Donovan's Summer Picnic Ride

So the ride was awesome! We went through historic ST. Augustine, the ocean, the marshes, and over the intracoastal 6 times! We rode a total of:
43.5 Miles
16 MPH AVG
2 Hours & 45 Minutes
Max MPH 37.6
It was a strong ride for me. I started the ride with the B/C group and rode that for about 18 miles, but it was entirely to slow for me. Then the A group with Neal & the 2 Scotts caught up. I rode with the A group for about 10 miles and then got dropped. After that I finished the ride pretty much solo. I struggled petty hard at the end. I ran out of food and water and it was ~98°.I will post a map later!

Graham Swamp and Lunch!!

Well Yesterday was a double whammy! I rode 10 miles on the rode on Kevin’s mountain bike with Jim, Kenny, & Aaron. Kevin punked out because he was sore :( anyway... Jim rode his mountain bike for the first time and did amazing, he loved it. Then last night Neal, Scott, & I went to Graham swamp. Rode the 7 mile loop well into darkness. There was some rain and boy was it muggy! We went fast and hard. I was pushed to my limit because of the lunch ride and their stamina!!
Ride GPS Map

Ride in with Kevin...

Rode this morning to work. Woke up late and didn't ride as far as i wanted but I went to Long Leaf pine, where i met Kevin and then we rode back to work.
22.3 Miles
26.5 MPH Max
17 MPH AVG
1 Hour 18 Minutes
Google Route
Hopefully tomorrow I will be going to Graham Swamp after work, and potentially riding to work again tomorrow.

Nemours Team is now REAL!!

So yesterday I rode to work in the new jerseys and shorts that came in on Thursday! They are amazing! V-Gear did an awesome job!! I rode in at 22 miles solo Google Route. At lunch I rode 10 miles with Jim Ride GPS Map. So that was 32 miles for yesterday.
This weekend me and Dana went to Disney and just went to the Hotel and had a great time just laying around.
Jim got a new bike this weekend and I can’t wait to get out and see how Jim does on the new bike. I think he is going to be a beast!

Beautiful Morning! Beautiful Moon!

Rode this morning and met Jim at the back of his sub division. It was a beautiful morning. The moon and and the stars were still bright and the morning dew was calming! I really enjoyed it!
Rode 24 Miles
16.5 MPH AVG
26 MPH Max
1 Hour & 15 Minutes.

Updated the Odometer reading so it reads all the miles I have put on the bike since I started riding again.

Google Route

Solo 22 Mile Work Ride

Rode in this morning solo. Went to Long Leaf pine and then back to work.
22.3 Miles
26.2 MPH Max
17 MPH AVG
1 Hour 18 Minutes
Google Route
Went to Espeto Brazilian Steakhouse tonight with Dana. It was amazing! Working at Shooters in the morning. Then a nice weekend! Scale still at 313lbs.

First fall of the year!

Went to Graham Swamp last night with Neal, Kevin, Kenny, Jim & Aaron. Had a blast! We did the full loop which I rode 7.1 miles. Went over the bars when some sticky mud caught the front tire about 1/4 of the way up! No pain just really muddy! This was the first time that I have done the entire loop and it was awesome! I will always finish now! The end is much faster and a lot of fun! Kevin had another flat that make about 12!! I took the Remedy to the shop for the 100 mile tune up, so that will be a few days, and I weighed it while I was there and it weighs 30.7lbs!
I updated the blog template some and I like it a lot better! I am still working on it so we will see where it goes from here!

16.5 Mile into work

Rode to work solo this morning.

16.5 Miles
25.4 MPH Max
17 MPH AVG
58 Minutes
186 Odometer

Nice ride, very cool, rode a nice 4 miles @ 24 mph, and was hurting pretty bad still from the 54 Mile ride.
I made some google maps routes that I will figure out how to share later. Headding to Graham Swamp tomorrow with a large group!
Google Route

And then there was 54!!

So this morning I got up and met Jim at his house at 6:15am. We then proceeded to ride to Neal's house and ride to the beach. That’s about 16.5 miles one way. Once we got there Jim turned around and went back because he had to go to his kid’s soccer game. I rode with Neal down A1A to St. Augustine and then up US1 back to 210. Total round trip was 54 miles. That is my farthest ride to date!!! Neal was a big inspiration!
Here is the route and stats GPS punked out about half way through. The odometer is now at 170.
Ride Map

Solo 30 mile ride this morning!

This morning Kevin didn’t make the ride because of extenuating circumstances that I will not get into ;)!! But I rode 30 miles solo! It was a good ride with a new route. I am not sure I will go that way again for now due to some construction and lack of bike lanes but we’ll see. The stats were:
30.1 Miles
17.3 MPH AVG
27.5 MPH Max
1 Hour 45 Minutes
Odometer is now @ 115 miles

Scale this morning post ride said 313lbs.

I didn't get to ride the bridges on Tuesday due to weather. And tonight at Hanna Park doesn’t look promising either but we will see!
GPS Maps of the ride are below!
Ride GPS Map
Google GPS Map

Beautiful morning on the road bike!

This morning I rode out to the back entrance to Jim's neighborhood and met him there, that’s almost to 2209 about a 5 mile trip from my house. So i added 10 miles on the ride to work.
Stats:
24 miles
16.5 MPH AVG
25.4 MPH Max
1 hour & 26 minutes
I am now at 85 Miles on the odometer, since the new tires on 7/20/09, thats 42 miles per week average!!! I wanna get that higher though!!.
The scale this morning after the ride said 316 lbs!! That's 84 lbs. now.
Jim did really well he kept up the whole time and didn’t hold me back too much! Tonight I am going to do the bridges with Neal in Nocatee. That should be another 20 miles.
Had a great weekend with Dana we sat around and did nothing but spend some really good quality time together. It was awesome! We got the house and animals all clean and looking good.
GPS Maps of the ride are below!
Ride GPS Map
Google GPS Map