Low key

Last weekend was low key - the highlight was ironing my shirts. I'm trying to get the hovel habitable, and it's just this close to getting there.

No bike ride, and probably not one this weekend either.

Bike Sunday (bike ride beautiful day part 3)

Kate and I drove out to The Plains, which google maps tells me is about 48 miles from DC. From there, we did this bike route here which was really beautiful. A screen shot of the route is below:


The Plains is just off I66 and really in the country. The route took us to Middleburg, and then a bit north and west, and then we headed back south and into the village again, where we had lunch with this couple we met while riding.

The ride took about 3 1/2 hours, which wasn't bad at all given the terrain and the stops we took. I definitely need another water bottle and bracket - I ran out of water and that is not good. We had lunch at a nice little place in The Plains and also stopped by a farmers market out that way before getting on 66 and heading home.

Thursday is almost Friday

Life is a funny cycle right now:
Get up.
Do my stretches and exercises.
Make breakfast. Have breakfast.
Turn on the computer. Load Skype. Talk to the Lord of the Universe.
Shower, shave, brush teeth, get dressed.
Ride bike to work.
Work - a lot of hours, a lot of work. Remember to keep it chill.
Towards the end of the workday, call the Lord of the Universe.
Ride my bike home.
Get on the computer.
Make some dinner.
Go to bed.

Weekends are a lot more interesting. That's when I do the laundry. :-)

Bike ride beautiful day II

Today was basically a repeat of yesterday in terms of weather: much better than what we deserve for August. I wanted to do a real ride today, so I set out the Route 66 trail, which starts as the Martha Custis Trail and then turns into the W & OD Trail (named after the railroad right of way it runs along, the Washington and Old Dominion). I wanted to do 45 miles, and then decided to go for a metric century, 100 kilometers, or about 62 miles. Here's the route, which ended up being 104.56 km, or 64.97 miles...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2159768

Here's a map -



You, dear reader, get to see each ride I do, if you read this carefully, so you know this is by far the most I've ridden since I started the blog. I'm a little tired right now, but feel okay. My knees are a little sore. Along the ride, I did not eat right or control my blood sugar well, so I had a "crash" feel there for a while. I did not do it too quickly, either, but at least I did it. Given the need to slow down or stop at all the cross streets, it's difficult to get much speed up along much of the route.

I had an extended stop with two dear and close friends, K & J, in Fall Church, just a little bit off the trail, so I really did a little more than the 65 miles.

Bike ride beautiful day

An incredible day here in DC today. I got a little bike ride in, to Pentagon City. Total distance was only 20.4 kilometers ...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2157229

Last week, it was a little different ... 31.6 kilometers ...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2157285

Both days were nice but last Sunday was a lot hotter.

Saturday chores

Typical Saturday - laundry, cleaning. Also trying to get rid of some furniture and a tv and dvd player. If I'm real lucky, I'll get a nap in ...