5.15.10

* Sat AM Ride
Calf finally feels better - left the house around 7:45 - plan was to hook up with Lodge ride and then roll down to Gate Station for few extra miles. I got to the Lodge right at 8am and only 1 person was there, so I kept spinning and ended up rolling through to Nocatee. I turned around and caught on to group on Old Palm Valley Rd. Sat in for a few rotations. The ride was pretty mellow. We ramped up the pace at the turn around for spoke 1 on the second loop. Small group of us started putting in some efforts and stayed away for rest of ride. Turned around and headed to the Gate Station with S. Burke and T. Maniatis. Had a brutal headwind on way down but got a fast tailwind on way back. I put in a good long solo effort on PVB on way back.

Ride time - 3hr30min / 74miles

Ride File

5.8.10

Sat a.m. ride -

* Did the Lodge group ride - super hot outside. Didn't feel all that great on the ride. Possible stomach virus / dehydration. Felt flat - no power and heart rate was VERY HIGH.



total time = 2:24 / 46 miles



Ride file

4.10.10

A.M. - Long ride

* The plan was to do a long ride (about 5hrs) which included about an hour up front before catching on to the Lodge ride and then head to Vilano and back. Got in a nice wu with Eric - even though it was a little cold starting off. The Lodge ride was big but we got a nice little break going in spoke 2 thanks to Karel and Ralph. I bridged up to them and before long it was Walter, Me, Karel and Ralph. We kept it hard and then Jeff Kopp joined in. "Big Kopp" kept the pace high so we ended up staying away. At first I was just planning on staying with them until A1A, but decided to go finish up the ride and then turnaround for Vilano. Bad decision. Karel ends up hitting Jeff's rear wheel and going down and I run into him. Just a little scratch on my knee, but my day was done due to a hole in my tire from skidding 75ft. Oh well. It definitely could've been worse. I'm just glad to not have been seriously hurt.

Total time = 2hr 15min

4.3.10

Saturday a.m. - long ride
* Left early with Eric Loveless and got in ez warm up and then caught on to the Lodge Group ride. Mainly just sat in and took a few pulls....nothing hard. Group stayed together for whole ride. After group ride, I went south down A1A to Vilano and then went through St. Augustine towards Butler Beach. I took a right on SR312 (?) and then looped back through St. Aug on US-1. Back over Vilano Bridge and north A1A to back home. I rode mainly solo except for A1A south was with Casey Fannin. Avg'd right around 20mph - so I got in 120miles in 6hrs... my longest road ride yet.

Great day of riding!!

3.27.10

AM - Saturday
Left the house around 7:30 am - rode ez down to Nocatee area - Radd and I just took it ez for first 45 minutes. Then we caught on to the Saturday Lodge group ride. Sat in for about 10 minutes and then ramped up the pace at the front. Radd and I got a gap and we were able to hold it for a while. Eventually ended up with S. Burke, J. Kopp. Kept the pace high and stayed away all the way back. Then Radd and I turned around and went to the Gate station. Had a tailwind all the way down and then a stiff headwind on the way home. Great ride overall.

Total time = 4hrs 7min / ~79 miles

3.20.10

Saturday A.M. - did about 45 min up front and then caught on to the Lodge group ride. Had fun and put a bunch of super hard efforts. Radd was there and riding really strong. Got away at the bridge and held it all the way back to Ponte Vedra. Good strong efforts.