Comfy Cycling

We are now back home after a great weekend on the STP ride. We actually arrived home yesterday afternoon at about 3 PM. The weather was beautiful for the entire trip and as I write this the sun is out and though a little chilly this morning, and it looks to be another beautiful day.

The STP [...]

Sun, Jul 13, 2008 – 166.64 km [Cycling]166.64 km in 06:48:45 hours at 24.46 km/h on Trek Pilot 5.0. [Cycling] Well I did it. I successfully completed the 2008 Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. Woohoo.

This was Day 2 of the Seattle to Portland Ride. It was a bit more difficult for a [...]

Sat, Jul 12, 2008 – 159.78 km [Cycling]159.78 km in 06:30:03 hours at 24.58 km/h on Trek Pilot 5.0. [Cycling] Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic Day 1. This was such a fantastic day. We couldn’t ask for better weather. The ride started at sunrise alongside Lake Washington with a fantastic view of Mount Rainier.

The [...]

Well so far so good, I left the starting line in Seattle just after 6:00 AM and arrived at the Centralia College halfway point just after 1:30 PM. Half way there. It was a great ride but I am tired and hungry, so now that I have arrived at the hotel and had time to have [...]

Well we are now fed and watered for the evening. It was a good pasta feed provided by Whole Foods in their parking lot across from the store. We arrived a bit before dinner was ready so we took the opportunity to browse their store and were amazed at the selection of good wholesome organic food [...]

We just arrived in Seattle and checked into our room here at the Silver Cloud Inn. It was an uneventful drive on a gorgeous day. We crossed at the Aldergrove border crossing at 9:27 AM and there was a short line up to just a block north of 0 Ave. We were across the border in [...]