The weekly Tuesday night Nacho Ride will be officially starting for the season soon. But, we couldn't wait! A group of around 15 of us met up and rode to the One Eye'd Dog Saloon in Eagle 10 miles East of Lincoln on the Mopac trail.
The glacier that had been covering the trail all winter is all but gone and other than that one spot it's dry and fun. The food was great and it was a sweet way to spend the evening. Miles on the work commute and tonight's Nacho Ride totaled 53.7 for the day
On today's ride home from work I spotted this colorful character enjoying the day on his recumbent trike. There are getting to be more & more bikes on Lincoln's trails as everyone is excited to get the riding season started.
Warm temps, a hefty headwind, traffic backed up a mile long next to open bike trails (wth?) and the ice cream truck's bell ringing through Lincoln's neighborhoods. Today's high topped out at 74' - that's the warmest it's been in Lincoln since SEPTEMBER 27th!!!
My favorite part about this time of year is the bugs haven't come out yet, so you can still ride with no glasses and have your mouth open without filling it full of insects.
Reveal yourself to the city or nature and go for a ride. The outdoors are calling you.
Speaking of revealing... The famous mystery bike blogger BSNYC has revealed his true identity and announced his upcoming book. That's big news for cybercycling stalkers like myself.
And, the best for last, Dane O has posted an awesome video of the Scrabble Hustle on their blog from last Thursday. Check it our here.
Today's miles on the work commute = 19.4
We had a good turnout and rode around downtown Lincoln sharing our love for bikes with the city. I rode Trusty Rusty, and had a ton of fun.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that today is the NOA Blog's 1st birthday! Thanks for following me on all my outdoor adventures during the last year. I hope you've been having as much fun outdoors as I have.
Today's miles including the commute to work and Critical Mass = 36.5
Today's commute included a detour to Wal-Mart & the bank giving me a couple extra miles.
Around twenty five racers came out for tonight's Lincoln Alley-cat race. There were 7 stops before the finish line. Racers could go to as many as they wanted. Each stop had a bag of Scrabble letters to choose one from. At the finish you were scored on your word.
The first couple to finish got extra points. I was around the 15th to finish,but my word was "quite" earning me enough points to come away with 2nd place. The race was a hoot. Depending on how many stops you made the length was from 6 to 16 miles. I made 6 of the 7 stops and must have raced around 14 miles.
I had to work in Columbus and didn't ride today till tonight's race. After riding home from the race I racked up 19.9 miles for the day.
And today was no exception! I love commuting to work and it only adds on a little bit of time compared to driving.
We were supposed to get a lot of rain today, but it mosty missed Lincoln and hit to the South and East instead. What luck. Today's miles = 19.5
How often does that happen? I was in the big ring all the way! This morning a breeze came out of the South and the ride home treated me to a strong North wind. Easy, easy riding! Everyone else is talking about it, you could say the 'cat is out of the bag' on the Scrabble Hustle (alleycat race) planned for Thursday night. Come out for some hardcore urban fun. But, give them a heads-up first so they'll have you on the list. Also, Friday night is Critical Mass, meet on the North side of the Capital at 6:00pm.
Hey, I hit my first thousand miles on the Felt today, it took a long time with the rotten winter we had, the next thousand will add up much faster!
Today's miles = 19.6
At least that's what I kept telling myself as I struggled to keep pace with the tots and school agers filling the trails and soaking up some vitamin D during the first day of LPS's spring break.
Today's miles riding to work & back = 20.3
I rode to the office this morning, it was a warm 41' with light wind when I began, but was cooling off and getting really windy by the time I got there.
Things continued to get worse through the day and I drove home in a heavy snow in the pick-up. Hey, 1/2 a commute is better than nothing, besides I needed to bring the pick-up home after sitting in the parking lot of the office for over a week.
Today's miles on the way to work = 9.8
