Solo After Work Ride

The ride was good. Weather was not really chilly but i would have liked it about 5 degrees cooler. I did really well and can feel myself getting stronger every time.

Solo After Work Ride

Cold 11 Mile Solo Ride

Was Cold and Windy today. But the ride was nice! I went alone on my lunch break. Down 38lbs today!

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2nd Time back on the bike!

So I rode but almost didn't. I noticed that my spokes on my rims were coming out of the nipples. I took it to Bicycles Etc. Sean hooked me up with a set of loaner rims while my warranty replacement are on the way. It's amazing after not going in the store for almost a year i show up and am treated like i show up everyday. They truly are a great local bike store and small business. Ride was 9.xx miles with Eddie and Kenny. Thanks for pulling guys. Off to the gym for some weight training and then some Dwight's Trivia at Tilted kilt with Dana, Nikki, & Todd.

After Work Ride 1/29/2013

Back in the Groove

Down 35lbs. in 26 days. Been back on the bike once. Going again tomorrow. Going to the gym almost every day. I will try and update more frequently.

4/25/2012

Breakfast
None :(
Lunch
Half Publix Turkey and cheese sub
Dinner
Chicken and broccoli, rice, shrimp, & noodles.

4/24/2012

Breakfast
One egg, fruit, potatoes.
Lunch
Medium Philly from Larry's.
Dinner
Half a Philly from Laspadas and half of a Italian sub.

4/23/2012

I had a Turkey and Cheese Pita for Breakfast this morning.
For Lunch I had a 6" Salsarita Turkey and cheese sub from Publix.
For dinner I had 2 small lobster tails, steamed veggies, and side salad from Outback.

Workout

1 mile 20 minutes on treadmill.
3 miles 15 minutes on stationary bike.
Light weight training for 15 minutes.


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Here I go... Again.

150lbs in 12 months no special diets, pills or surgery!


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Lake Nona Tour de Cure 2012: Ride Details

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161920494#.T3DO0LluKy8.blogger

My crappy return to riding!

First ride back

Blah. That was tough. Went wanting to do 25 miles. Got dropped and only felt like I could do 10. So I made the 10 mile turn and made it back first lol. Still had fun.


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Tour de Cure Lake Nona this weekend!

First ride this year! This is gonna suck!
TDC Lake Nona Website

Wow!!!

Really wow!! O well.


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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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813

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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772

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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Activity Details for Long Lunch Ride

469

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.

2009 Summary!

1575 Miles on the road bike.
220 Miles on the MTB
~110 LBS

All since April.

My goals for next year are:

225 Lbs.
2500 Miles on the Road Bike
300 miles on the MTB
Ride a Century
Run a Marathon
Plan to do an Iron Man Triathlon

Long Lunch Ride

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Kevin, Kenny, Jim, I rode today. It was a cold, fast, awesome last ride of the year! We were cooking. Averaged over 20 MPH. Heres to more miles and fun next year and a 200 Lbs. guy!

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Long Lunch Ride

It was cold day. We had server issues at work so Kevin couldn't go as planned. It was Kenny, Jim, & I. We did alright. The new route was great! It will be my new Lunch Ride!
About 3 miles into the ride the battery on my Garmin died because I hadn't charged it since the last ride and I played with it when I got my new shoes on Christmas day. So there is no route for today.


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Graham Swamp

So Neal, Kevin, and I went to Graham Swamp this morning! It was a beautiful day! The swamp was not that wet and it made for some good riding. I busted pretty hard on the medium jump at the beginning because I thought that I could ride through the branches of a bush. Think again. I was ok just a little sore. Kevin on the other hand. Busted really hard clipped in on the drop off in the mud area. This is the same place i busted. He ran his knee into the fork and cut his knee open pretty bad. But he was ok. We met up in the woods with some guy that was smoking a cigar while riding, I have no idea how he does it. I had to stay up wind it was killing me. After the first full loop Neal & I wanted to do it a few more times but Kevin was done. So we left. All in all it was a nice ride, just wish that it would have lasted longer.

Lunch Ride with the wind!

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Lunch Ride

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Lunch Ride

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This Weekend…

There was no riding this weekend. It rained ALL day Saturday & Sunday I went to the gym and spent the day with Dana. Hopefully the week has some decent weather, I would really like to get in some decent miles this week!

Lunch Ride 4

Today was Jim, Aaron, Kenny, & I. We had a fast ride! It was freezing again! In the 50's. We wore our arm warmers and I should have worn my leg warmers it was so cold. That is now 4 days in a row for lunch rides and I also rode the trainer on Sunday and worked out at the gym on Wednesday. It has been a good week!

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Lunch Ride Kenny, Wind, & I.

Today was just me Kenny and the wind!! Man it was rough! I had to drop in my small chain ring for a bit it was so bad! We were cruising at 24-26 for a while, and even hit 31 on Southside, but back on Baymeadows it was rough!

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296 Lbs.

Lunch Ride, Captain Blowout gets a friend...

Today's ride was awesome! Kenny, Jim, Aaron, & I rode and wore it out. We hit a max of 30MPH on flat land and even in the heavy wind we averaged 20.5 MPH. On the final stretch on Southside Jim hit something and got a flat. So Kevin finally has a fellow member to the Captain Blowout group. Kenny is a beast! He is getting really strong.

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Lunch Ride Freezing!

Ride was freezing cold and windy as it could be! I didn't bring my arm or leg warmers so I was really cold. It was just Kenny, Jim, & I. The wind was hitting hard, our average speed hurt because of it. It was only about 19 MPH. But it was a good ride.

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Pensacola 8 Mile Loop

So I finally got to ride while here in Pensacola. It was getting dark and a little cold but it was a great ride. Having not ridden in a week I felt like super man! The hills are awesome here. I tried to do a 12 mile loop but I guess that I turned one road early and it was only a 8 mile loop. Debris was a issue here, I guess that the street sweepers aren't as good as other places, I'm not sure. Wish I could have ridden more but I had a good time while I was here but am looking forward to getting back home to Dana.

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No rides...

Well this is the longest I have gone without riding in a long time. 6 days now. I hope to ride in the morning. The weather is getting cold and, thanksgiving, and I had to travel for work to Pensacola, which is where I am now. I hope to ride in the morning with a local group. It will be about a 30 miles ride I have been told. I also would like to do a 12 mile loop I found here during lunch. If the weather holds I may do that Wednesday.

Lunch Ride

Today it was Aaron, Kenny, Kevin, & I. We had a fast ride. Loved it! Weather is awesome!

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Micklers Landing w/ Kenny & Jim

The ride started out very early. 6am at my house Kenny met me and we rode out to Jim's. The weather held out nice and the temps were great! We made it all the way back to 2209 before the weather started looking bad. It sprinkled the last 3 miles of the ride and thats about it. Kenny held the pace on his new bike and pulled plenty! It was an awesome 44 mile ride.

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11/22/09 Micklers Landing Ride

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Lunch Ride

Today Kevin was back on Moto, so it was Kenny, Jim, Kevin and I. Kevin had no incident this time and again we had a fast ride. It was the 3rd day in a row so it was a rough ride for me strength wise, the wind was kinda strong.

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Lunch Ride

Was a good ride! Kevin punked out this time, and Aaron was out. It was just Kenny, Jim, & I. We had a good fast ride.

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Lunch Captain Blow Out Returns...

So we had a good group today! Kenny, Kevin (Captain Blow Out), Aaron, Jim, & I. We did the long lunch loop. We were really cooking and would have had a banner new record with Kevin even being on his mountain bike with knobby tires but Captain Blow Out struck again! He decided to be cute and hop a curb. He didn't quite make it and pinch flatted the rear tire. But other than that it was a super fast ride and the weather was awesome. I hit 32 MPH chasing Jim on the Southside stretch.

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Horrible Hundred 2009...

So yeah wow!!! It was definitely horrible!!! Wow it was easily the hardest ride to date! The route was very nice and the views were beautiful. But the course was very poorly marked! Jim missed a turn and we all missed the last rest stop. There were other occasions that if we weren't with a bunch of others we would have not known where to go! It ended up being ~ 73 miles. I achieved my goal of not walking up any of the hills! And we all finished the 70 mile route! Next year is the century for me. I am not doing any short rides any more, I need to move up! The worse part about the whole thing was missing the last rest stop!! That was Horrible! I got very dehydrated, and started feeling funny. Other than that it was a great ride!

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Morning Ride Late, Windy, Nasty, Freezing...

Wow this morning sucked!!! It was cold as all get out! I left 15 minutes late so i had to haul tail. The wind was out of control!! It was misting for a little while. Just horrible. Just like last night if it wasn't for the Horrible Hundred i would not have ridden. I met Jim a little north of his house, he left and we met about a mile short of the entrance to his place. It was easily the coldest & windiest it has been when i have ridden.

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Put my new tires on last night! I got the Michelin Pro 3's. I love them. They look great! I just hope that they will last longer than the Bontrager Race X Lites. They were a little smaller and harder to get on but i like them!

1283 Miles
299 Lbs.

Bridges 3.0 in rain...

It was a full house tonight!!! I did another all time best of 8 laps (16 climbs), about 12 miles. It was Jim, Kevin O', Neal, Mary (one of Neal's friends), & I. It was nasty!!!!! Raining, windy, cold. It was just plain nasty. Traffic was heavy. Pretty much if the Horrible Hundred wasn't Sunday i wouldn't have ridden!

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Bridges 2.0...

Bridges today were awesome! Me and Jim went out! I did my most laps ever of 7!! The weather was supposed to be bad but it ended up being super nice. I didn't need any cold gear! I had some issues with the VCD again. I will potentially look into it more before the first of the year. Did about 12 miles and will hopefully do it again this week!

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So i spoke to Dr. Schrum at the clinic today. He is one of the allergy and asthma doctors. He said that i described to him exactly the symptoms of "VCD - Vocal Cord Dysfunction". He said it is where the vocal cords contract instead of expand when exerting yourself. He told me that if i wanted to seek treatment that i would need to see a Speech Pathologist?? We will see i suppose. Until then i will just control my breathing.

Bridge attack...

So this was a good first trip back to the Nocatee Bridge. Unfortunatly the GPS turned off some how so i didnt get a full map but i did 6 laps (12 climbs) and about 11 miles. It was Neal, Scott R., & I. It was a little chilly but the weather held out and was nice.

I did have one problem though. I had a strange breathing problem. It kind of felt like what some people describe what asthma would feel like. I have never had asthma nor has anyone in my immediate family. It was like a tightening sensation around my throat, and it almost burned to breathe really really hard and deep. I found that if i closed my mouth half way that it limited the amount of air i took in and the discomfort lifted some. After the ride i felt a little hoarse and sore, and that lasted really until the next morning. It was a tad cold and when i say hard breathing i mean i was 100% max effort and climbing a bridge.

The Return of Kevin...

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So Kevin and I met Jim at the rear of his complex and rode in. It was cold! Temps were in the low 50's. So we all had our leg warmers and long sleeve jerseys on! They worked really well. My feet were still cold so i think that there might be a circulation issue, or maybe my shoes are too tight. But all in all it was a good ride. We saw a really neat front coming in.

Time Change Mickler Ride...

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So the ride this morning was awesome! Since the time changed when I left at 6am it was starting to get bright already and by the time I got to Jim's it was light out! It was great weather a tad chilly at times but warm enough to not be cold. The ride went really good it was the first long ride with the Garmin and it worked awesome! The battery was plenty powerful and the GPS was spot on the entire time. There was a little confusion in the GPS because when we got to Mickler's Landing we walked our bikes to the beach so the GPS has me tracked really slow, so it messed up my averages but that’s no biggie! I love the graphs this thing puts out! All in all I rode 45+ miles and felt awesome! My butt was a little so because I rode the MTB yesterday and hadn't in a while so the bigger seat made me a tad sore. I am also sure it didn't help that me and Dana stayed out until 1am at Angie's place for Halloween but I had a great time! We went in costume for the first time together! I was a whoopee cushion and she was a Brick house. I even bought a fart machine! It was great!

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Sand Spur Fun...

So went riding in the Julington Durbin Preserve. That is the place where I was attacked by Killer Bees last time I was in there. So I took a different route! Well this route was far better as far as sand and Killer Bees go. I had a really good time! I saw turkey, armadillos, squirrels & snakes. It was a nice warm ride. Went about 10 miles total and when I got back home I went to the pool and jumped right in with my bike shorts on and did a few laps. Man was that refreshing! But when I got out I noticed that my rear tire was a little flat and the front was pretty low. Then I looked and had about a 100 sand spurs in each tire. By the time I got to my front door they were both flat! At least it wasn't when I was deep in the woods. So when I got the tires off the tubes I had about 7 holes in each tube! So then I had to get needle nose pliers and pull each thorn out of my tire one by one!! Man was that fun! But it was good to get back on the mountain bike!

Solo Foggy Work Ride...

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Ride this morning was very very foggy and muggy. Not what you would expect at almost November!! I rode alone this morning and it was a good ride just wet and nasty after riding through the fog for an hour.

Mornin Ride From Jim's House...

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Met Jim at the back of his complex. Roads were nasty wet from the rain over night. The bikes got really dirty and we got pretty wet as well from road splash. We were a little slower than normal because we had to keep it slow in the turns and merges due to the wet roads. Still a good ride though!

Dark solo morning work ride...

Garmin Route


This morning was a little dark and a little cold. It was almost to cold but warm enough that i didnt have to wear cold weather clothes. Went fast I used the Garmin for the first time in the dark and it was awesome in the dark! I now have a attack time and my new route is 52 minutes. I called the city about the debris and sand on Phillips Hwy in front of the VW dealership. They were out there to clean it up in less than an Hour!!! I was like huh?? Really? I didn't think it would actually get cleaned up i was just calling to complain!

Long Lunch Ride 2.0

Garmin Route


So today we (Jim, Kenny, & I)rode the same route as yesterday and because of my cool new Cycle Computer I can compare all the info. It is sweet!! We went harder and faster today and kept my heart rate lower!!! 12 miles total Avg MPH of 19.8mph!

Long Lunch Loop.. w/ Garmin in tow :)

So here is the link to my Garmin route page.
Garmin Route

The new computer was awesome! The features are great and the computer functions on the PC are amazing. We did a 12 mile Long Lunch Loop. Averaged 18.7 MPH and I can graph everything. The only down fall i see is that i don't have a built in Odometer.

Morning solo ride...

So rode to work this morning, it was a good ride, fast and to the point. It is still really dark and it was really cold 55! I wore nylon jump pants, and a wind breaker but i was still freezing. Ride was 16.5 miles. My new Garmin computer should be here today !!! I cant wait!

Green Cove Springs...

Was a good long windy cold ride! I rode to Jim's house early and we left there for the Shands Bridge area. It was frigging cold. It was so cold I couldn't feel my toes any more. From Jim's house we went all the way down Long Leaf Pine, which dumps me right next to 13. That’s where I left Jim, (he was scared ;) he had plans). So then I had to use the bathroom emergency like :). So my options were pretty limited out in the sticks. So just by chance at the corner was a Chevron!!! Thank heavens. Well now being alone and pretty far from home, at least 20 miles, I decided that I would stand at the threshold of the door and ask if there was a bathroom I could use, I had my bike at my side then with the front wheel about half way in the store :), she said yes and pointed to the back. So me, refusing to leave my bike unattended rolled my bike right in the store and in the bathroom with me :) half way to the bathroom the lady spouted something off along the line of sir...ummm...we ummm... normally don’t let bikes in the store. But I just kept walking since she wasn't very loud spoken and just wheeled it right in with me. So then I was off alone to tackle the dreaded, scary, horrible Shands Bridge. Well it wasn't great but it wasn't that bad either, it was 8:30 ish when I rode it and only 9 cars passed me while riding it. A normal bike lane is 4', and this shoulder / bike lane was only about 2'. So it was small and there was a decent amount of trash and debris but it wasn't all that bad, the grading section was only like 40' and the crest was pretty good as well. The Clay County half of the ride was long, windy, cold, & full of hills. I liked the hills but man throwing in the wind made it terrible. I loved the country roads and morning sun. It took about 2 hours to get to Brian’s house and the ride was right at 40 miles. It was awesome to see Brian, Jessica, & Dillon. I hadn’t seen them in a while and need to do this more often. We ate at O'Charleys on the way to my house, which they gladly took me!! Food was good there I had never eaten there before. I wish Dana could have met us there but it was all the way in Fleming Island and we had a Baby Shower to go to.

Even before the Dr.

Had my Doctors appt with Dr. Romero today. Weighed in at 303lbs. BP was 130/79 and my pulse was 48. Things are getting a lot better. Rode 10 miles this morning, just did the Bartram loop and rode to the ST. Augustine / I-95 overpass and did a loop there. It was a good fast ride. Went home to jump in the pool before my Dr. Appt. and the dang pool was closed i was pissed!!!

Morning Ride...

Met up with Jim @ 6:30 at the back of his complex. I went a little further because he said by accident that it would be until 6:45 but he just was delirious. So the ride went on as planned until his protein shake got ran over by a truck :) that was hilarious! Then we were going down the fast stretch of Southside between Baymeadows and Deerwood Park and we hit 29.2 MPH it was amazing!! Ride was 26 miles for me.

First, Last Monday night Bikes Etc. Ride of the year...

So the ride went really well. Eddie, Kenny, & I went and man did Eddie do great! It was easily his fastest ride to date. He averaged around 18 MPH, and he has only been riding about a month! We went 32 Miles!! We left Eddie's house and rode to Bikes Etc. the ride was good we went down San Jose to the Acosta Bridge, Kenny didn't know that part and didn't like that he wasn't warned ;). He was on the Mountain Bike and did awesome as well.
The new wheels are awesome! They spin up so much faster and my average speeds are higher! I am thoroughly pleased!

New setup...

This afternoon Dana and I went up to Bikes Etc. to pick up my bike. I finally got my replacement rear wheel in which was upgraded from a Race to a Race Lite!! I also upgraded the front wheel to match! I upgraded my saddle to a Race X-Lite due to bending issues, and I love the New SRAM Rival Compact crank. Dana was looking at a 48cm Cannondale but she couldn’t make up her mind. We think we need to do some more testing before we know if she is really going to like road riding. I need to take her out so we can let her get the feel of a ride not just a parking lot test. I am at 950 miles so far and I am down to 307 on the home scale!! My doctors Appt. is Friday and would love to be at 299lbs!!!!! We will see!

Just Lunch even faster...

So this afternoon Jim, Kenny, & I did the lunch loop again which was day 2 for me and day 3 for Kenny! We again tried to beat our previous day and we did. Kenny was on the mountain bike again and we made it in 28 minutes. We could have gone a tad faster but we didn’t want to drop Kenny. He is a beast on the mountain bike! It was hot again @ 100°!! I think that I will take the weekend off and relax. I am planning on riding the Monday night Bikes Etc. ride with Kenny and Eddie.

Lonely Morning & Fast Lunch...

This morning I rode to work and did the short Bartram loop and then to work solo. I went hard and fast. It was dark almost the entire time and the weather was pretty muggy. At lunch Kenny and I rode the lunch loop and tried to break the 30 minute record. We did the loop in 29 minutes and he was on his mountain bike!! It was smoking hot; the temp on my computer was 102°!! So that was about 30 miles for today. Was the first time riding since the MS and I felt great!

MS-150 2009

So we rode the MS-150 and finished it, but not without hiccups! 7 miles into the ride on day one my crank arm decided that it didn’t want to be attached to my bike anymore and stayed on my shoe. I lost out on 19 miles of the ride catching SAG vehicles to the first and second rest stop trying to find a new crank bolt; the old one was stripped completely smooth!! After that we got on the way again. Eddie rode 30 miles and then left so that was his longest ride to date (He has only been riding 1.5 weeks)!! All the rest stops were awesome! Lunch was awesome; we had Firehouse Subs, Myoplex protein shakes, vitamin water, fruit, etc. The end of day one was amazing!! The feeling is unreal! Aaron fell at the finish line that we missed :), sorry Aaron.
Day 2 was far less problematic. Kenny & Eddie didn’t ride, but Jim, Aaron, Kevin, & I all rode with Neal. We rode together for about 3/4 of the day and then Kevin got a flat (Surprise!!!) We then lost Neal. Jim fell at one of the rest stops in the middle of the road. Today was only 65 miles, and day one was 86 miles. No lunch stop today but plenty of food. The finish line was amazing in St. Augustine!!! So many people! Dana was there with Kenny's wife and Aaron's wife, taking video and pictures. Bubba burger was there serving burgers, free beer, sides, and cokes, anything you can imagine! Kenny decided that he didn’t want to be completely left out on Sunday so he rode 2 miles from the finish and met us and rode the last 2 miles with us to the end so he got in the pictures!

Here are the links to the routes.
Day 1 Google Route
Day 2 Google Route

I ended up riding:
133 Miles
17.5 MPH AVG
33 MPH Max
7 Hours & 40 Minutes

Last ride before the MS 150...

So this morning Jim and I rode to work. It was cold as crap this morning! It was 60° this morning and by the time I got to work I couldn’t feel my toes and my hands were numb. I wore my normal shorts and jersey but had an Under Armor long sleeve gear shirt on under it. I will definitely need some warm clothes for the winter. The ride was our normal 24 mile ride from the back of Jims house and we went at a really fast pace today. Averaging 19 MPH total. But we had a 1.5 mile sprint from Baymeadows and Southside to Deerwood Park. We averaged 26 MPH for that 1.5 Mile stretch!!!! It was insane! Ate pasta for lunch the carbing has begun!!!