(Long Distance) Ramblings |
I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
A Severe Weather Sunday RideJust got in from a 43 mile ride. Instead of the clear, cold blue sky we have been riding in the last week or so, the clouds started coming in from the south, which was the direction the Salem Bicycle Club ride went. For the most part, we were OK. The wind as strong coming from the northwest, but we were OK. Then, just a few miles from town, the sleet started to fall. Joanne and I make it back to our house without too much damage, but sleet falling on your face is not a good thing. ![]()
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