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Ride 60 Miles

Posted in Cycling, Fitness, Weight Loss on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Saturday, I set out to ride 60 plus miles. My GPS batteries went dead, so I do not have a map of the actual course. I do have my ped-o-meter (google map mashup) of the distance. If you look at the ped-o-meter, click on the elevation and notice the calories. It states 8,860 calories. I [...]

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Ride 65.3 miles (AV 3rd Annual Century Ride)

Posted in Cycling on October 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Today was my first organized ride. I rode in the Antelope Valley 3rd Annual Century Ride, put on my Gil’s Bike Shop in Lancaster. I rode (see my Motionbased results) in the metric century (about 62 miles). I got on the road at 7:20am and finished at 12:20pm. It was about 65.3 miles and it [...]

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Rode Work (44 miles)

Posted in Cycling on October 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »

On October 20th (next week) will be my first metric century (62 miles), so I needed to prepare a little. I went on a ride.
I headed up to Ave H, over to 110th West (did not want to travel on Ave I). Came back towards Ave I (near the Poppy Fields) on to Lancaster Ave (that [...]

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First Bike Race (sort of)

Posted in Cycling on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I signed up to ride in the Antelope Valley Fall Century. The ride is Saturday, October 20 at 07:00 AM at Gil’s Bike Shop in Lancaster CA. There are three rides:

a The 26 mile “out and back” starts in Lancaster and follows the same route as the centuries take, the course is flat and fast [...]

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New Goals

Posted in Cycling, tagged on October 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »

With the completion of hiking Mt. Whitney, I have been looking at some new fitness goals. My friend Clay (who is of many things is a runner and Physical Therapist) asked me if I wanted to particiate in the Los Angeles Marathon? I could today walk it under eight or nine hours. I am not [...]

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Bike Ride – 27.5 Miles

Posted in Cycling on September 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Being Labor Day, I decided to wake up early for a laborous ride. I just got my road bike and I am still getting use to it. Not to over do it, I wanted to ride some 20-30 miles before the heat. I left at 6:30am and rode 27.5 miles around town. It was kinda [...]

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New Road Bike

Posted in Cycling, Fitness, Training, Workout on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I have been wanting to have a road bike. I was talking to my friend Michael Sbihli, who just happen to be selling his older one. He wanted to purchase some very high end components, but his lovely wife Lauren is due with their first baby very soon and they are down to one income. [...]

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Wellness Challenge – 48 miles for the week

Posted in Cycling, Fitness, Weight Loss on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I mentioned in an earlier post that my work is having Wellness Challenge. It is a 50 miles in 10 weeks to qualify for a patch. The top ten milers from each team are summed up and the team with the most miles in 10 weeks wins. Last week I was part of the top [...]

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Bike Ride – 51 miles

Posted in Cycling, Fitness on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

For the Wellness competition at work every third bike mile counts as one walk mile. I decided to get up early (leaving the house at 5:30am) to ride up to Willow’s Springs area (90th) and continue up to Backus Road in Mojave. Ride over to Sierra Highway and back down to home. Over all it [...]

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Bike Ride – 20 Miles

Posted in Cycling on July 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

After church I wanted to do some activity so I rode. I decided to ride only 20 miles. I headed out Ave H to 90th. That is 7 miles in head on winds at 20 mph. I dislike head winds so much, but I decide to suck it up. I wanted to increase by overall [...]

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