MS-150 2010 Day 1

MS-150 2010 Day 1 by jw@thelug.com at Garmin Connect - Details

Update!

So just thinking about a good excuse. There isn’t one. Just haven’t updated in the last 2 months or so. Had work stuff, we got the Travel Trailer

2010 Flagstaff 831FKBSS

O yeah!!! Had some dental issues that I am still working on and still been riding but not as much due to the heat. I got my new iPhone 4 and wow a lot more.

2010 Bike to Build Wilmington, DE

The ride was awesome!!!! we got sent all the way to DE to work and ride!! It was amazing. Me and Eddie drove up 900~ miles ~13 hours with 6 bike and 3 persons worth of luggage, we worked Wednesday through Friday & Monday and Tuesday and spent the weekend hanging out. I worked a little but had a great time.. Aaron flew up for just the weekend. We had an amazing ride. It was a awesome ride with about ~3000 feet of climbing. It was Me, Eddie, Aaron, & Dale Arnold from Wilmington. It was easily one of the prettiest rides i have ever been on. The 50 miles in this ride was equal to if not harder than the 100 miles in Orlando.

We also did some Mountain biking in DE it was as before an amazing experience!

Delaware MTB 06/10

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2010 Bike 2 Build Wilmington, DE

2010 Jacksonville Tour de Cure

This was a great event! We had a great turn out for Nemours.
J.W., Dana, Eddie, David, Neal, Brian, Christine, Kenny, Todd, Amanda & Paige, Jim, Aaron. On day 1 we did the 68 mile route and on day 2 we did the 12 mile family fun ride. Neal did the 100 Mile on day one & the 60 mile on day 2. It was a blast!

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2010 Tour de Cure Jacksonville

Long Leaf Pine Loop

Me and Kenny Trying to prepare for the TDC. It was rough for me! But we did see a rather large snake!!! This was a good 19 mile ride.

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Monday Night Bikes Etc. Ride

Me, Eddie, & Christine! It was a great ride. Eddie did the Bridge! Christine did the entire ride! I made a mad dash at about mile 11 and was never caught! It was a pretty good feeling!

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Seminole Wekiva Trail

Just me of course! I rode with a few people on and off on the trail. It was an awesome place to ride. I really enjoyed it!

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2010 Tour de Forts

Just me and Eddie. Had a really good ride! The weather was on the brink of unleashing the fury the entire time! So because of that it was overcast and beautiful. We rode with the Bikes Etc. folks, Mike, Jen, Liz, & Jim. Had a blast! Did the 61 mile route because the weather was threatening at the end. We only got sprinkled on a few times.

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2010 Tour de Forts

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Lunch Ride

Me, Kenny, Aaron, & Sean O’Riley did the 12 Mile Lunch Loop. I made a short cut and only did 11 because I was just doing a 15 MPH AVG recovery ride.

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Long Leaf Pine

It was very windy. I think it could have been the windiest I have ever ridden in next to the TDC Orlando. It was Me, Eddie, & Brian. Did a good 31 Mile, 18.5+ MPH AVG ride. Had a great time!

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St. Johns Loop

Tonight it was Me, Eddie, & Christian. We did a ~29 Mile loop that we had never done before! We held a good 18-20 MPH pace and had a great time! I will definitely do this loop or a variation of it a lot more!

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Monday Night Bikes Etc. Ride

Me, Kenny, & Eddie rode tonight. Dana wasn't feeling up to riding so she stayed at home. It was a nice fast ride, I killed the bridges, it was awesome and fast!

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Villano Beach Loop

43 Miles Villano Beach loop with Eddie, & Christian. It was a great ride! I took some pictures of Eddie attacking his first bridge. We averaged 18 MPH and had a great time!
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Afternoon ride with Eddie, Brian & 1/5 Dana

Ride started out with Me, Dana, & Eddie. About 1.5 miles into it, it became just me and Eddie! Dana was still really sore and didn't have her bike shorts so she decided to bail this time. But she still did really good. Me and Eddie rode to the back of Jim’s neighborhood and met Brian. From there we did a 16 mile loop down Long Leaf Pine and Veterans Pkwy. It was a really nice route! And man all i can say is that Eddie has improved dramatically!! And Brian is getting really strong! In total me and Eddie did 28 miles.

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Monday Night Bikes Etc.

The ride tonight was Me, Dana, & Eddie. We had a nice ride. For me it was a much needed recovery ride. We did the whole 20 Mile route this time and did it at 13.5 MPH AVG. Which is a great improvement from last week!! Next week will be even better! Dana is doing so good! Eddie is doing awesome also, he has gotten really strong!

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Tour de Durbin Crossing NFBC

Just me this morning. This was easily my fastest ride ever. I was running about 21 MPH and max AVG’s about 24 MPH. This was an awesome ride! 43 Miles.

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TDC Training Ride Part 2

This was a great ride. Eddie came out and did the 24 Miles option also, he would have done the longer route but he had an appt at the gym. Total ride length was 48.29 miles.

This was a very interesting ride. I saw a rider go down hard, I think her name was Rhonda. She also took my CCW class. She was riding along at the front of the pack pulling and she ran over a pad lock (like a master lock) When her front tire was on front of it she started sliding on it and went down fast to the left. She hit really hard i thought for sure she was hurt bad, but she hopped right up and was perfectly fine! That's it right… WRONG! Right after she went down I ran over something that i assumed was debris from her bike it ended up being the pad lock. It was bouncing around in the road after she hit it and it slammed right into my big chain ring and bent the crap out of it! I was fine for about 20 miles after the impact but, once we wound it up to about 21 MPH the chain started popping off of the ring. It ended up bending it so bad that i had to replace the chain and the big chain ring. Friggin sucks!

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Monday Night Bikes Etc Ride w/ Dana & Part one of TDC Bikes Etc Ride

So I kind of messed up the maps for this one somehow. The Garmin didn't auto reset like it always does. So when we rode Monday night it restarted on Saturday morning when I did the TDC Training ride.

So Monday night was Dana’s first real trip out! She did great! We went 17 miles and she averaged about 13 MPH. It was Me, Dana, Kenny, & Eddie in our group.

The second Lap in this link is the first part of the TDC training ride. Me and Eddie were the only ones that did this ride! If you look at the next Blog entry it has all the stats for the TDC ride.

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Lunch MTB Ride

Just me and Kevin today! We busted out the Mountain Bikes! It felt good to get back out in the dirt! We did a nice 7 Mile ride and found some good spots.

AC Skinner Lunch Ride

The ride today was awesome!!! We got Eddie back out with us!! We stayed together the whole ride which was awesome! It was Jim, Aaron, Kenny, Me, & Eddie. We went down AC Skinner and had a ~16 Mile ride. Only averaged 16MPH but it was fun, Eddie will be up to speed soon and will be hauling butt!!
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UNF Lunch Ride

Ride was a little chilly. With some 12-15 MPH winds. It was Jim, Aaron, Kenny, & Me. Took a new route through UNF. I enjoyed the change.
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Monday Night Bicycles Etc. Ride

No map or data tonight. I got the pleasure of riding a Tour ready bike!! I rode a 2010 Super Six with a total of about $8K invested in it. It was Mike's bike. The owner of Bicycles Etc. It was everything that I imagined an 8K bike would be! I loved the SRAM Red Shifters. The Carbon Wheels were amazing as well. I also really liked the 46cm bars so I ordered some 46cm Race X-Lite Blade Carbon bars. The ride was awesome! On the way out we just cruised at about 18. We ended up doing one bridge lap and let me tell you that bike can climb! On the way back Joe decided that he wanted to do a TT run. But I couldn’t let him break away alone. So I caught his wheel and 2 others also caught my wheel and 4 of us went all out and averaged 23.2 on the return 10 mile route!! 2 others caught up at the very end so they were hauling!!! And Kevin was right behind them!! It was a great ride!!!!
Kevin & Eddie Joined me.

Monday Night Bicycles Etc. Ride

The first Monday night ride of the New Year. It was a nice ride. We had about 15 people and 2 groups. We did one bridge lap and ended up losing track of a new to town female rider and we thought she got lost down town and it was getting cold and dark fast. We looked for about 20 minutes and me Jim and Kenny headed back while Sean and Joe stayed behind searching. Once we got back to the shop we found her there safe and sound. She had gone straight at the bottom of the bridge instead of turning and headed back to the shop!

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Solo Morning Ride

It was a pretty cold start. Low 50’s. I was nice to get back out and do my morning rides again. I miss them and hope that it will stay warm and I can keep it up.

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Long Lunch Ride

Forgot to start the data recorder right away. It was Jim, Aaron, Kevin, & Me. Kenny isn't riding at all this week. Ride was 12 miles. It was a fast ride with a lot of wind!
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2010 Tour de Cure Lake Nona (Orlando), FL

It was a great ride!!! My first century!! Averaged 18.1 MPH.

2010 Tour de Cure Lake Nona (Orlando), FL

It was high 30's low 40's when we started!! IT WAS COLD!!! It was Neal, Jim, Aaron, Kenny & Me doing the 100 Mile route. Dan, Eddie and Todd did the 30 Mile route!
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Long Lunch Ride

Great ride!! Jim, Aaron, Kenny, & Me. Our last training ride before the Orlando TDC our first Century!!
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Long Lunch Ride

Great ride!! Jim, Aaron, Kenny, & Me.
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Villano Beach Loop

So Jim, Aaron, Kenny & Me rode a 43 mile loop leaving from the Gate station on US1. We did a loop from there to Villano Beach and Back up US1. It was a good ride!! The ride on US1 was really cold, at-least 10 degrees cooler. And I bonked really bad i think because of some Advil i took before the ride. I wont take any of that again. We also out ran some motor scooters on the Villano Beach Bridge.
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Long Leaf Pine Ride

Had a great ride! Brian, Jim and me. Rode 36 miles and had a lot of fun. It was my first time riding with Brian! He did great!! He is on a weight loss journey of his own. He has lost 50+lbs in just ~2 months! He was able to hold a good average of around 17mph. About 16 on the computer. The weather was awesome! Hope to do a 50 or 60 miles ride tomorrow.
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Lunch Ride

It was a hard ride for some reason! Aaron was Lance-Like and Kenny and me were struggling!!! Weather was nice.
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Long Lunch Ride

Just me and Jim Today! Had a good tail wind sometimes and a harsh head wind others!!! I held 34 MPH for about a mile on Southside!! It felt great!! Weather was nice but windy. Had a spill at JTB and Gate Pkwy. because I couldn't unclip fast enough. No real damage just my pride.
Its now Pre-Ride week. Time to start preparing for the big event the Lake Nona Tour De Cure!!! It will be my first century ride and Nemours is a silver level sponsor!
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Tour De Durbin Crossing

So I decided to do this NFBC ride with Neal & Scott R. this morning. I started out bad. I had a flat on the rear tire this morning. It happened at the intersection of Race Track and Bartram. It was a slow leak and i heard it before it went 100% flat. After I got it changed i got to Veterans Memorial Park. I was freezing. I wore my Balaclava and full cold gear. I was still cold. Scott had a flat about 10 miles into the ride and just turned around. I rode with the A+ group most of the ride until i fell back a bit and then me and Neal tried to find Scott. We didn't. By the time i got home i had rode 60 miles!!!
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Lunch Ride

Went back to our standard 12 mile route. I was a really nice day today! Just Me, Aaron, & Jim again.
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Short Lunch Ride

So we decided to do the 9 mile route for the first time in forever! It was easily the coldest that i have ever been while riding. So I was freezing. It was Jim, Aaron, & Me. Kenny was being part time this week. My weight is still between 290 & 300. Hopefully with the season getting better I can start dropping it faster.
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Lunch Ride

So today it was Kenny, Aaron Jim & Me. It was a really good ride! Weather as great and we kept our average speed up despite the fact that we had all ridden 4 days this week.
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Lunch Ride

Today was just Jim and me. We had a good ride was a little chilly but made for a good afternoon. I had my first flat!!! Right after we passed JTB on SS the stem came loose from the tube!!! Had co2 and a tube so I was fine though! Garmin Route

Lunch Ride

Just Aaron, Kenny, & me today! We had a rabbit to chase but never caught him!! He was on a TRI bike and was friggin haulin! And to make matters worse he told us he was coming off of an injury! we averaged really well but just didn't have it to hold with him for more than a mile or so!
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Lunch Ride

Ride was 5 of us today!!!!! Kenny, Kevin, Jim, Aaron, & I. It was crazy windy! We had a nice ride! I wish that we had this many riders all the time! My cadence sensor moved again! I need to figure out a way to hold it better!
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Long Lunch Ride

Did the long lunch ride today! I was a long windy trip! but the weather was beautiful!

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Lunch Ride

Just me and Kenny today! Averaged 20 MPH!! We were moving! Had a nice ride wish the others would have been there!
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Lunch Ride

So the lunch ride was awesome today!!! It was Kenny, Aaron, Dan!!!, & I. Dan still not feeling up to riding with us took the shorter route and we took the 12 mile route and tried to catch him!!! Yeah that didn't happen??? We pulled in about 2-3 minutes after he did. Still good but not fast enough. We averaged 20.5 MPH but that wasn't enough. It was pretty windy, but we hammered it out! Kevin got a picture of us also!!

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A1A Ride

Wow this was a long ride after such a long break!!! 54.5 miles, averaging 17.5 MPH. I forgot to turn on the "Pause on stopped" setting so it reduced my AVG MPH to 15 on the Garmin, but some easy math fixed that. It was 15-20 MPH sustained winds, with gust to 30 MPH. We were having to work going down the Vilano Beach bridge. It was just Neal and me, and Neal was on his friggin mountain bike! And kept up and pulled a lot of the time also!! He is a beast!

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Lunch Ride

Well it was the first ride back of the new year! It was definitely a rough start. The wind was cooking! but it was nice to be back on the bike. We only did the shorter router. It was Jim, Kenny. Aaron, & I.
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Cycling website up and running...

I now have the cycling website up and running!!

http://cycling.thelug.com

I might change it in the future but we will have to see. I have nemmtb.com but not sure if i want to change it yet.

I haven't been riding recently due to consistent temperatures in the low 20's.