Hello, there. Long time, no post. Some of you may be mildly interested in what I’ve been up to. I have been bombarded by literally several inquiries as to my whereabouts. Basically, I’ve been busy running and since this is a blog concerned with cycling activities, I did not find anything particularly relevant to share […]
Category: DC
USAF Crystal Ride, Part 2: The Ride
The Crystal Ride is one of my favorite events of the year. With about 1,800 riders, it is the largest cycling event I attend. Despite my Army roots, the USAF military theme is nice and there is a healthy smattering of military-themed jerseys in the peloton. The route is on closed streets that are normally quite busy […]
USAF Crystal Ride, Part 1: Getting There Is Half The Fun
I returned from Madrid on Friday. Sunday was the USAF Crystal Ride – never a dull moment! I got off the plane in Dulles Airport, drove across town in a driving rain storm in rush hour and arrived at the Crystal City Marriott 30 minutes before the Packet Pickup Desk closed for the day. This was […]
Army Ten Miler
The 2012 Army Ten Miler was a much more satisfying experience than the previous year, due almost entirely to the fact that my calf muscle was not behaving as if it had been ripped from my fibula. Regular readers will know that I recently suffered the same injury to the same calf and the possibility […]
2012 Crystal Ride
Over 1,800 of us gathered in Crystal City Sunday morning to ride six 15 km laps around Northern Virginia. As I waiting patiently in the starts corral, I was pretty sure a few things were about to happen: It would be hot The course would be fast There would be at least one crash Subsequent […]
Crisis Averted
The horrible, unending saga (four days) of my disabled Garmin has mercifully come to a close. The hero of our story is loyal reader and frequent contributor Folksnake, who provided a link to another blog which was also discussing the issue. One of the several possible solutions mentioned in that blog involved simultaneously pressing three […]
Best (American) Bicycling Cities
Bicycling Magazine is at it again, publishing another “best of” list. Earlier, I shared with you their Top 10 century rides. Last week, the July issue arrived at my stately manor, containing another list: America’s Best Bike Cities. Bicycling is extraordinarily good at coming up with lists and I promise you I won’t share each […]
I Received Another Email
After the Lake Anna Century, the ride organizer saw fit to send me an email explaining why some of the problems (ie., no food or drink for the last 40 miles) occurred on that ride. In what is quickly becoming a routine for me, I received today an email from the Event Director of Bike DC, which I include below […]
Bike DC
Mother’s Day, 2012, found my wife and I driving through the early morning light to Washington, DC, to participate in Bike DC. At 24 miles, this was by far the shortest organized ride I have ever signed up for. I would normally not give this distance a second thought except: We would be riding through […]
Vasaloppet 2012
There were many more riders at this year’s Vasaloppet Ride, due primarily to the absence of a torrential downpour. The temperature was in the upper 30s as I pedaled to the Swedish Embassy, colder than recent mornings but in keeping with a ride named after a Swedish cross-country ski race. At the embassy, there were […]
There And Back Again 