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!

1575

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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1540

Lunch Ride

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1528

Lunch Ride

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1516

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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1504

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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1492

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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1480

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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1456

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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1448

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

1436

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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