29 September 2012

Got up this morning and thought about going for a bike ride but Doris had a hair apppintment so I promised to go with her later. Well the day came and went and when she left ffor a wedding shower I loaded my bike and headed to Farmington. Rode Legacy to Redwood Road in NSL and then back to the 1/2 mile marker past Farminton Station and then back to the Tacoma. I did 30.4 miles in 1 hour and 42 minutes. Which equals 17.88 MPH average. It feels good. On the way back I was thinking how lucky to have the physical health and strenght to do this in my 59th year. whoa. And thanks to Carrie and Grant for giving me this awesome bike !!

Today's Miles - 30.4 Miles

Total Miles - 1011.3 Miles

27 September 2012

So after several hours working on cable TV / phone lines at Hilton's, I decided to take a bike ride down Legacy. Drove to Farmington Station and headed south to Redwood Road then back north to 1/2 mile past the Station and then back. This is starting to be my typical ride.

This PM's Miles - 30.4 Miles

When I got home, Doris was home from work and said she'd like to go for a bike ride too. Headed back to Farmington Station and redid the previous ride minus the extra mile on the north.

Tonight's Miles - 29.4 Miles

Today's Miles - 59.8 Miles

Total Miles - 980.9 Miles

25 September 2012

Took the new Toyota Truck on a bike ride today, well it took me to Legacy where I left it in a packed parking lot and rode my mountain bike down to Redwood Road in NSLK then back to the end of bike trails on the north.

Today's Miles - 30.4 Miles

Total Miles - 921.1 Miles

24 September 2012

The Suburban is dying and so today I had to ride my bike to work. Thankfully work was here in South Weber today. Except I still had to make two trips and it's pretty tough to carry spools of wire and tools and still steer and shift on a mountain bike.

Today's Miles - 4.8 Miles

Total Miles - 890.7 Miles

21 September 2012

After picking up Doris after work, we went home changed and put the bikes on the rack. Took them to Legacy and rode south to the far end of the Chevron Mile. Returned back to Farmington Station parking lot just as it was getting real dark. Very pleasant ride on a perfect fall evening.

Today's Miles - 27.4 Miles

Total Miles - 885.9 Miles

20 September 2012

Decided to ride my mountain bike (since it is the only one I own) down Legacy today. It was a beautiful fall day and about noon I hit the trail. I rode to Redwood Road in NSL and then returned to Farmington. I noticed my average speed for today was 17.4 Miles per hour. So I really had been pushing it the whole distance. About one mile away from the Farmington Station parking lot, this 30 something guy, on a hot road bike, with all the spandex on, came speeding past me. I could tell he thought he was pretty good bike rider as he past. So I shifted down and stayed on his trail from then on. Alot of the time I had to coast as so I didn't pass him. Going up some of the hills he had to stand up and pump. I stayed right with him making him pretty nervous, I hoped. He was looking to see if I turned off to go into the parking lot but no, I stayed right on his tail. He continued north until the end of Aaron F Richards Parkway, where he waved me on past him. I continued north until I hit the main public roadway where I turned around to return to the Equinox. I really half expected to see him, still resting where I'd passed him but he was gone. Too bad, I would have liked to have seen his face when he recognized this old man still has a little competion in me.

Today's Miles - 30.4 Miles

Total Miles - 858.5 Miles

15 September 2012 (Britton's ride)

For the past one and a half years we have been working towards this day. It was to complete our deacon quorum's health project for Duty to God and also the final ride towards Britton's cycling merit badge. as we planned it we were going to go in the morning but to allow Jeramy to ride with us, we changed the time to 12:30pm. At which time I went up to pick Britton up, he was still repairing his bike. Both tires were flat and the bike was missing one pedal. This was not looking too great. Finally was able to break away from the family and go pick up Jeramy. We were about 30 minutes late. Drove to Farmington and unloaded the bikes. From there we headed south on Legacy Parkway and arrived at Redwood Road after about one hour and one minute of riding. Rested only for a minute and headed back north to Farmington Station. About 1 hr 4 minutes.

We refilled our water bottles and had a few snacks then headed north to finally catch up to the paved bike path headed north. You have to ride the public roads about 3/4 mile to reach this bike path. Rode it to where hyway 193 runs into the Freeport Center. Decided that was the turning around point to complete this ride. There are lots of gates and city streets we had to manuver thru and across. Probably 20 gates and 10 streets between Farmington and this Freeport entrance. And that many more on the way back. What a pain. We all decided the next time we'll just stay on the south end and double back to get the required miles. Finished the ride and Jeramy said total riding time was 3 hours 38 minutes. Add to that the time we rested it probably took a total of 4 hours 20 minutes to complete. Jeramy and Britton had road bikes and very light, while I rode my wonderful Mountain bike with all its knobbs.

Today's Miles - 50.2 Miles

Total Miles - 828.1 Miles

11 September 2012

Rode the bike down Legacy again tonight. Got a later start so only rode to the far end of ther Chevron Mile and back to Farmington in the dark.

Today's Miles - 27.4 Miles

Total Miles - 777.9 Miles

7 September 2012

Tonight was again a great night to ride our bikes down Legacy Parkway. Left home about 6 pm and got an earlier start than most nights. Rode all the way south to Redwood Road before turning around and riding back to Farmington. Back home by 9:00 pm

Today's Miles - 29.3 Miles

Total Miles - 750.5 Miles

5 September 2012 (pm)

After getting home I decided to skip Mutual (RAK Challenge) and go ride Legacy agian. Left home about 6:40 pm and so it was dark by the time Legacy and the Chevron Mile was done and back. Nice to feel the weather changing to cooler. As I left NSL tonight it almost got cold :)

Tonight's Miles - 27.4 Miles

Total Miles - 721.2 Miles

5 September 2012

Got up and after checking on a couple jobs decided it was too nice of a day not to be on my bike. Headed down to Farmington and rode Legacy down to Redwood road and back, and then up to the end of AF Richards lane and back. IK picked up 3 geocaches on my way too. All within 1 hour and 56 minutes.

Today's Miles - 30.4 Miles

Total Miles - 693.8 Miles

3 September 2012 (pm) Labor Day

So the last thing I did this Labor Day weekend was go ride Legacy Parkway again. Rode down and actgually rode the Chevron Mile too, so got an extra 2 miles than typical.

Tonight's Miles - 27.4 Miles

Total Miles - 663.4 Miles

3 September 2012

Labor Day 2012 - Woke up early cause we had a Deacon Quorum ride scheduled. Picked up Jeramy, Justice and Carson and we drove to Farmington and rode Legacy to the first underpass and then back to the parking lot at Farmington Station.

Today's Miles - 10.9 Miles

Total Miles - 636.0 Miles