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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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