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Monday Apr 12, 2010 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 48:42 [3] 13.04 mi (3:44 / mi)
slept:4.5 weight:177lbs
From Northfield Rd. to Montgomery Ave. with Max in his trailer, then to C St., SW, Washington, D.C. via the Capital Crescent Trail and Ohio Dr. This was my first ride all the way to work since January. I felt slow and had some headwinds from the SE. This morning I awoke painfully half an hour before it was time to get up. As I moved, my left leg hamstring went into a sudden cramp. It was a few minutes before I could get it to relax. It was probably from the long time doing yardwork the day before and perhaps from some dehydration.
7 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 54:51 [3] 12.87 mi (4:16 / mi)
From Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. to Montgomery Ave. to pickup Max's trailer, then to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. I struggled a bit and was slow too. Besides not being in shape, my rear tire was low on air. My back was huring for the last several miles. I could feel the tire bottoming out sometimes. I'd looked my bicycle over the day before and tried to find the cause of my frequent chain skipping. The bike shifted into all gears smoothly on the stand. However, while on the stand, I finally noticed a strange flex in the chain in one segment, that could be causing it to jump when I apply the right amount of pressure.
Sunday Apr 11, 2010 #
Bicycling (Commute) 30:45 [3] 5.0 mi (6:09 / mi)
slept:8.0 weight:178lbs
From Northfield Rd., I took Max on his trail-a-bike to the playground in Kenwood, and then to lunch on River Rd. I only used the Capital Crescent Trail for about a third of the mile. We rode back through Kenwood again and along Honeywell Rd. too. I did a lot of yard work after this including a lot of pulling of ivy, picking up sticks and sawing deadwood.
Saturday Apr 10, 2010 #
Calisthenics (General) 2:00 [3]
slept:8.0 weight:176lbs
45 situps. It was a busy day.
Friday Apr 9, 2010 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 14:43 [3] 2.8 mi (5:15 / mi)
slept:5.5 weight:176.5lbs
From Northfield Rd., to Montgomery Ave. with Max in his trailer via the Georgetown Branch Trail tunnel, then to the Bethsda Metro Station. My original plan had been to bicycle all the way into work. With the rain last night and possible showers predicted for today, I cancelled that plan. Later as I saw the roads were drying-off, I decided to go ahead and at least ride the short way to the metro station. After not quite as late of a night than the day before, I finally got my bathroom project done. There's just a little bit of clean-up to do on that now.
6 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 15:23 [3] 2.65 mi (5:48 / mi)
From the Bethesda Metro Station, to Montgomery Ave. to pickup Max and his trailer, then to Northfield Rd. via the Air Rights Building tunnel. Max and I stopped off for dinner in downtown Bethesda. We discovered that the organic pizza place we liked was closed. It was pretty breezy and much cooler than the last few days.
Thursday Apr 8, 2010 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 14:54 [3] 2.8 mi (5:19 / mi)
slept:4.75 weight:175lbs
From Northfield Rd., to Montgomery Ave. with Max in his trailer via the Georgetown Branch Trail tunnel, then to the Bethsda Metro Station. With leaving later, I ran into more traffic than usual.
6 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 12:22 [3] 2.6 mi (4:45 / mi)
From the Bethesda Metro Station, to Montgomery Ave. to pickup Max's trailer, then to Northfield Rd. via the Air Rights Building tunnel. It was windy outside. I somehow managed to stay out of the worst of the headwinds but a combination of dust and maybe pollen kept getting in one eye.
Wednesday Apr 7, 2010 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 14:13 [3] 2.8 mi (5:05 / mi)
slept:5.0 weight:175.5lbs (injured)
From Northfield Rd., to Montgomery Ave. with Max in his trailer via the Georgetown Branch Trail tunnel, then to the Bethsda Metro Station.
6 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 18:43 [3] 3.4 mi (5:30 / mi)
(injured)
From the Bethesda Metro Station, to Montgomery Ave. to pickup Max and his trailer, then to Northfield Rd. via the Air Rights Building tunnel, Arlington Dr., Bradley Blvd., Honeywell Rd. and Charlcotte Rd. I got to Max's day care in time to see both Peggy and Max. As he often wants to do, Max rode back home with me. We stopped off at the hardware store for supplies and rambled through some neighborhood streets on the way back. Some were hilly.
10 PM
Running (Street & Trail) 19:38 [3] 2.57 mi (7:38 / mi)
(injured)
From Northfield Rd. to Custer Rd. to Wilson Ln. to Glenbrook Rd. to Moorland Rd. to Hampden Ln., to Edgemoor Ln. to Exeter Rd. to Wilson Ln. to Del Ray Ave. to Old Georgetown Rd., to Huntington Pkwy. to Custer Rd. to Northfield Rd. I thought it time to test out my legs but I was also motivated by making this an ice cream run. I started out slowly and felt heavy but not just from dinner. It was like a late summer night. Lots of lawns were mowed, house windows were open and garden lights on. After a little bit under 2 miles I stopped to buy some ice cream and then I ran it home to eat it! It was nice that I didn't feel calf pain or discomfort on this run but I'll have to keep an eye on it. After the run, I had another long night of painting bathroom trim--that's slow but satisfying work.
Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 #
8 AM
Bicycling (Commute) 14:22 [3] 2.8 mi (5:08 / mi)
slept:5.5 weight:177lbs (injured)
From Northfield Rd., to Montgomery Ave. with Max in his trailer via the Georgetown Branch Trail tunnel, then to the Bethsda Metro Station. I was rather tired from a late night bathroom painting session.
8 PM
Bicycling (Commute) 12:30 [3] 2.6 mi (4:48 / mi)
(injured)
From the Bethesda Metro Station, to Northfield Rd. Peggy had already picked-up Max in the trailer so I got to go straight home. I brought a change of clothes for the unseasonably warm ride home today. Like Friday, I had anticipated getting home before dark but it wasn't to be.