I wish I’d had a camera this morning that I could actually access while riding (not just my cell phone stuffed away in a bag). I went out for a ride before work, leaving the house at 6:30 and getting back just before 8. It was a beautiful morning, and a rather marvelous ride. I […]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Recipe for inspiration
I haven’t been doing a lot of cooking lately, for various reasons, but one of the reasons is that in the summer when the farmer’s market is overflowing, looking at cookbooks rarely yields recipes that make maximum advantage of the ingredients I have, and I haven’t been feeling independently inspired or desirous of going shopping […]
Reminder on W2W donations
I’ve had a few people at various points request reminders and a link pointer on Waves to Wine donations. As the time begins to approach (and my training ramps up, as you can see by the blog posts) I would really appreciate your support, and more importantly, so would the people the money will benefit, […]
Ride report: Long Saturday ride #3
DST: ~34 mi (same) AVS: 13.7 (+0.2!) MXS: ~31 mph (-1) Ride time: 2:29 (same) Total time: 2:50 (+5 from last week) I did a similar route this week to last, but in reverse and without the neighborhood options, and using Mountain Home instead of Whiskey Hill (it’s shadier and hilly in a less stupid […]
Margaritabike and more questions than answers?
Salon’s even picked up the Xtracycle story. I’ve gotta get one of these soon. There’s a story that I want to tell, too, which has nothing to do with cycling, but does have to do with a lesser-known vehicular interest of mine: identifying and comparing car models. For someone who doesn’t drive, I pay an […]
Training pondering
This is the second full week and third week of training for me. It didn’t start out so well. Sunday I was supposed to do a shortish 10 mile ride, but I miscalculated and did 15 mi. I felt fine afterward, though very tired, so I thought it was probably okay, but I woke up […]
Toronto: activities
What I actually did in Toronto: The ROM. You can see one of the most interesting things about it from the website — the building was recently renovated and a “Crystal” added on to the front. It wasn’t as crystalline as I expected from the name, but it’s an interesting addition. The interface between the […]
Toronto: transit
My experiences with transit and cycling in Toronto were almost uniformly overwhelmingly positive. If only it wasn’t so cold there, I’d totally want to live there. When I first arrived, I got a GO bus and then the TTC subway into downtown Toronto. This had two complications. One, GO and TTC are different systems, so […]
Ride report: Saturday 2 — Longest ride without a long break
DST: 33.7 (target 34) AVS: 13.5 (eh) MXS: 32.4 (don’t know – on Cañada somewhere I think) Ride time: 2:29 Total time: 2:45 My route today is really too long to describe because I did some squirrelly things to add distance and interest, but the main streets were: Santa Cruz (via Menlo neighborhoods) > Junipero […]
First “brisk” ride
I’m trying not to post all my W2W stuff on here — I have a separate training diary that I keep on the back of my door. But today’s ride was kind of interesting. It was the first ride of the “brisk” rides. The training program indicates rides as “Easy”, “Pace”, or “Brisk”. These aren’t […]