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Haven't entered stats in awhile but I've been riding. Long ride today after no sleep last night and am still sick. Nice time though considering. Odometer at 4578. 

Windy ride around Washington Park. Did some trails through the woods and also got up to 30mph on a downhill. 

New record of 12 big laps around Washington Park, all in the rain. Soaked. Tired. Happy. 

Beautiful day for a ride. 4 laps around WP. 

Awesome ride about Washington Park. New lap record of 6:16. 

Rode home from work, early due to approaching storms. 

Rode to Head West and back to work. 

Rode to work 

Nighttime ride to Schnucks and back. Rode much faster on the way home so my Ben & Jerry's wouldn't melt. 

New WP lap record of 6:32. Paid for it with the following few laps though. 5 total. 

Rode to kids' house, took them on a long and slow ride through WP and came home. 

Rode to Chatham and back. Killer winds. That's 104 miles this week. Haven't ridden that many in a week for over 5 years. 

New record of 10 big loops in Washington Park. Some in a lovely downpour. So. Tired. 

New record of 8 big loops at Washington Park. Wasn't feeling that great but pushed myself for a good average. Fall is beautiful. 

Short and slow ride to WP, one loop. 

Work to WP, 5 loops. Rode slow but sill got a good average. 

To work 

6 long laps around WP (new record). Got bike back from shop today. Rode like new. 

To WP and around big loop (2 miles) five times. This is a better loop than the last one. Math is easier when I lose track. Everyone I know at SHS was at WP today. 

To WP, 10 laps (new record) and back home. 

To WP, 8 laps around (new record) and back to apt. 

Hood st to apt. Very windy. Finally hit the 4000 mark on my odometer. 

From downtown to Hood St 

To WP, 5 laps and back home 

Downtown loop, three laps at WP and home 

Ride home from work 

From apt to work, down Monroe the whole way. 

Home to WP and back. Slow cruise 

From apt to WP, three laps and home. 

From apt to WP and back 

From apartment to WP and back 

Rode home from work 

Rode to Head West and back 

Rode to work 

To work, got camera gear, to WP, filmed stuff, back home. Time estimated. 

Rode home from work 

Rode to Head West and back to work 

Rode to work 

Rode home from work. Slight wind. Beautiful day. 

First ride to work in a long time. 

Rode to Wabash, near Sonic, and back via Outer Park 

Rode past Scheels and back. Super ridiculously hot outside. 

Rode home from work. 

Rode to work. Lots of traffic. Good times. 

To Washington Park and back 

Ride home from Washington Park 

Time was estimated. Ride to Washington Park. 

Short ride with Courtney 

Nice ride home. Heat index of 107 though. 

nice ride to work, except when I dropped my bagel in the road, butter side down. 

heat index of 108. nice ride 

nice ride to work 

Rode to Washington Park and back with Keil for frisbee golf. 

Rode with Courtney. To Washington Park, downtown back and to gas station and back. 

Rode home from work 

Rode to work 

short ride after getting home from work 

 

 

Nice ride on a hot day. Went to Washington Park, downtown, back to the park and then home. 

Rode with family to Washington Park. I pulled the kids in the trailer. Good times. 

First ride in quite some time. Was a beautiful night for a ride. 

 

 

 

Two rides combined. From work to parents house, and from there back home the next day. 

 

 

I woke up at 7:20 today (I usually LEAVE for work about 7:30). I totally made it to work on time. And I even rode slow. Awesome! 

 

 

 

 

Rode the metric century in the CCC with Sally. Was a beautiful day for a ride. Was glad I only did 62 and not 100, 'cause I'm dead now. Good times though. 

Nice little ride to prepare for the century tomorrow. Just wanted to make sure my bike was in good working order after my half-ass tune-up that I just did a little while ago. Awesome. 

 

A nice relaxing night ride to Washington Park and back. Got the top speed going down a dark hill. That will get your blood pumping! 

Sunday morning ride with family. From home to downtown to see the tandem bikers start their long trip (there were tons of them!). Then to Washington Park. Then back home, then to Panera for lunch and back home. 

 

 

 

 

Short ride to park and back with family. 

Rode from one office to another today after a meeting. 

 

First ride with luggage rack instead of bookbag. My back enjoyed the fresh air. 

 

Nice slow ride to work. I think this is my new 'average' speed for the commute. No point pushing it and being totally sweaty at work. Seems to work out better going a little slower. 

 

Had a nice slow ride to work. Was a little spooked about getting hit again, but wasn't as bad as I thought. Still a little hard to ride with my shoulder, but I'll be ready for the century next month for sure. 

Got bike back from the shop, and also bought a helmet. Shoulder is still sore, but I can ride alright. Towed Ethan around the neighborhood and down the trail a bit. Feels great to be back on the bike! 

hit by cwlp truck on Stanford on way to work 

 

nice slow ride to lunch and back 

Fixed the flat tire from Monday. Was pretty humid outside so I went slow this morning. 

Got a flat two miles away from work. Walk sucked. Was super humid. 

to washington park and back with family via Chatham 

to Chatham and back 

slow ride home from work 

 

 

Rode to Jimmy Johns and back. Was hoping to get a sandwich cheaper than Panera's, and it was. So that's cool. 

This is two rides to/from work combined. Forgot to enter stats on Tuesday, and was too lazy to go back in the house this morning once I hopped on the bike. 

 

 

I've been riding a lot slower since it has been so hot outside. It's nice not being totally drenched when I get to work, but it is totally boring riding so slow. 

 

Rode to Washington Park and back with family. 

 

 

Nice slow ride in the morning. 

 

Rode to parents' house for lunch. 

 

 

 

 

Tried to ride no-handed all the way to work. Didn't work. Had to touch the handlebars 4 times on the way, but I did get a stretch of 2.4 miles totally hands-free. 

 

Rode to Washington Park and back with family. 

 

rode to lunch 

 

 

Rode very slow to see if I would be less sweaty when I got to work. I am, and it took much less time to cool down. I think in the long run, it's better to ride slow. But that's no fun. 

 

 

Woke up late, got out of the bed and hopped on the bike. Rode very slow. 

We had a night without the kids, so Courtney and I had a nice long ride in town. We went all the way across town to Northgate and rode by our old house. Beautiful night for a ride.. 

Long ride with family (towing kids in trailer) to Chatham and back. 

rode with family to Washington Park and back 

 

short ride around neighborhood with family 

 

Tried to beat my record on the way to work. Ended up with forth or fifth quickest ride to work, but oh well. I had a crosswind that didn't help or hurt too much. 

 

First ride to work after we got back from vacation. Backpack felt great on my sunburnt shoulders. Note to self: buy a bag rack for the bike. 

 

Nice leisurely ride to Panera to celebrate 3000 miles on the bike. WOOT! 

 

 

 

to Baskin Robbins with family and back home 

 

 

not bad for a 17mph headwind 

Beautiful day for a lunch-time ride. 

 

 

 

Got bike back from shop (needed new cassette and rear brake line). Rode around Sherwood with family. 

 

 

Rode home right before bad storms rolled in. 

 

 

 

Slow cruise with the family to Cathy's house and back. 

 

 

Wind at my back. It was sweet. 

 

 

feel like crap so I took it slow this morning 

 

 

National Bike to Work Day. It was awesome! 

Stupid 16mph headwind. Nobody likes you. 

Got a tune up today and picked up my bike after work. New brakes, new tires, totally awesome. Very fun to ride again. Woot! 

Badly need a tuneup. Brakes are soft, back tire keeps losing air, gears not changing - what up dang! 

 

 

 

rode to Panera for lunch 

Great morning for a ride. And no flat tires this time! Bonus. 

got a flat as soon as I got to work 

Wind: 26mph, gusting to 38mph. Yeah, I could do without the winds. They pretty much make life horrible on the bike. 

Beautiful morning for a ride. Windy, but that's normal. 

Rode to Baskin Robbins and back with the kids in the trailer and with Courtney. 

 

Tired of the cold. This morning might have been the last cold ride in a long time - weather is supposed to shape up. We'll see about that. 

 

Um, cold. Isn't it Spring yet? What's up with this 30-something weather? Yuck. 

the ride from hell. cold winds 25-30mph in my face the whole ride back. was miserable. 

Rode to lunch. Cold, windy. Story of my life. 

Looked like a bad storm kicking up behind me. Got to work and checked the satellite, and I just beat it. Woot! 

wet and terribly windy. pretty bad ride. 

Wind sucked. About 14mph in my face. Yikes. 

short, slow ride with the family 

Super quick ride. Wind at my back about 15mph and weather was perfect. 

rode to get a haircut, then picked up lunch from Subway 

Stopped at the post office to buy some stamps and mail some bills. Fun fun! 

 

 

Surprisingly my high speed was not on the single downhill of the trip. It came when I was side-drafting a close line of cars that were right next to the bike lane. The draft coming off of them pushed me along. 

Rode to Panera and back for lunch. It's a beautiful day today. 

Nice outside. Took my time for a leisurely ride to work. 

Winds about 25-30. Totally sweet. 

Strong winds from the south (at my side), but didn't slow me down too much. 

Extremely windy and unpleasant. It was sunny and relatively warm, but the wind made it more miserable than my ride this morning in 31 degree calm air. 

31 degrees outside, but sunny with no noticeable wind. Pretty cold, but not miserable. 

no wind, so a good gauge as to what a normal time should be like 

cold and somewhat miserable 

 

Pretty good ride. Chilly outside, and I'm still out of shape. But it's starting to feel a little more like spring. 

Finally a ride where the wind was not an obstacle. It was a nice ride home from work, and this was a good average speed to shoot for in the future. 

Rode to Panera and back for lunch. Not too bad outside. I took it slow though so I wouldn't be all sweaty when I got back to work. 

Best ride to the new office yet. It was still very cold out, but the wind was mostly calm. It was glorious. 

Wind was absolutely horrible. About 20MPH in my face. 

20 MPH winds, a windchill of 30 degrees - yeah, it was a nice ride. 

Very wet outside, and kinda raining a little bit. I got totally soaked, but it was a fun ride anyway. Better than driving, that's for sure. 

First ride home from new office (on Stanton). I'm still pretty sick, so it was slow going. 

First ride in a long time. Very slow, but I'm pretty sick, so that's cool. Can't wait to ride more once it warms up for reals. 

Not too bad for being out of shape on a chilly, windy, rainy morning. 

First time back on bike in a LONG time. Had a tailwind, but I was still winded when I got to work. Super fun. 

way too windy 

 

 

 

Colder than morning ride, and windy. 

 

 

It was like 25 degrees outside. 

 

Rode home from doctor's appointment. Apparently I'm healthy 'cause he said I didn't have to come back for 10 years. 

brisk, as in flippin cold 

 

Rode real slow. That's what I get for staying up till 3 AM working on my podcast. Daveheinzel.com - making quality of life sacrifices to mildly entertain you since 2000. 

Rode with family to Washington Park and back. Beautiful fall night, geat for a ride. 

 

 

Stopped by Post Office on the way home. They were predicting a headwind of about 30 MPH, but it wasn't close to that bad. 

Totally has to be a new record to work on Chatham. The 20MPH tailwind didn't hurt. Just wish I would have beat 12 minutes. When I know I'm close to a record, I don't look at the timer, I just turn it off when I get to my destination. This time I should have peeked. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rode with Courtney on Chicago's lake shore trail. It was overcrowded and surprisingly hot for an October morning. 

forgot water bottle. rode slow. 

 

The wind was horrible. 

sloooow ride, but totally not sweaty when I got to work 

 

 

 

just a short ride to and from a meeting close by 

Felt great this morning, and it was cold out, so I rode fast. I could ride this fast every day if I wouldn't be totally stinky by the time I got to work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impromptu night ride around town. All the crazies were out on a nice Friday night. 

Got rained on for awhile, but it felt nice. Too bad it didn't rain for long. Our lawn is turning into a desert. 

 

 

Could not have ridden slower if my wheels were triangles. 

 

 

Rode from work to a meeting at the Stanton building. Kinda warm so I took it slow. Beautiful day though. 

Totally rode slow to avoid getting all sweaty, and I think it worked. But I think just being outside for 15 minutes makes you smell like 'outside,' which isn't always a great thing. 

We rode the kids over to that Halloween store on Wabash. It was pretty neat, a little overpriced, but definitely worth checking out. 

Blew away old record coming home on Chatham. One time I thought I'd never beat 13 minutes, today I beat it by 30 seconds. Craziness. Had a nice tailwind though. 

 

Stopped by the eye doctor's to pick up some new contacts. Flippin sweet. 

 

Stopped by clients' on the way home. The ride was longer, but I forgot to turn my timer on after a stop. 

 

Did the Springfield Century (40 mile loop) with Sandy. Beautiful day for a bike ride. 

Nice evening ride with the family down the trail, around Jerome and home on Chatham Road. 

 

Windy, and in the right direction for a change. 

totally windy, in the wrong direction 

short ride to meeting and back, work clothes on and everything 

 

Very short ride with a fussy family. 

Long ride with both kids in trailer. Tired daddy. Also Mia slept half of the ride. 

Total best time EVER coming home on Chatham. No way I'll ever beat it. 

went really slooooow to try and not be all sweaty. worked a little, but not much. 

 

Everyone tried to hit me today. 

hott 

 

Rode with Courtney and kids to the Sherwood park. 

 

Rode slow with a 'cast' thing on my arm. Otherwise not too bad. 

This entry is for two Sunday rides with the new kiddie trailer and Courtney's new pink bike. 

Rode to Panera and back with the wife and kids. 

Courtney got herself a nice pink bike, and we bought a kiddie trailer. We went on a nice little test ride. Didn't have bike calculator. 

 

Dude, I rode so slow, and I'm still soaking. It's just too hot and humid to be riding to work everyday. 

New record coming home on Chatham. Never thought I'd beat 13 minutes, but I did. Slight tail wind, but I think the high heat index offset any positive effects of that. And I only got honked at once! It was a good ride. 

Um, hot. 

Heat index is only 96. Much cooler than yesterday. 

um, hot. 

Dude, it was hot at like 7:30 this morning. Dang. 

 

 

 

rode soooo slow today. trying not to be too sweaty when i showed up for work. 

 

 

Just a slow night ride down Interurban Trail to Woodside Road and back. 

Went on an awesome night ride down Interurban trail. Sandy Dee hooked me up with a gift certificate to BikeTek which I used to buy a new headlight. That thing lights up the whole trail! Awesome. Thanks Sandy! 

After work I discovered that all of my clothes that live in the locker room at work were gone. Pants, shoes, socks, shirts, deordant - all gone. I found them in a dumpster, where they were baking in the sun all day. It's a long story. 

 

 

 

Rew time record coming home on Chatham Road. Riding 25 mph on the sidewalks is fun! 

 

stopped by clients' on the way home to pick up a job 

 

 

 

had to do an errand on the way home 

lazy ride on a humid morning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

strong winds from the west 

cooler and a little windy, so I just went real slooooow 

 

 

had errand downtown to run downtown 'on the way' home 

 

 

 

 

Took Chatham to work. It's getting totally not scary at all anymore, but I still prefer the longer 'scenic' route when I have the time. 

Took Chatham to work. Getting used to the traffic and finding the best places to cross. 

Rode home from Panera. Beautiful night for a ride - there were a ton of people on the trail. 

Rode to Panera for a meeting. 

 

 

Nice slow ride to the AT&T store to get in line for the iPhone. 

wet and rainy 

Grounds were wet and it was sprinkling, but it wasn't too bad. 

 

Too Chatham to work. Not a good idea unless I beat the traffic, but today I was running late. Played Frogger the whole way. 

It rained this afternoon, so everything was wet. The chain fell off at one point, and I totally about wiped out on my shortcut off the Interurban Trail. 

Not a bad ride, but pretty humid outside. 

 

soooo humid. not even funny. 

Took Chatham to get home quicker. It's not a horrible route if you stay on the right sidewalks. 

Poured the whole time. My work clothes in the bookbag got wet too, so I had to call Courtney to bring me some new clothes. Kinda defeats the purpose of riding. 

 

 

 

nice slow ride to work 

 

Hot, humid, wet and windy ride. 

Had to stop by the insurance agent's office on the way home so they could tell me that our broken windshield has to come out of the deductible, so we're paying for it all ourselves. Sweet. 

Just when I thought I couldn't do the Chatham Road route any faster, I beat my record by about 30 seconds. It helps to leave early and beat the rush. 

75 degrees and calm - nice summer night for a bike ride. Didn't want to beat Sandy's weekly mileage because she let us come over and use her pool today. Finally got my new tail light installed, so hopefully it will continue saving me from certain death. 

Took Chatham all the way home. Swerved in and out of traffic, on and off the sidewalks - I was all over the place. It was rad. Quickest time ever to get home - under 14 minutes. Not quickest avg, but I don't think I can ride Chatham any faster than this. 

Beautiful morning for a ride, so I went super fast and got really sweaty. I only had to stop once (to cross Lawrence). 

combined 2 rides - 1 from work to a meeting, then the second ride from the meeting home. hot sunny day. 

 

Nice ride home today on a calm warm day. 

Took Chatham Road sidewalks this morning - just rode slow and took my time. It's not a horrible ride, but you can't go too fast. 

 

Rode super slow on purpose to try and not break a sweat. I've decided that just being awake makes me sweat. But it was a nice ride anyway - did most of it no-handed to try and straighten up my back. 

Rode from home to the IDOT trail and most of the way to Rochester. Turned around at 10 miles and ended up riding exactly 20 miles (turned off the bike computer without even looking at miles). Beautiful day for a ride. 

This ride was to put me over 1800 miles on the odometer since last June. It was a super dark night, and there were crazies everywhere. I think a fireworks show had just finished at Washington Park. Tip - don't take previously unridden roads at night when there are no streetlights. 

Average Friday ride home from work: crazy drivers in cars, crazy Dave on bike. All trying to get home to their families. 

For lunch today I rode downtown, cashed a check, dropped off a tax thing to the mortgage dude and picked up some lunch from the Alamo. It was a nice little trip, except for the part where I lost balance and almost plowed into a parked car. The quesadilla was really making me pull to the right. 

Not a bad ride, just trying to go slow and take it easy on my sore neck. But I did pass a flock of bikers in the park. 

Winds were not nearly as bad as they predicted. Sweet! 

18 MPH winds blowing me straight to work. At one point I was peddling 22 MPH and didn't feel any wind - it was dead silent. Totally weird. On the way home I'll be riding INTO 30 MPH winds, so that will be interesting. 

17 MPH winds in my face. Was pretty bad, but tomorrow we're supposed to have 50 MPH winds. Should be fun. 

Not a bad ride to work, just tried to go slow and not be all sweaty by the time I got here. 

Another dark night ride. Did the Washington Park figure-8 in both directions and headed home. 

 

Woke up this morning and my back tire was totally flat. Must have run over a cactus last night. I replaced the whole tire and tube with my spare and got 'er up and running in no time. This bike-fixing stuff is getting easy. 

Nice night ride to the Old State Capitol and back. Took an extra lap around Westchester to find out it's 1.6 miles around the main loop. 

from work to my parents' house - wind at my back for the first time in a long time 

 

Finally a day without wind in my face. Much quicker. 

17 mph winds in my face. I'm really friggin tired of always riding into the wind on almost every ride. You'd think once in awhile it'd be behind me. 

I left early to beat the rain that didn't come, so I took a couple extra laps around Washington Park. 

Nice outside but had 16 mph winds in my face. 

nice slow ride to work on a humid morning 

Hmmm that's odd... the horrible wind from this morning that would have helped me ride home really fast died down and was non-existant. Seems that it's always that way. 

I think I have magical powers over the wind, and not in a good way. The wind is almost always in my face, and today it turned around and was blowing from the north at 14mph. 

When my max speed is less than 20, you know it was windy (20 MPH winds from the south). I made a work-related stop on the way home which took me on a longer route than usual. 

Didn't go too fast this morning, just trying to take it easy and not be too sweaty by the time I got to work. Was not successful on that. 

Beautiful night for a ride. Went up the west side, over to Fairhills Mall, down to Washington Park, over to and down MacArthur and back to Westchester on the bike trail. It was breezy without being windy and was a perfect mix of warm and cool. 

Too windy to fight it, so I just went slow and dealt with it. Also I got a plastic bag stuck in the rear gears on the bike and had to stop and take off my wheel and fish out hundreds of shreds of plastic. 

Super quick ride to work, and my max speed was awesome (got it on the hill in Washington Park by the daycare building or whatever it is). I'm starting to like the ride to work, but I miss going through downtown on my old ride. 

wind in my face at 14mph. not a very fast ride. 

Google Earth's ruler tool enabled me to find a couple shortcuts that took half a mile off my ride. Sweet! 

Beautiful day for a ride, but I ran out of energy halfway to Chatham. Maybe I need to eat bigger breakfasts on days that I ride. 

Beautiful weather. Best day ever. 

Tried a new route to work: Interurban Trail to Koke Mill to Monroe. About the same distance, but much quicker. Also less fun, so I might go the other route home (although this route is good for the AM). There was no wind today, so it was a good way to test my speed. 

Rode home from bike shop after having a tune-up. The wind was at my back most of the ride, and my top speed was during a long stretch of riding for 25mph on flat. Bike rides just like new. 

 

The wind was back today and was blowing in all the wrong ways. Otherwise it was a nice ride. Just slow. 

A really good ride to work. No wind to speak of - finally. My average was well over 17 for most of the ride, but the hills on the north end of Washington Park (and crossing Lawrence) really dropped it down. 

Just a short relaxing night ride around Westchester. 

Ride home from work was straight into 15mph winds. Why can't it ever be blowing the right direction??? Argh. 

First ride after being sick for the last two weeks - felt great. Can't wait for the ride home. 

Tried a new route coming home - didn't work so well. I need to use Google Earth to come up with a more direct route. 

Rode to work today. A little cold and windy, but it will be a nice day later. 

Tips for the guy I about killed on the bike trail: 1) If you're riding in the dark, get a light; 2) It's generally not a good idea to swerve from the far right to the far left right as someone is passing you about 15 MPH faster than you're riding. And it was flippin cold. 

I'm almost certain the park cops were chasing me at Washington Park. I ducked out on the new sidewalk to Chatham Road and took a bunch of side streets home, which really hurt my average. But it was a pretty good ride otherwise. 

Rode entire Interurban Trail and a little more to get first ten miles, then came back the same way. Pretty cold and about froze my toes off. 

Bike trail to Woodside Rd. Windchill of 22 and very windy. Hardest ride since last year's century. 

Flew for parts of the ride, but I got stopped by quite a few lights. So far I haven't found a good route that doesn't cross several major streets. 

Took the super long way to work. It wasn't too bad, but not any better than the 5.5 mile route. 

Rode home from work on the Chatham sidewalk the whole way. Wanted to do a test run to see how th shortest route home would be. Not bad, but it's hard to get around people on the sidewalk when they don't expect you to be coming up from behind. 

rode to work the 'long' way. bike trail to MacArthur, up State, over to Washington Park and north to work. not the most direct way, but pretty good for traffic. 

Night ride down Innerurban trail, to MacArthur, to State St, up to South Grand, over to 2nd St, around downtown and back about the same way. Passed a couple people on the trail at night with no lights - about took 'em out at 20 MPH. Last night I rode over a 2 inch pole lying across the trail at around 18 MPH. Jumped quite a bit but held onto to bike and kept rolling (but I turned around and removed the pole). 

Another night ride. Mostly the same route as last night, but I took shortcuts on the southeast and northwest legs of the loop. 

Night ride from home, past Darcy's Pint, over the hill, north to Laurel, over to Washington Park, zig-zag through Leland Grove, back down Chatham to Westchester. Hardly saw a car the whole way, and the weather rocked!  

windy, rainy and dark. totally sweet. 

Rode to and from Realtor's for a meeting to put our old house up on the market. 

Rode to work again. Went up Chatham to Cherry, East to Williams or something, through Washington Park and up from there. Not too cold out - 30 degress seems to be the threshold between deathly freezing and slightly bearable weather to ride in. 

First ride on Interurban Trail after moving to Westchester. Not too bad, but it was pitch black about 5 minutes into the ride. The part between MacArthur and the I-72 underpass was freaky. There were like all these frogs saying a whole bunch of loud things that didn't sound like English. 

Took a long-cut through Washhington Park because I need to find another route that doesn't take me down Chatham the whole way, but the route I chose for this ride sucked. There has to be another way to get from Westchester to the Fairhills Mall area that doesn't go down Chatham the whole way. 

Dude it was cold. First ride to work in months. The ride from the new house is much shorter if I take Chatham all the way, but that's not a good street to ride. I did it today to see what it was like, but I probably will take a long-cut next time. My fingers are so cold they're warm. Uh-oh. 

windchill of 16 

windchill of 8. coldest ride of my life i think 

30 degrees and totally windy 

it was 34 degrees and pouring down rain. not the best ride ever but i kept up my streak of a mile every day so far this year. 

 

got out there right as the freezing rain started coming down 

 

just a short ride around the neighborhood to get my daily mile. 

windchill of 26. not too fun. 

 

just a ride from home around the park and back 

weather: sunny but otherwise questionable. nice ride from home down North Grand to Dirken to Fairhills Mall to downtown to home. toes very cold. 

a little rainy, cold and windy, but it was a nice evening ride around the neighborhood 

cold and rainy, but at least i got in my daily mile 

 

 

 

windchill was somewhere in the low 20s on the ride (not taking the wind from the ride into consideration). maybe i will regain feeling in my fingers later in the day. 

First ride of the new year. Friggin cold outside, but I want to ride every day at least a mile, and it was a good start. 

first ride wearing long tight black biker pants. not sure if i like them are not, but they sure are warm! 

 

cold and windy and muddy and did i mention cold? 

 

made a delivery to the printer's on the way home. it was cold and windy, but not as bad as the morning. 

30 degrees outside with 10 mph winds coming the wrong direction. Totally sweet. 

It was dark, cold, rainy and the ground was covered with leaves. Someone in a minivan got rear-ended right next to me on North Grand. Not too bad, but you should have heard it. 

Stopped at a school in my neighborhood to drop off some pennies - they are trying to collect a million of them. A radio station was there, and they called me 'Lance.' Please. I rode no-handed for over a mile on the way to work. It started pouring right after I got here. 

dropped off some files to the printer on the way home. perfect fall day 

from meeting at Lincoln to work - perfect weather outside 

from home to a meeting at Lincoln school, will leave shortly to head to work 

 

foggy and totally wet all over the place, but not too bad otherwise 

36 degrees with 19 mph winds, not in the right direction. totally nice ride. 

wind about 20 mph from the south 

First day back to work since Mia was born. Wind was 17 mph against me. Forgot my wallet so I doubled back for that, adding an extra mile. Stopped at clients' to drop off a CD. Not too cold outside though. 

Just did a whole bunch of circles on the back patio. No other rides are entered for the week yet, and I'm not sure if that will mess up the code I've written, so I figured it'd be easier to ride a little than fix any problems. Got a little dizzy. 

 

haven't ridden for a few days and it felt great 

did OSC loop and back, and kept riding to Menards and back 

stopped by clients' place on way to work for a dropoff. wind was slightly helpful this morning actually. 

windy in all the wrong ways, but got a pretty nice high speed on a flat stretch 

tried to keep up my high weekly average, but the wind had other plans. SSW 12 mph. yikes! 

missed breaking record by 3 seconds! 93 degrees, wind SSW 17 mph. perfect conditions! still have sore back, but that's ok! 

great weather - 70 degrees and not too windy. welcome to october in springfield! 

did the OSC loop on a beautiful night. 73 degrees with a wind that only seemed to help. still have a bad back, but it didn't bother me too much unless I sat up. 

rode with a sore back today. too many gnats on lost bridge trail - had to turn around. 

Temp 38 - cold cold cold. Can't feel most of my fingers yet. 

 

for lunch rode to taco gringo and watched the daily show (with Clinton as a guest) on the ipod. good way to kill an hour! 

wind: SSW 9 MPH - felt like about 20 MPH though. why does the wind almost always blow the wrong way? i know it won't be blowing 9 MPH from SSW on the ride home - probably from NE. 

beautiful day for a bike ride 

stopped by clients and had a meeting at a school before finally making it to work 

first run on SHS loop - from home to 5th and Adams to and around Springfield High School, down Monroe to 6th and back home. first ride in days and it felt great 

winds: SSE 18 MPH. totally sucky. 

windy windy windy 

54 desgrees with the wind blowing 10 MPH SSE (against me). totally sweet ride. 

OSC loop at night listening to iPod riding in oncoming traffic with eyes closed. still nobody hit me. 

from work to taco gringo and back. mmmm 

52 degrees and windy! felt like winter. 

from home to work and back. didn't ride today so i wanted to make up for it. 

did the OSC loop while listening to iPod - much easier to hear cars than I thought it would be. i didn't get hit once! 

the OSC loop at night 

no wind - would have been record if I would have ridden a shorter route 

didn't ride home on Tuesday because I went home sick. feeling better today. 

first ride after century - felt great. it was wet outside and i got stopped by a lot of school busses, but it was a nice ride. 

First Century. Totally not prepared, but I did it anyway. Still tired. 

OSC loop, but had to extend it a few blocks due to an auto show downtown 

candy bar run 

just a short ride around the neighborhood after getting bike back from tune-up. feels like new! 

started out nice and sunny but POURED rain the second half of ride. got totally soaked and couldn't see a thing. 

still feeling sick so i rode very slow 

 

 

after being sick for like a week, finally feel like riding again. did the OSC loop at dusk 

sickly 

rode to work in a NyQuil induced sleepy state. could not have ridden slower and still have been moving. 

still very sick; winds NE 10 MPH 

still sickly this morning 

left timer on - time is estimate. saw Keil Isham and John Peterson downtown. craziness 

stopped by printer then dropped off work to client on way to work 

 

only 73 degrees, but humidity: 93% 

home to downtown to wabash trail to old navy to mall to washington park to downtown to home. wind: CALM 

max speed sitting down, crazy. winds: SSW 9 MPH 

took a long-cut through downtown 

 

lap around WP on way to work 

felt like it was going to take a long time - went nice and slow, never hurried. used to have to sprint to beat 20 minutes. 

did a lap around Washington Park on the way to work 

 

winds: CALM 

 

 

best ride ever. from home to North Grand hill (new high speed) to Koke Mill, all the way down Wabash trail, all the way to Chatham, and back home through downtown. 

 

did a lap around Washington Park on the way to work 

night ride from home to first bridge on lost bridge trail and back - totally spooky riding the trail in total darkness. 

winds: ESE 8 MPH 

 

 

 

Night ride - mainly trying to beat a previous max speed of 32, which I beat by 5 mph. Bombed the hill by North Grand and Bruns Lane. 

first test of the bike cam - did the OSC loop at night - didn't turn timer on until a couple blocks into the ride 

winds: E 15 MPH (sucks) 

stopped by clients' on way to work 

stopp by clients' - rained hard most of the way, first totally wet ride. pretty fun though. rode through State Fair parade route 

humidity: 76%; stopped by clients' on way to work 

 

when i woke up it was thundering and lightening'ing', but the winds were blowing from the NE at 16 MPH, so i had to ride. never got rained on either. 

did the OSC loop to make up for driving to work today because I overslept 

stopp by clients' on way home. nice and sweaty 

 

just a short night ride to test out the new lights - must have worked because I didn't get hit - not even once! 

Longest ride to date (by far) - from home to first Lincoln exit on Inst. 55 and home. Stopped at Caseys in Williamsville on way home - Reeses Cups and Gatorade. Winds: S 9 MPH 

 

rode around Washington Park 'on way' to work 

 

had meeting at Lincoln School on way to work, stopped counter and continued it when meeting was over 

heat index: 101, but winds: 13 MPH SSW; fastest ride by far to date 

winds: SSW 12 MPH; also stopped by clients' on way to work 

winds: S 9 MPH; heat index: 106 

stopped by clients' on way to work 34 

from home to Wabash trail, out to skatepark, back home same way with a small detour down Innerurban trail 

winds: W 6MPH 

 

stopped by client's on the way home 

dropped off CWLP payment downtown 

 

winds: S 9 MPH 

winds: N 5 MPH 

winds: SSW 7 MPH; I couldn't have possibly ridden any slower and still have been moving 

 

 

from home to IDOT to Thirty Minute Bridge (31:50) and back 

from home to end of Chatham trail and back - stopped for pictures at a bridge and left timer running - lost 1 MPH on average to that point 

just a short ride around the neighborhood to get to Flagstaff on the map 

time and average speed are estimates. broke spoke on ride, bought new wheel - some of this mileage is testing that new wheel in the Wilcox parking lot 

took a long, scenic way home just because it was a great temperature tonight 

one lap around Washington Park on the way to work 

longest ride to date - from home to South end of Chatham and back - missed a big storm by about 3 minutes 

hottttt 

dropped off material to client on the way, not too far out of the way 

from home to IDOT, to the end of Lost Bridge trail (to Thirty Minute Bridge in 28:30), back home the same way. lots of bugs in the mouth. 

wind: NNE 12 MPH (no fun) 

rode 'the long way' today - from home to Bergen, through downtown, through Washington Park, by the LRS and to work (a little excited to get bike back) 

out for a night ride - rode around neighborhood, to gas station then meandered home. startled a guy pissing on a tree at the park. 

first ride home after having spoke replaced on back wheel 

from home to IDOT and halfway to Rochester, then back 

first ride after getting bike back from shop - rode like a dream 

from home to IDOT to Rochester and back to IDOT - stick jumped up and wrecked the gearning - timer was inadventently started, so numbers are approximate 

 

wind CALM, 60 degrees and sunny, no backpack 

wind NNE 8MPH; 83 degrees and sunny 

 

stopped by bank downtown, wind NE 13 MPH 

 

from home to parents' house and back - went about 1/2 mile with timer off (oops) 

winds: WSW 9mph, 92 degrees and sunny 

 

from home to Washington park, around the park and back home 

had errands - dropped off mortgage, deposited a couple checks and mailed a letter without stopping the timer 

dropped off the electricity check and returned some books downtown - didn't stop the timer 

 

 

 

 

down to corner for all of the candy 

 

stopped downtown to mail some letters and didn't turn timer back on for about half a mile. also stopped by a client's place to drop off work. 

 

rode from work to Subway - forgot to turn off the timer when I went inside 

waaaaay too tired to ride quickly today. i don't think i could have gone slower if i tried. 

just a lazy saturday night bike ride around Springfield's beautiful north end 

hey, sometimes pregnant ladies need candybars 

 

from work to Panera and back (via Koke Mill) 

 

 

rode nice and slow this morning because it was a sauna outside already at 7 am 

 

 

to the gas station for necessary candybar supplies 

took it easy, tried not to race the clock because it was like really friggin hot and humid. also tried different route - not so good 

a leisurely ride from work to downtown to the post office and back on a really hot day 

 

stopped by the bank downtown and paused the counter while I was inside 

 

from home to downtown, through the Ansar Shriner parade, back to and around the Fairgrounds and home 

from home to downtown, around downtown and back the long way 

 

 

from home to Shell for Snickers for Courtney and Pepsi for me 

 

 

 

 

first ride on new bike - went from home to downtown and back