[IZ] Afternoon Bike, 6/30

Dist: 16.5 miles
Time: 1:43
Avg: 9.6 MPH

With J, who's still sick, across Crissy Field to the Warming Hut and back home. Then alone up to the Presidio and back along Crissy Field.

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/29

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:26

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back.

I probably did the 2 loops faster than ever or at least as fast but missed a turn coming home and hit a lot of red lights.

My helmet is driving me nuts as it's missing the velcro piece on the front and continually slides down.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/28

Through the Presidio and home across Crissy Field.

I'm still sick.

Also, about 5min into the ride I discovered that my 'puter was set to the wrong wheel circumference. It was set for bike #2, which was 2055mm instead of 2115mm (why it has settings for 2 bikes I don't know; it's not like anyone would ever move it from bike to bike). I tried to fix the setting but ended up resetting all the data instead. So, no times or distance for this ride, and the last few rides may have underestimated the distance by 3% or so.

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/27

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:28

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back. I woke up with my knees hurting today; they actually feel better after the ride; might be the endorphins kicking in. Having back issues as well; a chronic thing that I should fix with strengthening...someday.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/25

Dist: 10.0 miles
Time: 0:52
Avg: 11.5 MPH

North to the bay, east along the edge, past AT&T Park, into the Mission to Tartine Bakery (which was *closed*), then home along Polk.

Since I've been sick the past 4 days, I made this a flat ride.

[JM] Two week wrap up

Weight: 170
Loss: 5 lbs. ?

I weighed myself and I'm at 170. I'm not sure if I was 175 exactly 2 weeks ago but I weighed myself sometime between then and a month ago and weighed that. At one point a couple months back I was at like 180! So I feel like I'm on the right track and the biking and eating right is working... I'm just going to go ahead and say I lost 5 lbs. :)

A note on weight: Our scale makes us seem a bit heavier than we are, according to a friend who weighed herself but it should relatively sufficient.

Overall I feel pretty good with my first two weeks. I really need to do more strengthening and hope to mix things up playing tennis, etc. I always am concerned about my knees but they seem ok and the new oval chainring Dwight gave me seems to help... I need to get the bigger one installed but there are derailer issues.

[JM] Tour of the Hamptons, 6/23

Dist: ?
Time: 3:25

Long slower ride around BridgeHampton, SouthHampton, East Hampton, and beyond.

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/21

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:26

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back. My legs are tired!

[JM] Evening Errands, 6/20

Time out: 1:45 hrs; probably biked an hour or so

LIC to Astoria, back down to Greenpoint and Williamsburg and then home. Casual ride.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/20

Dist: 20.6 miles
Time: 1:41
Avg: 12.2 MPH

Through the Presidio, across the bridge, up to the top of the headlands, down the other side, back to the bridge through the tunnel, and home via Crissy Field.

I had to stop 3 times to adjust the new saddle. It's amazing how much of a difference 1 degree of tilt can make, and how frustrating it is when no matter how tightly you try to lock it in place, it insists on tilting backwards.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/19

Dist: 8.5 miles
Time: 0:40
Avg: 12.8 MPH

To the Presidio through Arguello Gate, then back home across Crissy Field.

[IZ] Evening Bike, 6/18

Dist: 8.3 miles
Time: 0:41
Avg: 12.1 MPH

To the Presidio and back across Crissy Field.

It was very windy today, so windy that I kept up an easy 22 MPH across Crissy Field. When I slowed to 19 MPH, I actually felt the wind overtaking me.

Today was my first day on the Specialed Toupe saddle. It'll take some time to get used to...

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/18

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:30

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back. Slept in until 6:40 but ate quickly, got ready and was on the road by 7:05. My legs are fatigued and it was hard walking up the stairs in the subway but that's a good thing I suppose, meaning they're getting work. Cardio was tough but not that bad and no lung cramp issues. Hopefully I won't feel completely wiped out at the end of this week as I did last week.

[JM] Disc golf at Campgaw Reservation, 6/16

Saturday we made the drive to a park in New Jersey on a mountain for some Frisbee golf. The terrain was quite wooded and hilly and it turned into not only a game of disc golf but also a nice hike, being out for about 3 to 4 hrs. There were some great views but everything was poorly marked and the last 9 holes were not available.

Description: At a small ski hill 18 miles from NYC. Front 9 in the woods. Back 9 uses ski trails as fairways. Major elevation. Fantastic views. 3 incredible "empty your bag" downhills. Back 9 not available during ski season.

Unfortunately with everything going on this weekend I did not make time for biking, but I will do my best to get up and get back to it in the morning. Next weekend we're going out east and I plan on doing a 3 hour ride if at all possible.

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/15

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:30

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back. Reallly felt the cardio today, my right lung under my rib cage was hurting a bit but settled down. My left calve spoke to me a bit but muscles seem to be doing ok. My left knee slightly pangs once in a while but I think it's ok. I need to ice it but keep forgetting! And I need to start some strengthening exercises but really don't like gyms so am thinking of expanding my home workout... we'll see. I could do a free week at a gym and see how it goes.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/14

Dist: 12.1 miles
Time: 1:00
Avg: 12.1 MPH

Across Crissy Field to the bridge, past the bridge, down the other side, up to the Legion of Honor, and back home along Lake St.

[JM] Morning Bike, 6/13

Dist: About 20 miles
Time: 1:37 (Probably around 1:30 actual biking due to traffic lights.)

From home in LIC to Central park. Around the big loop 2 times and back. Really tough but tried to pound out the hills as aggressively as I could. My legs feel a bit like jello.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/12

Dist: 21.8 miles
Time: 1:38
Avg: 13.3 MPH

Through the Presidio, across the bridge, down E. Bunker Rd. to Fort Baker, past Sausalito, then back to the bridge and home via Crissy Field.

Note on Bike Times

When I post a ride, I post the "time" of the ride. This is time spent moving forward, as reported by my cyclo-computer; it's not overall elapsed wall time.

For my longer rides, I'll sometimes also mention the total elapsed time, and the average speed with this time. I do this to get some idea of how much distance I can cover while touring.

For example, my speed on the bike may average 12 MPH, but I may only really cover an average of 10 MPH if I take into account stopping for lunch, to take pictures, to figure out where I am on the map, etc.

[IZ] Evening Bike, 6/11

Dist: 8.5 miles
Time: 0:41
Avg: 12.8 MPH

West on Clay and into the Presidio by the Arguello Gate. Through the Presidio and down to Crissy Field, then home.

This ride is a bit of a cheat. In the afternoons in San Francisco we almost always get a steady westerly breeze. The breeze blows across most of the city, but it's strongest by the water where it can be 10-15 MPH. By riding west along Clay street and east along Crissy Field, I get some protection from the wind when I'm heading into it and the full benefit of the wind going the other way. In fact, I do an easy 17 MPH coming home, where my usual low-effort speed is 14-15 MPH.

[JM] Afternoon Ride, Puerto Rican day parade, 6/10

Time: 1:35

I headed out to Central Park to ride only finding a sea of people with zero possibility for actually making it to the park. So I biked back across the 59th street bridge and down into Brooklyn. I found a nice stretch with little to no traffic where I could really hammer. I'm going to do my best to get up Tuesday morning and ride in Central park. My handlebars were a little bent from my crash a couple weeks ago but I managed to bend them back... they may be cracked as they're carbon.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/10

Dist: 20.3 miles
Time: 1:43
Avg: 11.8 MPH

Crissy Field to the bridge. Up to the top of the Headland and down the other side. Through the tunnel to the bridge and back home the same way.

Today was foggy, with visibility maybe 50' most of the way. When you crest the Headland and go down the other side, it's a steep 30% or so (?) grade down, with a cliff on one side and a lot of sharp turns. Usually I'm overly cautious going down, but today I couldn't see the cliff or much of anything, and I found myself going 20 MPH or more and still feeling in control. J put it very well: "Today you were the blind man on the narrow bridge."

[IZ] Anniversary Bike, 6/9

Dist: 12.5 mile
Time: 1:42
Avg: 7.4 MPH

It was J & my 1 year anniversary, so we took a leisurely bike ride to the Mission for breakfast at Tartine Bakery, then rode up Potrero hill, continued east to the bay, rode north along the water past Candlestick Park to the Embarcadero Farmer's Market for some fruit and bread, then continued home. Nice, slow, fun ride.

[IZ] Morning Bike, 6/7

Dist: 16.9 miles
Time: 1:23
Avg: 12.2 MPH

Across Crissy Field to the bridge, across the bridge, 1/2-way up the
headland, down the other side, then back home the same way.

NYC Century Bike Tour

This blog is for Itai and I and whomever else wants to talk about the NYC Century Bike Tour being held September 9, 2007. Specifically Itai is trying to get me to do the 100 mile ride, but in order to be able to do this some serious training needs to take place. This is the place to log the training and talk about how things are progressing.

http://www.transalt.org/calendar/century/