Riding in and out

This was a good week on the bike. I spent some time in Tacoma at Milgard's Tacoma plant to help prepare for a Kaizen event that is coming up in May. Since I was going to be there for a few days, I brought my bike and trainer so I could still ride. It is definitely colder up north than it is here in PDX so indoors would be just fine. The neat part of riding indoors is that OB12OLD could hang with me. We sat there a couple nights for a couple hours, watching Master and Commander and some funky 70's music videos. Yes, my pops owns some DVD with funky 70's music videos on them.


Saturday was to be a great day weather wise so I took advantage of it. I headed out early and rode for a little over 2 hours. I then met up with a few of the locals and we headed out for another 2 and a half hours. It was a good day on the bike - it was a good week on the bike. The 85 miles did not feel difficult and I could have easily put in another 30 to 40 miles without too much pain. I feel well ahead of where I was last year at this time. In comparing last year up to this point to this year, last year I had done more rides but for less total miles but for the same total time. This is exactly what I am trying to do - get in longer rides leading up to the STP. If I can keep this up over the next couple of months, the 12 hour STP will be a reality.


It should continue to be decent weather for a couple more days so I will get some more miles in. In about a week, it should be light enough to start riding in to work. I am excited as the miles will then continue to grow, leading up to the big July event.

Only a few more weeks to the start of the large stage races in Europe - the Giro starts on May 9th. I am curious to see who Astana will be sending to the race. I just hope Versus does a decent job to present the race. We will see.