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Monday, August 31, 2009

42 km ride in the wind and chip&seal - 790 miles in '09

Date: 08/31/2009
Start: 11:50:00
Time Taken: 01:41:07
Total Distance: 41.70 km.
Burned: 1,896 (kcal)
Pace: 02:13 (avg)
Speed: 26.55 (km/hr) (avg)

42 km-CW-Kroener-Evans-Legion-Bland-Allen



70-77°F, winds N to ENE at 5-12 mph, sunny

Hard ride with the wind and miles of fresh chip & seal.

Monday, August 24, 2009

56 km bike ride - 764 miles for the year

Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/24/2009
Start: 13:40:00
End: 15:42:00
Time Taken: 02:01:44
Total Distance: 55.91 km.
Burned: 2,291 (kcal)
Pace: 02:10 (avg)
Speed: 27.56 (km/hr) (avg)

58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener



75-84°F, Winds SW-SE, 3-10 mph, Mostly Sunny. I suffered in the heat and the wind coming home.

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Now playing: Tangerine Dream - Sequence V from Patrolling Space Borders
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sunday - 56 km bike ride - 729 miles on the year

Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/23/2009
Start: 06:40:00
End: 08:37:00
Time Taken: 01:56:51
Workout Route: 58 km Kroener, Evans, Hicks, Centerville, Singing Woods, Cline, Allen
Total Distance: 56.29 km.
Burned: 2,199 (kcal)
Pace: 02:04 (avg)
Speed: 28.9 (km/hr) (avg)

Wind: calm, 55-66°F, light fog in low areas

58 km Kroener, Evans, Hicks, Centerville, Singing Woods, Cline, Allen




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Now playing: Canned Heat - Sandy's Blues from Living the Blues
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Friday - 20 km on the trainer

Type: Stationary Bike
Date: 08/21/2009
Start: 16:40:00
End: 17:15:00
Time Taken: 00:34:48
Total Distance: 20.02 km.
Burned: 382 (kcal)
Pace: 01:43 (avg)
Speed: 34.52 (km/hr) (avg)

Thunderstorms!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Wednesday - 4100 yd swim

3x500 kps
16x100: 4@2:00, 4@1:55, 4@1:50, 4@1:45
2x500 pk

Type: Laps / Swimming Pool
Date: 08/19/2009
Start: 08:15:00
End: 09:34:00
Time Taken: 01:19:24
Pace: 21:10 (avg)
Speed: 2.83 (km/hr) (avg)
Total Distance: 3.75 km.
Burned: 1,300 (kcal)

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Now playing: Cream - Cat's Squirrel from Fresh Cream

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tuesday - 56 km bike ride to 682 miles in 2009

Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/18/2009
Start: 09:17:00
End: 11:15:00
Time Taken: 01:57:54








Pace: 02:06 (avg)
Speed: 28.45 (km/hr) (avg)
Workout Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener




73-83°F, Mostly sunny, 0-5 mph variable winds, humid, but nice riding.
Saw the coyote again, this time with a couple pals.

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Now playing: Thelonious Monk - 'Round Midnight(in Progress) from Thelonious Himself
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Friday - 56 km bike ride - 647 miles on the year

Name: 56 km bike ride to 647 miles in 2009
Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/14/2009
Start: 09:43:00
End: 11:50:00
Time Taken: 02:06:22
Total Distance: 56.00 km.
Burned: 2,379 (kcal)
Pace: 02:15 (avg)
Speed: 26.59 (km/hr) (avg)
58 km Kroener, Evans, Hicks, Centerville, Singing Woods, Cline, Allen


Mostly sunny, 75-90°F, winds SW 5-15 mph
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Now playing: Joni Mitchell - Yvette in English from Turbulent Indigo

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Thursday - 56 km ride - 613 miles in 2009

Name: 56 km bike ride
Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/13/2009
Start: 09:41:00
End: 11:45:00
Time Taken: 02:03:37


Total Distance: 55.90 km.
Burned: 2,327 (kcal)
Pace: 02:13 (avg)
Speed: 27.13 (km/hr) (avg)
Workout Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener


72-88°F winds 0-5 from east at start, switching to 5-10 from the SSW
. Mostly Sunny.
Went out fast, but I really felt the winds in the second half.
Saw a coyote on Cline and a white tail deer ran with me for a few hundred yards along Ford.
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Now playing: King Crimson - Waiting Man from Aug 13, 1982 - Berkeley - The Greek Theatre Univ. Cal.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Tuesday - 56 km bike ride - 578 miles on the year


56 km bike ride
Type: Road Cycling - High Intensity
Date: 08/11/2009
Start: 10:00:00
End: 12:04:00
Time Taken: 02:03:35
Total Distance: 55.90 km.
Burned: 2,326 (kcal)

Good hot ride, mostly sunny, 72-90°F, winds 5-10 mph from NW

Workout Route: 58 km Kroener, Evans, Hicks, Centerville, Singing Woods, Cline, Allen


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Now playing: Joe Jackson - Mood Indigo from Summer in the City
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Monday 4300 yd swim for 100,000 in 2009

3x500 kps
10x100 @ 2:00
2x500 pk
16x50 @ 1:00

Not bad for the Monday after BoneyFest.
Name: 4300 yard swim
Type: Laps / Swimming Pool
Date: 08/10/2009
Start: 10:40:00
End: 12:10:00
Time Taken: 01:29:45
Total Distance: 3.93 km.
Burned: 1,300 (kcal)
Pace: 22:49 (avg)
Speed: 2.63 (km/hr) (avg)

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Now playing: Ian Anderson - Two Short Planks from Rupi's Dance
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Wednesday - 56 km bike ride - 543 miles for the year

Type: Road Cycling - Hill Workout
Date: 08/05/2009
Start: 09:57:00
End: 11:53:00
Time Taken: 01:56:25
Workout Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener
Total Distance: 55.90 km.
Burned: 1,552 (kcal)
Pace: 02:04 (avg)
Speed: 28.82 (km/hr) (avg)



Sunny, 72-88°F, winds 10-15 mph from the East helped on Hick's Hollow and final time.
Good hard ride - a long time since I did this under 2 hours.
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Now playing: Grateful Dead - Playing in the Band from Dick's Picks Vol 31, Philadelphia Pa & Jersey City Nj, 4,5&6 Aug 1974
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