Yeah bikes!

What a wicked ride! (wicked good- that is)

Wow- I love cycling. I feel the minimal core work is transferring well to the bike. Friday night I raced out of school by 5:00 to cycle to Victoria- it was awesome. I was not as strong on the up up up endless up of the South Shawnigan Rd. as I was 3 weeks ago- but nonetheless I've become a stubborn 2nd cog cyclist. I've also worked at gearing up to tougher gears near the pinacle of hills to help build my strength. In my book Going Long Friel recommends gearing up to not lose so much energy... My only question is what should my expectations be regarding cadence... I'll have to ask Don in the IT dep't.

I rode back this morning. Having tight glutes and wanting to run a big one tomorrow I opted for the West Saanich Rd. What a good decision- it was so beautiful because it rained last night, and it smelt like autumn. I even had a moment where time seemed to slow down 3 notches as leaves fell from the trees- oh magic. I met a cool group of cyclists doing the 80k SaltSpring Mill Bay-Crofton loop at the Brentwood Ferry. They were so stoked about this anual event of stopping at each town pub en route. Nice guys. I liked the ferry option too- it gave me a half hour sweep of the Globe and Mail.

Yahoo!

Ride to Victoria all the way to Quadra and Cloverdale: (~45km) 1h 50min. Stopped in at riders cycles to explore tri-bars. They lowered my stem almost a centimetre... yahoo- getting faster!

Ride from Quadra and Hillside to Shawnigan via Wst. Saanich Rd: 1.16 min. I was a bit tired on this one- not smoking the hills like in August. shrug... great to ride.