FINS

Distance: 8+
Start Time: 3:00 pm
Ride Time: 2:00
Fellow Riders: Spencer
Weather: 59 degrees with clear skies.
Notes: First ride with Spencer since early December. I was planning to go out this morning but it was only 42 degrees out so I figured I would wait till it warmed a bit. The ride kept getting pushed back until the afternoon when Spencer texted me and asked if I was still available to ride. I was glad I waited. We got split up and ended up riding different sections of the trail for part of the time. I wanted a picture for the blog, so Spencer did the sexy mountain biker pose seen above. I'm still feeling timid on the bike. Part of it is my bald tires, which give me very little traction and control. Part of it is just trying to find my groove again.

Training Ride

Distance: 10
Start Time: 8:04 am
Ride Time: 0:47
Fellow Riders: None
Weather: 51 degrees with clear skies.
Notes: Power line road. 99th to 107th to 75th to 99th then home. I managed to injury myself while practicing bunny hopping. I guess I'm just a retard, but now I have some nice trail rash on my left knee.

Training Ride

Distance: 10
Start Time: 8:43 am
Ride Time: 0:43
Average Speed: 14 mph
Fellow Riders: None
Weather: 63 degrees and overcast, light sprinkle.
Notes: Power line road. 99th to 107th to 79th to 103rd to 99th then home.

Training Ride

Distance: 10
Start Time: 8:00 am
Ride Time: 0:40
Average Speed: 15 mph
Fellow Riders: None
Weather: 60 degrees and overcast.
Notes: Riding along the power line road again. 99th to 107th back to 83rd back to 107th and back to 99th. The other 2 miles are getting to and from the house to the power line road.

Training Ride

Distance: 10
Start Time: 8:10 am
Ride Time: 0:40
Average Speed: 15 mph
Fellow Riders: None
Weather: 53 degrees with clear skies.
Notes: I haven't made time to get out riding very much lately. This morning I didn't have time to hit a trail so I just went out and rode the power line road south of our neighborhood.

FINS

Distance: 7.5
Start Time: 9:10 am
Ride Time: 1:05
Average Speed: ??
Maximum Speed: ??
Fellow Riders: None
Weather: 55 degrees with clear skies.
Notes: After just getting my stitches out on Thursday, I found myself feeling a little timid on the trail today. I seemed to notice every sharp rock, steep drop off and spiny cactus along the trail. Still I wanted to get back out on my bike and start to find my groove again. I don't mind that I was a little more cautious today. (Not that I am normally an unsafe rider, I was just being extra safe after the crash I had on the last ride.) I was early enough that I was the only rider on the trail until right near the end when I passed 4 bikers on Spent Spade. Still don't have all my stats. I broke the base that my cyclometer attaches to during last week's crash and I don't know where the heck my cyclometer even is. I remember Mike handing it to me but I'm not sure where it went.

Hawes Trail

Distance: 5.3
Start Time: 8:50 am
Ride Time: ??
Average Speed: ??
Maximum Speed: ??
Fellow Riders: Mike
Weather: 53 degrees in shade at start, but quickly warmed in sun.
Stitches: 9
Notes: First ride of 2009. No stats because a few miles in, while going through the rock garden section of the Saddle Trail, I went over the handlebars and broke my face.