- - - Weekly Total: Bike:Little Bit Here and There (LBHT) Run:3.0k - - -
April, 13 2007: I'm taking the P-Schmitty Challenge, starting last night. The Rushmore Populaire is this
Sunday. I'm looking forward to a great day in the saddle.
- - - Weekly Total: Bike:0 Run:7.5k - - -
March, 2007: The Bleriot is being painted after having downtube shifter bosses brased on. Went for the occasional run this month.
I am not sure of the distance.
- - - Weekly Total: Bike:0 Run:10k - - -
February 19th, 2007 through February 25th, 2007: Well, its thawed out and warmed up and all the snow's a'melting. Went for a trail
run at St. Martin's on Monday and got as close to the logging operations as I dared. Last night, Wednesday, I ran Cowboy Hill
after missing the BH Runner's Club for their 4:30 run. There was pretty good conditions up on the Hill last night; it was only really wet
below near the creek.
- - - Weekly Total: 0 - - -
February 12th, 2007 through February 18th, 2007: Nothing! Went to band practice, but not much riding.
- - - Weekly Total: 0 - - -
February 5th, 2007 through February 11th, 2007: I was in Santa Barbara for a short course
in vibration and shock measurement through Thursday. I thought about renting a bike bu the LBS I located
didn't seem too economical. No riding this week, but I'm not worried yet. Heavy snowfall, including significant accumulation
right
now.
Here was the weather this week.
- - - Weekly Total: 0 - - -
January 29th, 2007 through February 4th, 2007: Its especiialy cold this week and some snowfall. I didn't ride at all.
Max's first birthday was on the 2nd. Happy Birthday, Max.
- - - Weekly Total: 48.2km- - -
January 28th, 2007: I went ice climbing in Spearfish Canyon with Pat and Chris. Here are some images of
Eleventh Hour:
January 24, 2007: Rode to work, and became ill around noon. Brenda saved me and took me home. Sick Thursday ~13km.
January 23rd, 2007: I rode to work and back via the longer route. ~14.5km
January 22nd, 2007:
Rode to work and back. I picked up my new eyeglass frames from The Black Hills
Eyewear Studio; a 8.8mi or 14.2km round trip
~27.2km
- - - Weekly Total: 37km - - -
January 19th, 2007:
Rode to work and back and then to Lincoln elementary for lunch with Mr. McNabb
and Ms. Pfieffer. I also rode to CSD for the
monthly BHAD Potluck.
~24km
On January 16, 2007 there were 215 days remaining until PBP.
January 15th, 2007:
Work and Back. The ice was lethal this morning. I started sliding backwards down
the hill up to West Junior High.
~13km
New Years ride at Storm Mtn. Did the singlespeed loop plus some
more in the snow. All sorts of people were around the MOUNTAIN that
day: Skip and Cindy, Tim Rangitsch
, Disease-io, and many, many, more.
December 21, 2006: Solstice Night Ride at Storm Mtn. It was cold,
yet there was a good turnout despite the especially frigid temperature.
The ride included Peter Schmid,
Yours Truly, Tim Rangitsch, not to mention Kelly Halter and maybe some
more. Oh yeah, Gibby. Drinks at the Firehouse afterwords which is
blessedly smoke free
now. Amen.
Links:
Ira Ryan
Ride Lugged
ACME Bicycles
Deadwood-Edgemont-Deadwood
Randonneurs USA
Paris-Brest-Paris: English Site
Stories/History:
Hubert Opperman after winning PBP in 1931.
I intend to ride PBP this year.
I will post documents, images, links, and recipes related to my progress in reaching this lofty goal, Whew!
Here is a pdf of a schedule I am working on that includes the Brevets
held here in the Black Hills and the 600k I will ride in Colorado.
training schedule (work in progress)
This document is a hodge podge of pasted together information gleaned mostly from
the British Columbia Cyling Club website
There is also a schedule for the Rocky Mountain cycling club's events this year as well as the schedule
for the Black Hills Cyling Club Brevet schedule.
A link to RUSA.
