…some sort of watery substance falling from the sky. Some claimed it was raining. I’m not sure I would be able to confirm or deny that. It hasn’t rained in San Antonio for quite some time. Would I recognize rain? I hear a great sight of relief coming from the lawn outside. Maybe it DID rain… Hmmm…
The special weather statement says it all… A record high temperature of 102 degrees was set at San Antonio today. This breaks the old record of 101 set in 1905. Fortunately, by the time the temperature reached 102, my Felt bicycle had been sleeping soundly in the garage for hours. That’s because we started our ride this morning bright and [...]
150 miles. San Antonio to Corpus Christi. On a bike. I’m still in shock, but I’m also fully registered to participate in the Valero MS 150 “Bike to the Beach” ride which benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Joel, Bill and Marco did this ride last year and while they note the challenges I will face they also comment on [...]
This has been a weekend of record breaking… This morning, I joined cousin Joey, his wife Lori and my father Jack on a 15 mile ride on the popular San Antonio Missions Bike trail. We started the ride just after 0730 hours and enjoyed some rather cool temps for most of the ride. Detailed ride data courtesy Motionbased.com (via Garmin [...]
Reflections… The glass of Ovaltine is empty and I’m sitting here thinking about a single word to describe this morning’s ride. Incredible! Yeah, that will do… Incredible because… I completed almost a 1/2 century of riding – 46.38 miles to be exact (a record!) It was my first ride with the Velo Valero cycling team (of which I am a [...]
This morning, I joined Joel, Jennifer and Bill on the now infamous “Crownridge to Boerne” ride that I have written about…umm…fondly on more than one occasion (just read my earlier “Just Brutal” post for more details!). Here are ride details courtesy Motionbased.com. The ride to Boerne was uneventful other than the sometimes grueling climbs that hit you hard before you’re [...]
This past Sunday morning I joined Joel and completed a nearly 33 mile ride we refer to as the “Crownridge to Boerne” ride. Yesterday, Marco and I added almost 26 miles after surviving heat and strong headwinds on the “Helotes Loop.” So here I am, on Wednesday morning, at 58 miles for the week. I’m not sure this qualifies as [...]
Solenopsis invicta…otherwise known as the Red Imported Fire Ant. My enemy. My nemesis. It all started on Wednesday around 6:30pm when I joined Bill and Jennifer for a road bike ride in Bill’s neck of the woods near Fair Oaks Ranch. Our plan was to ride about 20-30 miles, ignore the nearly 100 degree temperatures, and complete what has become [...]
