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Get Motivated

Published on August 13, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Wednesday looked as ugly as Monday, but I got off my sorry ass and went riding even though I felt lazy. Tried out some of Chris’ Chamois Butter. Can’t really say it’s better than talcum powder. Two different theories, I guess. I must have been really tired, as I knocked out pretty early and was still tired the following morning. Wonder if I can get in another ride on Friday before I pack up the bike?

D = 10.4 km, Vavr = 14.7 km/h, Vmax = 35.8 km/h, T = 42-minutes, A/D = 152 m

Fallen Arches

Published on August 10, 2014 in rant by risu. Closed

Sunday, 10 August 2014

Since the rain that arrived with Tropical Storm Iselle rendered the trails too wet to ride, we went on a brief wander around the Lanai lookout. The original idea was to look at the mountainside “natural arch”, but that is more on the Blowhole parking lot side. The weather was blazing hot and cloudless, leaving little hint that there was a tropical cyclone in the neighborhood less than a day ago.

D = 7.00 km, Vavr = 3.5 km/h, Vmax = 9.6 km/h, T = 2-hours (total trail time about three hours), A/D = 292 m

Bracketed by Cyclones

Published on August 7, 2014 in bike, rant and Travel by risu. Closed

With the weekends before the Whistler trip dwindling, we have not one but two tropical cyclones on the way to ruin the prospects for riding this coming weekend. At this time, it looks like Iselle will pass to the South, and in a couple of days, Julio will pass to the North. Iselle hasn’t made landfall on the Big Island just yet, but it was just downgraded to a tropical storm. Julio was upgraded to a category 3, but is expected to weaken to tropical storm strength before skirting the state. Genevieve that gave us bad weather a couple of weeks ago when it passed far South of us as a tropical depression is currently heading toward Japan as a category 5 super typhoon.

Double Down Again!

Published on August 4, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Monday, 04 August 2014

I was pretty beat down from Sunday and had no intention of riding today, so I didn’t really do anything proactive recovery-wise yesterday in anticipation of getting on a bike today. The weather wasn’t perfect when I got home, but there appeared to be little chance of rain. This and the probability of deteriorating conditions starting midweek from approaching hurricanes motivated me to climb back aboard the pain machine. Needless to say, the ischial arches were sore from yesterday’s extended saddle time, and the pedaling muscle groups caught the burn almost instantly, but putting on distance loosened things up.

D = 9.19 km, Vavr = 15.7 km/h, Vmax = 36.0 km/h, T = 35-minutes, A/D = 135 m

Sunset Mystery Tour

Published on August 3, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Sunday, 03 August 2014

Only Root and I were open for a trail ride on Sunday, so we headed out to Sunset Hills to take advantage of the good weather. The ride started out somewhat normally, climbing up to the agricultural facility, dropping down to Lilikoi Junction, then climbing up to the plateau to drop Deadwood to the bunker. Then things got a little convoluted. Continue reading ‘Sunset Mystery Tour’

Triple Down

Published on July 30, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

OK, there was a one-day gap there, so maybe it doesn’t count, but hey – that’s still 32 km this week! I dropped the fork pressure a bit since I still wasn’t getting full travel.

D = 11.0 km, Vavr = 15.8 km/h, Vmax = 33.3 km/h, T = 42-minutes, A/D = 149 m

Can I Have Another?

Published on July 28, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Monday, 28 July 2014

Weather was great, so even though I rode yesterday, I took an afternoon spin. With the unstable weather, I figured I should get in as much riding time as possible when I could get it.

D = 8.78 km, Vavr = 16.1 km/h, Vmax = 34.0 km/h, T = 33-minutes, A/D = 136 m

Weekend Roll

Published on July 27, 2014 in bike by risu. Closed

Sunday, 27 July 2014

There was a plan brewing for a weekend ride on Friday, but nothing fell together. I’ll shoulder the blame for that one. I was dead tired on Friday night, so I went to sleep shortly after getting home and showering. Chris and Root were up for something, but because I was out of touch, no plans were made, so we missed a chance to get some trail riding in on Saturday morning. Our subsequent planning discussion started too late and any possibility of a group endeavor on either weekend day fell apart. Still, I had to get out and do something, so I took a neighborhood spin on Sunday afternoon.

D = 12.7 km, Vavr = 15.2 km/h, Vmax = 35.6 km/h, T = 50-minutes, A/D = 179 m

Turned Back by Rain

Published on July 23, 2014 in bike and rant by risu. Closed

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Oh well.  When I got home, the weather looked unhapy, even though everything was fine and sunny less than an hour before on the traffic cameras.  I still wanted to at least get a spin on the modded Moment “A2” to see how everything felt, so I went out for my normal neighborhood spin.  Not unexpectedly of course, within about 10 minutes it started to drizzle, so I returned home.  I did get in the whole loop, but didn’t get to do any sprints or climbing interval laps.  Continue reading ‘Turned Back by Rain’

Stanknasty

Published on July 21, 2014 in Culture, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

You end up with a nauseating charbroiled beef fat stink just walking by that Korean snack shop/convenience store on the third floor of the Ala Moana professional office building. I want to change my shirt or take a shower or whatever it takes to get rid of this smell so I won’t have a gag reflex all day.

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