| Riding my bike to work | ||
| 08.02.05 (2:44 am) | ||
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It is that time of year that makes me really happy, summer, it is warm the sun shines and I can ride my bike outdoors. The kids are not going to school now, or involved in any activities or working so it leave me a bit freer to ride more often than at other times. I've already competed in the Senior Olympics and have not really tried riding with the "Big Boys" of the Sunday morning ride this year, I'm just enjoying my time with" J" too much to want to leave her on Sunday morning to ride with a bunch of guys I only barely know. However, now I'm riding my bike to and from work, an 11 mile (one way) trip. I love the mornings, the cooler morning air, the newly rising sun and seeing animals that you don't usually see during the heat of the day. Riding in to work is very stimulating really gets my day going, but coming home in traffic is more nerve racking, but I still enjoy it all! Yes, the place I work has showers, and I do shower before work, and after for that fact too when I get home. I can’t help myself I do ride at a good speed and get a great workout. If you were raised in the 60s and 70s you remember Carole King, I know I do, she really spoke to my young soul and my developing mind and spirit. Well, if you have not heard she is now 62 and still singing! She has a new 2 CD set out called “The Living Room Tour”. If you have listened to her in the past and still love her music I suggest getting the new CD, it is really a special treat!
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posted by: newbie
post date: 08.02.05 (2:40 am)
It's so funny you mention Carole King. Everywhere I go, almost everytime I sing, people tell me I remind them of Carole King.
I guess it's the curly blonde hair, and the raspy voice. LOL
posted by: trekguy
post date: 08.02.05 (7:01 am)
Reply to: Sybil
LOL, at least they don't think you look/sound like DON King! :-))
posted by: almsthvn
post date: 08.02.05 (9:54 am)
I wish the roads around here were more bike-friendly.
OK - which would you prefer on a narrow road... for someone to follow you -- not dangerously close, just behind you -- at your pace even if it's less than the speed limit - or for them to pass you on the narrow road leaving you just a smidgeon of room?
posted by: MissJane
post date: 08.02.05 (10:01 am)
i like that she spells it with a e.
carole king is way nicer than just carol.
posted by: trekguy
post date: 08.02.05 (11:46 pm)
Reply to: almsthvn
Oh I hate it when people DON'T pass me when I'm riding. I can hold my line on the road and not feel threatened if they pass at a reasonable speed.
posted by: almsthvn
post date: 08.03.05 (4:06 am)
Reply to: trekguy
I wondered about that. I don't want to freak them out by staying behind them, but I don't want to "brush" them if the road is narrow, either. Roads here aren't too biker-friendly :(
posted by: almsthvn
post date: 08.03.05 (4:06 am)
hey - what happened to your left hand column? Blogs you read? LInks to email you? stuff like that ?
posted by: trekguy
post date: 08.03.05 (7:22 am)
Reply to: almsthvn
Still there they just seem to load very slowly, so you need to wait a bit, most likely a Tblog burp or someting!
New servers????, OK so where is the performance??
posted by: judypatooote
post date: 08.12.05 (12:53 am)
While in Florida a few years back, my friends and I rented bikes and rode around. Now I haven't rode a bike since I was a kid.... and going in traffic terrified me....but i did it. We stopped a security guard for directions, and my one friend fell off her bike and rolled down a small hill....couldn't stop laughing....so when we came home I bought a bike rode it that year, and it is setting in my basement with flat tires......
