Very high zoot and light! Also a racing bike and not well suited to my currently fat ass)

Ride Time: 115 minutes

Ride Distance: 29 ish miles

Ride: From work to top of Steven’s Creek damn with side trip to Rancho San Antonio

Ride Thoughts: Rode with Yohei and was nice to have the company. Tendon still ripped up and making me slow to accelerate and climb. Boo! Other than that, great weather and nice ride. Really enjoying riding for the first time since my racing days!

August 5, 2008

Date: August 5, 2008

AM Weight: Didn’t…

Bike: Johnny Tomes! (Tomac Mt. Bike)

Ride Time: 55 minutes

Ride Distance: 14 miles???

Ride: From work, mess around in the marsh paths.

Ride Thoughts: Achilles Tendon WAS feeling fine walking and everything but within minutes of riding started hurting again. Dammit. Otherwise, an easy spin around the scenic, yet smelly marsh.