Full W&OD Ride with Tim

What a gorgeous day for a bike ride! Tim and I rode from the Shirlington trailhead to the Purcellville trailhead and back on the W&OD as a preparatory ride before this Saturday's Sea Gull Century. My legs were a bit dead from yesterday's 50 mile ride. I felt great and was spinning well, I just didn't have the power in my pedal stroke that I would've liked to maintain a kick-ass pace. Tim kindly pulled for me for much of the ride, which helped to maintain my reasonable pace, and he obliged my pulls in return. The old knees and hips and my big old butt started to hurt on the return trip but I pushed through the pain to finish strong back in Shirlington. Great ride in spite of the aches and pains. Yeah, we're ready for Sea Gull, and we're gonna kick some serious butt! Bring it on!!!!

Full W&OD Ride with Tim by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

NOVA-CBG Extended Korte Vasa, the Fall Edition

Had a nice but slightly breezy and cool day. Spinning was easy and comfortable today and was able to add miles on the end to get my 50. Now for the full W&OD tomorrow and its 100 miles. Bring it!

NOVA-CBG Extended Korte Vasa, the Fall Edition by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

NOVA-CBG The Whiskey Ride

Had a lovely day for a ride on another of Carl's patented rides. I'd never been to George Washington's Grist Mill and Distillery and it was a fascinating place. The ride down was very nice with perfect weather. Got to stretch out the legs on the ride to the ride and a few points within it, and had a nice, slow jaunt home after the ride. Great way to end the weekend's riding, plus the whiskey tasting at the end was really enjoyable as well.

NOVA-CBG The Whiskey Ride by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

NOVA-CBG Super Duper Oxford Loop - Metric Century

We beat the rain and finished before any precipitation fell. It was a windy ride and all seemed to be headwinds. Riding on the aerobars was difficult and in places not possible or advisable. Additionally, Talbot County decided to put down lots and lots of tar and chip in place of smooth asphalt, which resulted in lots of gravelly roads. In spite of all of that, it was a great ride. I had nice company with Franklin who kept me honest and pulled a few times when the wind was kicking my butt. I got some nice sprints in and it was a good exercise in steady spinning. And the ride after the ride was quite enjoyable as well.

NOVA-CBG Super Duper Oxford Loop - Metric Century by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

NOVA-CBG Hills and Trees, Thrills and Breeze Plus an Arlington Triangle

Had an absolutely beautiful day for a bike ride. The day started off with a series of malfunctions. Pre-ride, Sue lost a screw from her Look cleats. Luckily, I had some at home from my old Look Keos so I had Sue drive me home and I got it and fixed her cleat. Also pre-ride, Aileen discovered her tire was flat so that had to be rectified. And to top it off, I didn't get to eat my breakfast as I ran around tending to this mishigas. But for all of it, we left on time at 10:15 and bounded off to the Arboretum for a lovely jaunt around and through the gardens. While there, Sue couldn't get her cleat on the other shoe to release only to find that she had lost yet another screw. We jury-rigged it with one screw at the top and one at the outside and got her going again. After climbing all those hills, we set off for Hains Point for some laps. I worked with John and Aileen on pacelining, intervals, and cadence. My average speed is nothing to write home about but I got a good workout anyway. We had a nice lunch/dinner at Beckett's when we got back to Shirlington but I wasn't satisfied with only 40 miles so I did a clockwise Arlington Triangle to bring me up to 57 miles for the day and over 100 miles for the week. Now we get to do it all over again next week.

NOVA-CBG Hills and Trees, Thrills and Breeze Plus an Arlington Triangle by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details