Cycling

Tim and Jason bike with KBell – 41 miles, avg = 17.1 mph. Saxapahaw loop: Jones Ferry – Old Greensboro Rd – NC 87 – Church Rd – Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Rd – Mebane Oaks – Bradshaw Quarry/Arthur Minnis – Dodson’s Crossroads – Dairyland – Old 86 – Old Fayetteville back into Carrboro. Mostly comfortable pace,...
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Tim and I took a relatively relaxed 26 mile ride today, averaging 16.5 MPH. Tim was already fatigued at the start of the ride; Jason felt in good form but his erector spinae began to tighten late in the ride.
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Went on an hour and a half ride around mid-day. Tim rode his fixed-gear. Conditions were fairly windy, especially later in the ride. Rode a 24.6 mile loop from Tim’s house (and Jason rode to/from his house as well, totaling 34.3 miles). Neither of us had a lot in the tank,...
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Weather was gorgeous in Durham today, if still a little chilly (62*). Couldn’t resist taking some time out of my afternoon to go on a somewhat leisurely bike ride through the Durham countryside. The numbers: Distance: 17.42 mi Time: 1:02 Avg: 16.2 MPH Max: 42.0 MPH
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Habitat Halloween Century in Durham, starting at Durham Bulls stadium and heading into countryside north of Durham. Weather was comfortable, a light misting rain (with accompanying road grit) for the first ~4 hours, eventually clearing with warm and humid conditions (but dry roads) for the last ~3 hours. Thomas, Adam and I took the ride...
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supposed-to-be-easy 13-mile ride late Friday afternoon. I’d been planning on a longer ride tomorrow, but beautiful warm-and-breezy fall weather (and forecasts of rain tomorrow) got me to go out today as well. I’m still kinda tired, with legs sore and weak/tired (though not dead-feeling) because of the total volume of biking and lifting earlier...
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2-hour moderately easy bike ride in afternoon. It’s a gorgeous day and I needed some recovery from yesterday’s Olympic lifts workout. Didn’t need to go this long, but the weather warranted it.Route: through Carrboro – Jones Ferry Rd becomes Hamlets Chapel Rd – Moore Mountain Rd – around Bynum – Bynum Ridge Rd –...
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In Michigan for a wedding. I keep an old but nice road bike at my parents’ house up there.Saturday morning, 10/10: relatively easy 18-mile ride in sunny but breezy conditions, around 50 degrees. Headed east on Section Line into strong headwind, caught the draft of a farm semi truck at Ruth Rd. and followed...
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Jason: Rode 32.2 miles on the bike, averaging 15.7 MPH today; about 21 miles of that was with Tim, averaging about 16.2 for that section. We took a relatively relaxed ride, more for getting some blood flowing than really pushing for anything. My left knee is still a bit sore, but it seems a...
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So I went to California in order to ride the Whitney Classic with my brother-in-law Graham. The event is firstly a fundraiser for Summit Adventure, the outdoor non-profit that he works for, and he did most of the fundraising for the two of us. “The Whitney” is a big deal for Summit-related folks, and...
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