Beyond the Minuteman

[dmaze]

Managed to squeeze in two days of biking this weekend with the Quad group, 54.94 miles yesterday (route map) and an additional 43.61 today (route map). Today's looks almost exactly like one of the "Beyond the Minuteman" route cards: go out on the Minuteman, wander around in Concord for a bit, and take the most direct route back to the Minuteman.

Yesterday's ride started slow for me but picked up, and seemed to turn into a reasonable hill-climbing day. Today's ride started at a reasonable speed but then slowed down a lot when I was heading home. I didn't feel too wiped out at the end of it, just slow. I'll take that as a weekend result.

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[gigglefest.livejournal.com]

Now that I've shaken off the winter cobwebs, so to speak, and drunk the clipless kool-aid, it might be time to try group rides somewhere. I haven't figured out cycling goals for the year (including whether to have cycling goals). And I did get your comments about the Quad rides, thanks. :)

[dmaze]

If you've gone through the experience where you panic-brake to not hit the {squirrel,small child,little old lady,semi}, realize you're stopped but still attached to the bike, and very gracefully fall over, you're probably good on the clipless pedals.

My weekends tend to be pretty flexible unless I have commitments. I've more-or-less been biking one day and playing bridge the other, but very recently we've started playing two club bridge games on weeknights which gets up to the total amount of bridge I can sustainably handle, so there's some possibility I might go twice again this coming weekend. If there's a specific day you want to both show up for I can plan for it now.

[gigglefest.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Right now the weather for Sunday looks better, so that's probably when I would go. I would appreciate the company and moral support, but feel free to make your own plans -- I'm frazzled this week, and not doing well in advance planning.