Archive for the 'cycling' Category

3 hour ride

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Mike and I biked around San Francisco today, almost literally: first we biked west to the ocean, then north and east around the coastline past the Presidio, the Ferry Plaza Building, and AT&T Park before turning south to go home.  We live in the southeast part of the city, so if we didn’t actually circumnavigate [...]

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Holy sh–!

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Lance Armstrong announces a comeback to professional cycling; seeks to win an 8th Tour de France.
I think he’s being incredibly stupid, but can’t help cheering him on.  Vive le Lance!

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Live-weight tensioned warp

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

This morning I rode the Tour de Max with Mike - 40 surprisingly hilly miles.  Mike finished nearly an hour before I did and was getting worried about me when I finally showed up, about four hours after starting.  I averaged nearly 12 mph over the course, which is not bad (for me) on a [...]

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