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Clear mind and clear body keeps me light on the pedals.
I'm really enjoying the bike these days, had a nice 25 this morning.
After my ride I went to the gym and met up with Roger and Jerry and we decided to ride together tomorrow, 40 for me, 25 for Roger and Jerry, should be fun.
Also while at the gym Marty stopped by and shared some bad news with me, he has a large mass on his brain.
This just about floored me, Marty's a hell of nice guy, why does this have to happen.
Just remember Marty, anything you need, just hollar.
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I had a nice weekend of riding. Saturday, Jerry and I had a real nice 47 miles, weather was perfect and it seemed to fly by.
Friday I got my new shoes so I decided to try them out on Sunday. I just rode 25 miles, I thought it might be best to break them in, they felt fine.
I also did a little yard work on Sunday morning, when I get in more miles I fall behind around the casa.
Right now I'm in the best shape I've been in for a while and it sure is fun.
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Nice ride to Marietta and back this morning.
I believe this is going to be a favorite thursday ride, you start with hills, end with hills and there are some hills in the middle.
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I made a deal with a friend, Roger Warren, to ride this morning.
Jerry and I are trying to get Roger into riding, he has got a new bike and on the ride this morning he did good.
Before our ride we met at Jerry's to meet a gentleman, Mike Scully, who is cycling from San Antonio to New York. We had a nice visit, Mike seemed to really have it together, he had a nice rig, hope he has a good trip.
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Jerry and I managed to get in a 25 miler this morning, nice weather considering the time of year.
After our ride Jerry came by the house to show me how to put some songs on my new MP3 player, thanks Jerry.
I'm having a hard time finding someone to ride with so on some of my longer rides I thought it might be nice to have some music, I'll try it out on Thursday on my ride to Marietta and back.
On Saturday I plan on doing a 47 miler and this will also be a good ride for music, not to much traffic.
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Went to the Gym this morning, good workout and always nice visiting.
For anyone who might be interested there is a ride, "Cow Creek Country Classic," in Waxahatchie this weekend, Click Here for details
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Today Jerry and I went to the Gilliam Sunflower Festival and rode the Sunflower Trail on our bikes, Blair Buckley from Shreveport joined us.
Click on the image below for my ride report with photos.
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I buried my best friend today, rest in peace Spunky.
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I had a real nice mtn bike ride this morning even tho it was hot with 1000% humidity, and Horseflies.
I rode over to a friends, David Lester, house to see his Sunflowers.
I really enjoyed the Sunflowers and all the rest of the flowers, really nice.
Click on image below to see more pics of the Lesters Garden.
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The Gilliam ride has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
Saw this Beautiful snake on my ride today.
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Got on the road at 7am and it was 74 deg, 86 by the time I got home, Hot and Humid were the words for the day.
When passing thru Linden I stopped at Jerry's to wish him a happy birthday and see his 100 dollar wool shirt.
I left Jerrys to do an 8 mile loop and when I was finishing the loop I came up on Jerry walking, scared the dodo out of him.
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Out early
"If your going to San Francisco"
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I had so much fun on yesterdays ride I decided to get out and do it again this morning. It was a nice morning for a ride, a bit warm and a medium South wind, but nice for this time of the year.
I really want to thank Jerry and Charmane for riding with me, I know it isn't easy, but it really makes my weekend. Our group has, Beauty, Intellegence and BS, you figure out whos who. I can guarantee you that us three really do love to ride bikes and I think I could ride every Saturday from now on with these folks, Ok, I'll give em one weekend off a month, that's it.
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Jerry, Charmane and myself met up in Red Hill this morning for a ride. As usual we had a good time and 40 miles was behind us before we knew it. The weather was perfect for this time of the year, overcast most of the ride with a light wind. We had one stop in Marietta at Mimi's cafe and as you can see in the last photo they really had a neat table, made of pecan and about 12 feet long, impressive.
I think we had enough hills for everyone and we burnt enough calories that we can have anything we want for the rest of the day.
Next weekend we will meet in Gilliam, LA for a 33 mile ride, there's a 50 miler if you like, I'll be posting more on this ride, Jerry and I will be there, maybe Blair from Shreveport and hopefully Charmane.
Quite a few dogs in Carterville, not to agressive tho
Interesting couple of Vehicles in Midway
ONe really nice table made of Pecan.
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I rode to Linden today and went to Jerry's, he wanted to join me for 8 miles. We left his house and as we were riding along I noticed I was behind Jerry and I wasn't waiting. I kept pedaling and Jerry wasn't letting up, what's going on here. Jerry finally tells me that he wants to do the loop as fast as he can to check his average mph. So we do an 8 mile time trial and Jerry was impressive almost had me on the ropes.
After the ride we had coffee and talked chickens with a friend. A good morning.
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Jerry and I had a really nice ride this morning, felt more like April than June. We rode from Linden to Almira to Red Hill then back to Linden, 25 with some hills.
After our ride I took the car to Gilliam, LA to check out my bike route for our June 21rst ride. I thought I had found a nice shortcut, a neat road, on Google Earth but when I checked it out today it turned to gravel so the long route will be 50 miles, then a 33 and then a 25. I was amazed at how nice the roads were, smooth pave, no Texas Chipseal. It'll also be a treat to cross the Red River, pretty nice views from the bridge.
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I had a good weekend on the bike.
Saturday morning I went for a 33 mile ride and Jerry joined me for about 8 miles, enjoyed the company, Jerry talking about blisters.
On Sunday I rode 40 miles by myself. I was on the bike at 6:53am and was home by 10am, worked out great.
It is heating up in Texas but so far it's not insanely hot and if I get out early it's not so bad.
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Today I took the Mtn Bike for a spin thru the bottoms and up a couple of hills.
The main reason for the mtn bike was to meet up with Jerry and Roger who were on a hike to the State Park from Linden. That's about a 20 mile hike and congratulations to them, they made it.
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I had a fun day on the bike today, got in 33 miles.
Todays route was hilly and I was on the road at 7:40am to beat the heat.
Yep it's heating up in East Texas, 90's, can't complain to much it hasn't been 100 yet.
Some days you have it, some days you don't, today was a good one.
