Last weekend, my friend, Seth rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge for the sixth time. The Pan-Mass Challenge is a three-day charity ride across the state of Massachusetts to raise money for the Jimmy Fund at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This event raises millions of dollars for cancer research and I’m proud that my [...]
Yesterday, as I was wandering around in my car, which I drive about once a week, I decided I should swing by Bicycle Outfitter for the first time in about 8 months, and buy a cyclometer that works with my back wheel and counts cadence. I picked up the feature-rich Cateye Astrale 8, so [...]
Two years ago today, I suffered a serious injury at the hands of a negligent driver while I was riding a metric century on my bicycle. Nearly a year later, I was on the ground again.
One year ago today, I rode the most recent mile I’ve ridden. After four crashes in four subsequent [...]
A couple of months ago, my friend, Seth, rode in the Pan Mass Challenge, a bicycle ride across Massachusetts whose proceeds raise money for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
This year, Seth set an incredibly ambitious goal — to raise $6,000. Through a combination of donations and software auctions, he met his goal. [...]
Today, Michael Rasmussen, general classification leader (yellow jersey holder) of the Tour de France, was fired by his team for missing two drug tests this year. This marks the first time I’ve ever heard of when the race leader was removed from the event. The lead goes on to the Discover Channel Team’s [...]
As of today, I haven’t been on my bicycle in 198 days. I’m evaluating whether or not I’m a lapsed or former cyclist. I’ve been badly injured by cars and every other day in the local news is information about another cyclist getting mowed down by a motorist in the prime of their [...]
One year ago today, I broke my face on the last metric century I attempted. Today, at Hollenbeck & Torrington in Sunnyvale, I crossed my 18,000th mile. I’m still trying to figure out how much more I want to ride. I have no goal this year. I’m really not feeling it [...]
Trying to muster my mileage again, after long periods of distraction and no desire to ride. Today, I thought I was in line to getting my 18,000th mile this week. The ride was mostly uneventful, all pathetically slow fifteen miles of it. Well, that is until my left cleat failed to hold [...]
50 weeks ago today, I landed on my face in Menlo Park. A few days ago, I got a call from Bicycle Outfitter to let me know that the repairs on the bike I crashed, my beautiful Trek 520. It’s taken them a while. First, they had a shipping issue with the [...]
Last year around this time of year, I asked you all to donate to Seth Dillingham’s ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge. I was having a great year last year and I already had 4,000 miles on my chart by the time July rolled around.
In July this year, I rode about 80 miles. I [...]
Just got back from the dentist. Oh, my goodness, look at that grin. Yeah. So, in the big crash in October, I broke several of my teeth, in addition to my jaw. I went to the dentist, got some exams done, and waited for my settlement.
Today, I headed back to the [...]
I had a full riding week this week. It’s forecast to storm next week and I could definitely feel it toward the end of the week. The wind was breezier. I’m still early in my training schedule, so my rides are mostly flat and easy. This week, I rode my fourth [...]
This week, unlike the previous three weeks, was very short. On Monday, the temperature after work was a balmy 67°F. Tuesday, on the other hand, was ten degrees cooler and much more windy. After Wednesday, it was very chilly and quite windy, so I decided to sit it out. Thursday, Friday, [...]
I just finished my third week back. Wow, is the third time a charm or what? Somehow, I was extra inspired on Monday and stomped out a rambunctious 19.9 mph average on a longer route (my weekdays were 12.1 miles this week). I changed my route somewhat to include about five miles [...]
I got rained out twice this week, but I was not going to miss my mileage goal on my second week back on my bike. On Monday, I sat out because of a rain storm. I redeemed myself somewhat on Tuesday, with a longer-than-scheduled ride to celebrate my 35th birthday. I was [...]
After work today, I came home, got all kitted up, jumped into my SPDs, and went for my birthday ride. Last year, I rode a mile for every year I’ve lived, but that wasn’t during the first couple of weeks after almost three months off the road. Today, I opted for 24 miles—enough [...]
On Sunday, I tested and bought a new bike, but it was without the cyclometer, so that mileage doesn’t count.
I started back on my 3:1 25% Training Schedule. Since I’ve been off the bike almost three months since the crash, I decided to pick up the training schedule at the very beginning–week 1.
This week [...]
I headed over to the shop again today to buy blinky lights for my new bike and to get a magnet, so I could chart my first miles since my crash. I went home with my new lights and fumbled with my cyclometer mount and the lights. Finally, I got on the bike [...]
Today, I went to Bicycle Outfitter to test ride a brand new Trek 1500. Since my 520 isn’t getting repaired anytime soon, my lawyer and I agreed that I should add a bike to my stable, so that I can get back on the road. Buying a hot new light road bike was [...]
My opposite coast cycling buddy, Seth Dillingham, bundled up and rode 25 miles through 40°F (4°C) temperatures today and completed his 5000th mile of 2005. Quoth the man:
Update: now that I’ve caught up on all of my stats, I see this ride put me over 5,000 miles for the year! That’s my third and final [...]
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