Tag: #30daysofbiking

Boston Midnight Marathon Bike Ride

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340 of us put our bikes on Trucks at South Station in Boston that transferred them to Southboro, Ma. We filled five double deck commuter rail trains with riders for the one hour ride to meet up with our bikes. There was also an additional 2530 others who made their own way to the start of the ride. Once in Southboro, we located truck E and retrieved our bikes to begin the four mile ride to the official start of the Marathon in Hopkinton.  It began with the steepest hill that saw many many get off their bikes to walk. This is one of my top rated rides and like runners do for the Marathon, this is definitely a bucket list event.

2017 BOSTON MIDNIGHT MARATHON BIKE RIDE from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Full Moon Ride in Newport, R.I.

Full Moon Ride in Newport

Join us on our bike rides through Newport, guided by the full moon!

The event is free and open to everyone !

*Helmets and bike lights are required to ride*

Meet us at Bike Newport on 62 Broadway

7:00 pm on Sunday March 12th

7:30 pm on Tuesday April 11th

8:15 pm on Wednesday May 10th

*The rides will be a no-drop, group ride for people comfortable riding on the road – up to 12 miles depending on weather.

Midnight Marathon Bike Ride

 

Boston Midnight Marathon

It’s time to get your tickets to have your bike shipped to the starting line in Hopkinton.  It’s thirty bucks plus another six for the commuter rail.  It’s very much worth the money.  The trucks fill up quickly so time is of the essence.

CLICK HERE to get your ticket.  Stop thinking about it. Just do it fercryinoutloud.  It’s going to be one of the best rides you have ever done.

BOSTON MIDNIGHT MARATHON BIKE from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Day 27 High Hopes

Day 27 Ram closeup
This Ram had high hopes for a treat.  Next time.

It’s still below normal  with temps in the mid 50’s.  The weather will continue to improve for my 30 days of biking, culminating with a 65 degree day for riding NYC on Sunday. I planned on riding a new route beginning at yoga and adding 10 miles to my workout.  Things didn’t pan out so I did one of the standard 26 mile rides.

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It was hit and miss with the wind.  It’s wasn’t bad for the most part, but there are sections of the route that are wide open farm land.  Whenever I rode into one of those areas, it was a struggle to maintain anything over 11 or 12 MPH.  That and a couple of the hills conspired to keep my average for the ride at just under 14 MPH.

I hadn’t planned on doing any stopping, sans Lloyds Market, but the animals were out in numbers today and being the sucker I am for good animal photos, I ended up making four or five quick stops.

Day 27 Lloyds Market

The little guy above saw me stop, took a look and began meandering my way.  As he got closer we spoke to each other baaaa-ing our feelings.  He let me scratch his ears in the hopes I’m sure of a treat.  From now on I’ll be packing something for them and the horses.

Day 27 Ram 1
I see you.
Day 27 Ram 2
Let’s talk about treats.
Day 27 Clydsdales
The Clydesdale were out
Day 27 horses 1
Rescue horses

Destination Soup

Destination Soup 2

Day 22 of 30 days of biking. A short 10 mile ride into the city for lunch. They have a healthy salad that is so wonderful it’s called wunderkind.  It’s big as most healthy salads tend to be. It the kind that takes 45 minutes to eat and you only consume like 6 calories.  I also had to take a photo in preparation for this years coffeeneuring challenge.

Wonderkind Salad
Wunderkind salad and tomato basil soup.  mmmmm
Coffee in NB
coffee at Destination Soup in New Bedford, MA

It’s a full moon and I’ll probably go out tonight and ride the FBC Fairhaven club ride alone again.  The full moon rides died out a few years ago when no one would take over the logistics of the monthly ride. But FBC Sandpoint is still going strong. It’s also earth day so I’ll stop along the way and find a sexy tree to hug.  No, really. I do that every once in a while. I’m a tree huggah. (said in my best Boston accent).

Riding Town Lake Trail In Austin

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Brandon won’t be able to ride his bike for quite a while but otherwise he can get around. I took a second ride today, a 13 mile loop around Town Lake. It’s a very groovy ride and naturally I got lost at the far end. Fortunately I happened across good Samaritans who got me back on track.  I started riding after “playtime began”.  (Playtime for working people is 5-10 PM), so there were lots of people on the trail.

Part of the trail is built on the water with flagstone surface that is easy riding.  Most of the trail is packed something or other and the heavy rains last night made sections of it very slow going. It was a really fun ride and I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking because I’m being hounded to go out do dinner.  On the cheap.  Olive Garden.