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2006 Ride Log


       
Total Rides
106  
Total Miles
2548.84  
Average Ride Time
1:40  
Average Ride Mileage
24.05  
Average Speed
14.34  

Saddle Time

7 Days 09:46

 
     

Date
Distance Time Average Speed Top Speed

Route

1/8/06
15.54 
1:16 
12.3 
25.2
 Sarah and I rode the Salt Creek Trail. Nice day easy ride.
1/12/06
 16.06
1:04 
15.1 
 23.8
Nice day for January, just under 50 degrees. Knee a bit sore but thats expected this time of year.
1/14/06
16 
 1:04
15 
 24.5
Cold but sunny day for a ride on Salt Creek trail again,... It was clear of snow but icy in some spots. Tough ride being bound up so much against the cold 
1/15/06
 15.81
1:17 
12.2 
 21
Sarah and I on the Salt Creek. Cold morning so we took it slow.
1/27/06
17.04 1:10 14.6 24.9 Solo ride on the Salt Creek Trail. Cool day, tough ride due to wind.
2/14/06
16.45 1:06 15 24.4 Warm day for February, 55. Its been 18 days since I've ridden and I feel every day of it. Windy Salt Creek ride and my lungs are rough.
2/21/05
16.4 1:08 14.5 25.7 Solo ride on the Salt Creek Trail. Started out as a mild day and turned cold. Bike seems really slow so I got to get it in for overhaul
2/22/06
16.19 1:05 14.9 26.6 Solo ride on Salt Creek. Was 48 today but by the time I rode, it was in the 30s. Still a bit behind compared to last year.
2/26/06
16.27 1:06 14.8 23.5

Damn cold ride on Salt Creek trail. Rough night made for a rough ride today. I'm only 10 miles short from this time last year but I'm still off by 50 miles for February. The weather is supposed to warm up so I hope to ride tomorrow and Tuesday to finish this month with 100 miles.

2/27/06
16.28 1:06 14.8 23.5
Solo ride on Salt Creek. Supposed to be 40 but it wasnt.
3/1/06
17.52 1:12 14.6 23.8
Rode up to the post office then onto the Salt Creek as usual. Cold and windy.
3/4/06
20.17 1:21 14.8 24.6
Sunny but cold ride on Salt Creek. Felt slow today but probably the wind effect.
3/8/06
16.24 1:05 14.9 23.4
Short ride on the Salt Creek trail. Was going to rider longer but the rain started as I did and I got pretty soaked and cold after an hour.
3/10/06
21.70 1:21 15 24.3
Nice day for a longer ride but still tough due to weather/clothes.
3/11/06
20.12 1:21 14.8 23.9
Salt Creek Trail ride, horrible wind but a warm day. Tough ride. Spent the morning cleaning the drive train. Sand hill cranes migrating today.
3/12/06
30.13 2:00 15 23.8 Doubled the Salt Creek Trail. Cool ride and windy as expected for March. Lungs in pretty good shape.
3/18/06
20.17 1:22 14.8 23.8 Cold windy ride today on the Salt Creek. Looking forward to riding different trails soon as I need some variety.
3/19/06
20.79 1:23 15 20.4 Yet another solo ride on the Salt Creek trail.
3/26/06
20.15 1:19 15.1 23.1 Rode the Salt Creek with Matt and Jay. Not easy keeping up with 16 yr olds.
3/29/06
20.17 1:20 15 23.7 Really tired of riding this trail now. Tough ride, not enough sleep last night. Pretty windy too.
3/30/06
20.17 1:17 15.7 24.1 Salt Creek Trail again, nice day 68. Flock of cranes overhead. Met up with Matt and rode with him or should I say he slowed down to ride with me. Lungs are messed today.
4/7/06
21.52 1:30 14.3 21 SCT ride again, took today off to get auto work done. Cold day today. Been taking it easy as the last rides bothered my knee.
4/8/06
20.16 1:20 15 21.4 Very tough ride today on SCT. Sinus trouble as typical in the spring and pills only wear me out. Nice sunny day but cold and windy
4/7/06
40.35
2:56
14
24.2
Rode the SCT once by myself and then again with Sarah. !st time around the average was 15.
4/13/06
21.41
1:26
14.9
23.4
Beautiful afternoon on the SCT. Just got my bike back from the tune up and its not shifting right so I tried to work it out on the ride but didnt help.
4/20/06
41.24
2:54
14.1
25.3
Cycle Zydeco Day 1. Decent days ride, not too hot. Drank too much afterwards and had a difficult time getting dinner. Ended up walking out of one restaurant as it took over an hour and not served.
4/21/06
48.72
3:28
14.1
20
Cycle Zydeco Day 2. Cloudy day which turned to rain about halfway. Soaked. Called it an early night.
4/22/06
53.59
3:51
13.9
18.9
Cycle Zydeco Day 3. Started out cloudy but sun came out at Mamou. Took the long route and got sun burned. Ate about 5lbs of crawfish at the party, skipped dinner and went to sleep.
4/23/06
44.5 3:10 14.1 20 Cycle Zydeco Day 4. Easy day, rode with Rick and then finished up with Frankie and Rich. Left Lafayette and headed to New Orleans.
4/27/06
50.03 3:13 15.4 31.2 Solo ride on the Natchez Trace Parkway from north of Natchez to south of Port Gibson. Sunny day and a bit windy on the return. Camped at the State Park and got out early. Plenty of turkey.
4/29/06
26.02 1:54 13.6 23.4 Windy ride on the Prarie Path, cold too. Short ride as the wind was about 25mph and my lungs are acting up.
5/6/06
40.19 2:48 14.3 23.9 Cool morning for a quick 40 on the Prarie Path out to Aurora. Windy return.
5/14/06
16.26 1:06 14.7 23.9 Quick ride on the SCT. Cold wet day day.
5/17/06
20.12 1:19 15.3 24.7 5am ride on SCT. Cold morning.
5/18/06
20.10 1:18 15.3 24 4:30am ride on SCT. Cold
5/20/06
23.41 1:59 11.7

21.2

Rib Ride 2006
5/25/06
20.14 1:19 15.2 22.4 4:30 am ride on SCT quite wet from nights rain.
5/27/06
42.7 3:07 13.7 26.2 Prarie Path from Elmhurst to Aurora, must have been dehydrated as I was bonking on the way back. Tough ride and muscle cramps later.
5/28/06
20.12 1:18 15.3 21.9 Hot day ride on SCT. Tired today
5/29/06
20.15 1:17 15.5 23.8 Very hot short ride on the SCT
5/30/06
20.19 1:16 15.8 24.8 4:30 am ride on the SCT.
6/2/06
44.93 3:33 12.6 30.4 Williard Munger Trail in Hinckley MN. Rode with John and Dean, nice liesurely ride, almost lost it on a fast downhill.
6/4/06
40.67 2:49 14.4 23.1 Hell of a windy return trip on the Prarie Path from Aurora.
6/6/06
20.06 1:19 15.3 26.1 Late evening ride on SCT after a few drinks.
6/9/06
20.11 1:17 15.6 23.6 4:30am ride on the SCT
6/11/06
25.45 1:38 15.5 22.9 Afternoon ride on SCT. Partial double back.
6/13/06
20.39 1:19 15.3 23.5 4:30am ride on SCT, cold.
6/17/06
40.79 2:58 13.6 24.7 Prarie Path from Elmhurst to Aurora. Took it easy and felt better afterwards.
6/20/06
12.22 0:48 15 21.4 4:30am ride but the SCT is being resurfaced so I went to my winter route, the streets of La Grange & Western Springs.
6/24/06
34.36 3:02 11.3 18.8 We took a family ride on the I&M canal from Utica east to Marsailles. 4 of us and I'm trailering the dog.
6/26/06
23.12 1:35 14.6 23.1 Work is being done on the north part of SCT so I rode the rest of it twice.
6/28/06
20.16 1:18 15.4 24.8 5am ride on the about to be resurfaced SCT..doubled the north end.
7/6/06
20.19 1:21 15 24.3 4:30am ride on the SCT. The trail is newly paved from 31st to Wolf rd but the rest of it to the zoo is still gravel.
7/08/06
40.48 2:47 14.5 24.7 Early morning ride on the Prarie Path out to Aurora. Saw a coyotee.
7/9/06
20.18 1:45 11.5 21.9 Sarah and I rode the SCT which is still being paved. Some Fred cut us off and we got into quite a heated argument.
7/12/06
20.14 1:21 14.7 24.3 Evening ride on the SCT. Nothing special..warm.
7/15/06
26.04 1:40 15.6 22 Rode down the Red Arrow Highway in Bridgeman Michigan. Hot day
7/21/06
20.27 1:20 15.1 25.9 4:30am ride on the SCT. It still has not been surfaced from Manheim to Maple. Quite a damp morning.
7/22/06
24.30 1:33 15.6 21.9 Morning ride on the SCT. Can't ride too long as theres a party at the house later.
7/23/06
30.28 2:05 14.5 22.2 Started off on the Prarie Path in Elmhurst then moved over to the Great Western Trail out to 59.
7/25/06
20.02 1:16 15.7 24.6 4:30 am ride on SCT. There is still a 1/4 mile stretch east of Manheim that is not paved.
7/28/06
20.04 1:16 15.7 24.2 4:30 ride on the SCT. Nothing special still unpaved part.
7/29/06
37.03 2:44 13.5 23.2 Early morning ride on the Prarie Path. HOT day and a tough ride for me.
7/30/06
22.57 1:28 15.4 23.2 Afternoon ride on the SCT. Hot and I'm a bit tired from a late night and not eating right.
8/1/06
19.85 1:16 15.6 23.5 4:30am ride on the SCT with Matt. He took a spill on the gravel just east of Manheim. Due to the gravel, we went through the lot cutting off the rough trail.
8/11/06
20.19 1:19 15.3 23.5
Afternoon ride on the SCT.
8/13/06
12.78 1:10 10.9 22.2
Sarah and I rode around Lake Monona in Madison. Decent trail with about half the distance on streets.
8/15/06
20.14 1:17 15.6 23.6
4am ride on SCT. Nothing special
8/18/06

16.79

1:29 11.3 22.5 Rode along the lake in Michigan City Indiana. Stopped afterward at Shoreline Brewery.
8/19/06
26.62 2:07 12.6 26.7 Rose the Backroads Bikeway in Michigan.
8/21/06
36.47 3:06 11.8 16.3 Sarah and I took the dog and headed north to Blue Mound. We camped and then rode the Military Ridge trail to Verona and back. Tough hill.
8/22/06
49.63 4:10 11.9 23.1 Sarah,Maggie and Irode the Root River Trail in Walan MN. We went west to Fountain, hilly. Then south to Preston and back.
8/23/06
21.42 1:46 12.1 18.6 Sarah, Maggie and I rode from Whalan to Peterson. Short ride as the last 2 rides had some long climbs.
8/27/06
20.21 1:15 16.2 23.1 Solo ride on the SCT. Fast ride today, probably due to the last few rides dragging the dog in the trailer.
8/30/06
40.2 2:37 15.4 23.7 4:30am ride and afternoon ride on the SCT. Wet ride and dumped on a turn in the morning, tired but faster ride in the afternoon. 23 and then 17.
8/31/06
16.39 1:02 15.6 24.8 Quick afternoon ride on SCT to get in 300 for the month. Nothing special.
9/3/06
20.06 1:18 15.3 23.1 Afternoon ride on the SCT, nothing special just getting in miles.
9/6/06
20.14 1:16 15.7 23.4 4:30am ride on the SCT. Made a turn and right there was a buck in the middle of the trail, had to stop to miss him.
9/8/06
22.83 1:25 16 25.3 4am ride on the SCT.
9/9/06
24.12 1:57 12.3 23 Biketoberfest 2006 ride on the Fox River Trail. There were 25 of us.
9/14/06
27.2 1:44 15.6 27.07 After work ride on the SCT. Nothing special.
9/16/06
36.07 2:29 14.4 25.5 Morning ride on the Prarie Path. Turned around just past the Batavia junction.
9/17/06
28.19 1:47 15.7 22.2 Doubled back ride on the SCT. Nothing special, tired though.
9/25/06
21.51 1:27 14.8 20.7 4am ride on the SCT, now cold in the morning. 1/2 of the birthday ride, the second half this afternoon I hope. Quite tired after long weekend and slower due to cold and wet leafy trail. Something snarled at me in the dark.
9/25/06
20.6 1:22 15 24.3 Afternoon ride to get in my birthday ride of 42 miles. Tired afternoon as it was a long day.
9/28/06
20.14 1:18 15.5 26.4 4am ride on the SCT. Nothing special..just cold.
10/1/06
27.02 1:43 14.8 24.1 mid day ride on the SCT.
10/7/06
28.29 2:26 11.6 19.1 Full Team Scat ride in Council Bluffs Iowa on the Wabash Trail.
10/20/06
20.54 1:20 15 24.4 cold afternoon ride on the SCT. Really tired afterwards but this has been a tough week.
10/25/06
20.47 1:25 14.4 25.2
Cold afternoon ride on the SCT. Knee is sore. Using new tights.
1028/06
20.17 1:26 14.1 27
Cold & windy ride on the SCT. Gusts up to 30mph but overall sunny at 40.
10/29/06
20.06 1:22 14.7 24.4
Cool windy ride on the SCT.
11/05/06
16.17 1:03 15.4 23.6
Short ride on the SCT as I had an appointment today.
11/08/06
20.05 1:20 15 23.6
SCT
11/12/06
19.06 1:16 15.1 22.7
SCT
11/18/06
20.1 1:22 14.7 22.8
Cool ride on the SCT..
11/21/06
16.24 1:06 14.8 23.2
Cool afternoon ride on the SCT
11/23/06
30.03 2:06 14.3 21.5 Thanksgiving ride took the Salt Creek trail onto the Oak Brook bike sytem around the golf course. Decent sunny day.
11/26/06
24.53 1:37 15 23.6 Rode the extended SCT around the golf course.
12/9/06
20.13 1:29 13.6 23.8 Cold afternoon ride on the streets of Western Springs. Sunny but still only 30 degrees.
12/16/06
20.08 1:25 14.1 22.5 Decent day for December, took the SCT since the snow melted.
12/17/06 20.1 1:22 14.5 22.1 Another warm December day on the SCT.
12/19/06 20.10 1:23

14.4

25.2 Afternoon ride on the SCT
12/28/06 20.09 1:20 15 22.7 Warm day but late start on the SCT. Slowly got colder.
12/29/06 20.02 1:21 14.7 21.7 Morning ride on the SCT
           
           
           
           

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