Week's End

Thursday: Narberth Loop with S, something over 1hr.

Friday: reverse Gladwyne Loop, met S at Balligomingo, turned around and came back to Manayunk with her, then reverse Narberth. About 2hrs.

Double

Ran 2.5mi warmup at Pottruck and lifted.

Also rode Gladwyne Loop with a random triathlete dude.

Getting cold...

Monday: snuck in a Narberth loop before the truncated World Series game with Johann and S at South Philly Tap Room.

Tuesday: cold! Went to Pottruck late. Tried to run twice but kept getting bloaty cramps. Ended up just doing 2.5mi. Then hopped on a bike (I'm not a big fan of spinning but...): 30min warmup random, 20min intervals.

Weekend

Thursday: ran Sweetbriar (5-6mi?)

Friday: rode to Wiss with S, ran to Valley Green (5.5mi), then the reverse.

Saturday: ran Montgomery Loop (around 8mi?)

Sunday: rode Villanova Loop with S (3hrs+)

These is my rodes

• Saturday: wanted to ride with S and Amanda again down to Granogue but stayed to work the morning instead. Then went to a Penn coached clinic where we rode up and down W River Dr slowly. Finished by riding out to Bala with Erica, then a Gladwyne Loop.
• Sunday: started on a Narberth loop with S and Amanda but we ran into Ross so I split off to go a farther... except I broke a spoke on my new DA wheel so shortened by coming back via Manayunk. Ran a 5k and lifted at Pottruck that night
• Monday: ran 4mi on the treadmill and spinned (spun?)
• Tuesday: biked with S on the Narberth loop, then went to Conshy via BFV / Gladwyne route. Back via North Lane and River Rd.
• Today: biked for 2.5 hours. Got lost but eventually ended up going past Bryn Mawr and Villanova, then backtracked and found Mt Pleasant so finished with Gladwyne loop. Cold, but the AmFIB shoecovers S gave me are sweet.

Hanging out with a girl who shares your hobbies (obsessions) is pretty OK.

Gladwyne

(Where else?)

With S and her friend Amanda. Sped home from Umbria to get a crisp in the oven for PLClub.

Gladwyne

And again!

Awesome Dura-Ace shifters have loosened up with the ~160-170 miles I've put on the new bike in the last few days... need to find time to adjust them.

Gladwyne

Did the full loop (minus the Boligomingo Rd bit). Second half in the dark. Boo.

Ambler

Did the Ambler ride with Maria from Penn Cycling (whose brother is hoping to postdoc with my adviser--random?!)

Gladwyne

Was planning to bake bread and work this AM, but S, Molly, and Pat were going riding so I decided to tag along. Started out on the Gladwyne loop but Pat broke his chain mashing up a little hill in some diagonal gear combination just before Mt Pleasant.. so he and Molly had to bail and wait for a pickup... finished the loop with S.

Catching up

I got a new bike! From the Rite Aid pro team's booth at the Trexlertown bike swap. It's amazing (full carbon frameset, DA group, DA wheels... fork is cut a bit short, but that's fixable.)

Some bike rides:

• Thursday: Gladwyne. Balligomingo was torn up and all bumpy.
• Friday: Around Narbeth, Ardmore, then reverse Freedom Valley, then Rock Creek Rd to Manayunk. Around 20mi?
• Saturday: Conshy Ave, Bala, Rock Creek Loop with new vélo.
• Gladwynne -> Gypsy Lane -> Valley Forge -> River Path with S and Max from Penn Cycling. I'd guess around 45mi?

Pottruck

Easy day: 5k on the treadmill in 21:4x, lifted upper body.

Broomall

Rode out to Teagan's 17th Century dinner at Massey House. Just over 20mi (getting lost a few times).

Gladwyne

Met Erica from Penn Cycling for a loop through Gladwyne to Conshy. Took the Waverly cutoff, which was probably smart because it was getting pretty dark.

Felt unusually strong today: was holding 25mph+ on Ridge and down the Kelly Dr bike path.

Sunday

Did another long-ish ride, not quite 3hrs out towards KOP and Valley Forge. Was trying to get there via Gladwyne and almost succeeded but missed the last turn so came back by sub-optimal roads to Conshy, then the bike path. Still, a nice ride. Around 45mi.

Week-end-start

Friday: did a Conshy Loop with S and 2 of her HZ teammates.

Saturday: rode to Ambler with S. Caught Bruce Springsteen on the Parkway on the way home.

Hills

Did some hill repeats on Conshy Ave with Penn kids. Those were fun, but the recoveries were a mess--riding on W River Dr during rush hour is just not worth the trouble. Had fun pacelining back with Ross and Matt until we realized we'd dropped Jimmy (?) who didn't bring lights.

Gladwyne

Biked a shortened, wet Gladwyne loop (Waverly shortcut back to Conshy St Rd).

Need to clean my bike. Chain is sounding pretty unawesome.

Alaska

Spent the last few days visiting Clare in Eagle River.

• Friday: did a ~45min trail run on the path behind her school. The colors were amazing--a wall of yellow birches--and the hills were ridiculous.
• Saturday: went hiking for a few hours at Hatcher Pass.
• Sunday: did a hike in the Chugach (which I ♥)
• Monday: biked up Baldy and got a great view of Denali and the lake Clare lives on
• Yesterday: back in Philly, biked S's Gladwyne loop. About 35 in under 2hrs.

Alaska is an amazing place. I want to go back next summer, bike / camp up to the park, and then do the Park road.