Category Archives: Training Ride

Training Day : Hill Climbing

Today’s Highlights: Today I stayed close to home and focused on hill climbing. I conveniently live at the bottom of a butte, so I can immediately started climbing. I cycled to the highest street on the Butte, then did five … Continue reading

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Foul Weather Hill Training

Today’s Highlights: The best weather we had today was 45 degrees, raining and high winds. So what’s a biker to do? Get out and ride, of course! I did my short, hilly training ride close to home, hoping to build … Continue reading

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Highland Training Ride

Today’s Highlights: I rode 53 miles today with about 2300 feet of climbing. My injury seems to be healing, although I don’t know why I rode slower today and yesterday. My route was a very scenic, traveling over the Hudson … Continue reading

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Training Ride

Today’s Highlights: Today I rode about 70 miles. Most of the route was on a flat rail trail and gentle country roads. There was one long, but gradual climb. I tried out my Canon G15 along the way. Pictures Of … Continue reading

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Getting Ready To Go

Today’s Highlights: I did a little clean up and tuning on my bike last weekend.  It was packed up by my local bike shop, Bikeway, today and sent on its way to Oregon. Today I rode my old Raleigh bike … Continue reading

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2012 Discovery Hudson Valley Century

Today’s Highlights: Today I participated in an organized ride by Bike New York.  The route I chose was 105 miles.  It started in Poughkeepsie at the end of Main St on the banks of the Hudson River.  We first traveled … Continue reading

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John’s Big Ride

Today’s Highlights: On Sunday, my grandson John, who is 5 years old, rode twelve miles with me and his dad.  We rode part of the Erie Canal route along the Tonawanda Creek.  He averaged six miles per hour and hit … Continue reading

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Blueberry Hill Training Ride

Description: For today’s cycling exercise, I chose to do some hill training.  It’s best to pick a hill with a nice name, because then it doesn’t hurt so badly, or at least it sounds like a nice destination.  So today … Continue reading

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