Bicycle Music   
 Ride Stats
Distance: 12.18 miles Route: Hononegah Recreational Path Time: 01:25:35
Avg Speed: 8.54 mph Max Speed: 0.00 mph Avg HR: 0 bpm
Max HR: 0 bpm Calories Burned: 0 Weight: 187
Altitude Gain: 0 ft Terrain: Off: Hills Bike: Cannondale Super V 1.000  XC Susp SS
Club: Ice Bike
Weather Conditions: Sunny. SW wind 5-10 mph. 11°.
Ride Description: Parked at Hononegah Forest Preserve. Perfect conditions for traction, hard pack snow and quite a bit of ice.
Feet got cold at 6 miles.
Coldest temperature I've ridden in.
Navigate by: blog entry | ride entry | any entry
<< Prev Blog  Sunday, January 25, 2009  Next Blog >>
 A New Low For A New High.
click to enlarge
click to enlarge
click to enlarge
click to enlarge
To break my record for miles in January, I needed to ride 12 miles.
Saturday I was stuck inside doing housework, and next Saturday we have plans. So unless I got in some lunch rides at work, this was my last shot at breaking my record.

Yesterday was very cold, so being inside wasn't too bad. It was supposed to be warmer on Sunday. It wasn't.
So, I put on the long-johns and a layer, two pair of socks and went over to The Hononegah Forest Preserve.

The path was perfect for Nokian traction. Lots of hard pack snow and ice, with some bare pavement as well.

I should have put toe warmers in my shoes, but I forgot. So, to warm up my feet, I rode into the Forest Preserve and rode the hills. That helped quite a bit. And the roads had even more ice than the path. Sweet.

Except for the cold toes, it was a very enjoyable ride.
I saw one guy walking his 3 dogs near the Bird Grove Shelter. I said "howdy!" and he just stood silent and looked at me like I spoke to him in an ancient Martian dialect. I thought, maybe he didn't hear me, so I said hello again. Nothing. Then he started yelling at his dogs. Weird.

After returning to my car, I noticed my thermometer read 11°. My previous low temperature ride was 12°, so I beat my new low temperature ride to get the miles I needed to reach my personal best mileage for the month of January.


13 member views | 3949 total views          report problem |
 
 My Blog Calendar
<<<Jan 2009>>>
MTWTFSS
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  
 My Recent Blogs
2/1 - Monthly Mileage Totals...
1/2 - Monthly Mileage Totals...
1/1 - 2016 - Year In Review
1/7 - 10 Years of Numbers...
1/4 - Monthly Mileage Totals...
 My Recent Threads
9/10 - Google Street View From A Bicy..
8/20 - 2007 Northwest IL Century Ques..
1/8 - 2019 Photo Thread
 My Profile
  KrateKraig click to learn more about premier membership

click to enlarge
Lifetime: 26,503 mi
Member No. 13469
Member since: Mar 2006
Home: Roscoe, IL 
Specialized Turbo Como 4.0
Electric bike
Secular Cycleism

The views expressed here are those of this author only and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, bikejournal.com's owners. All blogs must follow the terms set forth in the blog agreement. Report any problems to the web administrator.
Copyright © 2001-2024 bikejournal.com  |  All rights reserved