Mountain Biking in Cold Lake Provincial Park Trail Ride on 07/27/2010
Provincial Park Trail Ride
Mountain Biking - General (07/27/2010)
Summary
Name: Provincial Park Trail Ride Type: Mountain Biking - General Date: 07/27/2010 Start: 17:00:00 End: 17:35:00 Time Taken: 00:35:00
Workout Weight: 260.0 lbs. Workout Route: Provincial Park Trail Ride (wide Loop) Total Distance: 4.36 mi. Burned: 484 (kcal) Effort: Hard Quality: Great Workout Notes
Notes First time biking the wide loop with some friends. Felt so out of shape but then again I know my bike is more configured for road riding.
Workout Stats
Pace: 08:01 (avg) Speed: 7.47 (mi/hr) (avg) Comments
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Planned to make a ride up with some friends. They were alot more experienced than I was but they let me tag along. We went for a ride through the provincial park, which had some tricky sections due to all the rain we have had. I was sore but overall feeling pretty good. I know I will pay for it after. Afterwards we went for some beer and wings and great conversation. Wish all my workouts could be this fun.
Another Day Another Ride...
iMapMyRide: Road Cycling / Mountain Biking - Mountain Biking - General
Mountain Biking - General (07/19/2010)
Summary
Name: iMapMyRide: Road Cycling / Mountain Biking - Mountain Biking - General Type: Mountain Biking - General Date: 07/19/2010 Start: 09:13:00 End: 09:49:00 Time Taken: 00:36:10
Workout Weight: 265.0 lbs. Workout Route: 07/19/2010 Route Total Distance: 4.36 mi. Burned: 507 (kcal) Effort: Normal Quality: Good Workout Notes
Notes Running Errands.
Workout Stats
Pace: 08:16 (avg) Speed: 7.23 (mi/hr) (avg) Power: 232 (watts) (avg) Comments
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So far I have been getting around no problem with the bike and backpack in tow. Other than the few odd looks when I venture into a store or stop in at the Tim's for coffee and a muffin its been pretty good. I like being a pedal pusher. It gives you an odd sense of accomplishment being able to say that yes I used my own power to get from here to there. It also makes me feel pretty good that I didn't have to use any gas to go around to do any shopping. Having to ride certainly makes me careful about how I plan my day and how I am able to get around. Of course, once school begins I imagine that this will change drastically.
Oh, Oh, the rain has begun again! Man why can't it quit! Anyways, I have learned that bike shorts are awesome. They are padded in the right places (hint hint). Also, my bike needs some fenders or I am going to end up with that end up with a skunk stripe up my back everytime I ride through some water. Especially this summer.
Since I have been logging my workouts/rides on Mapmyride.com, I have about 20km down in my goal. That means about 180 km to polish off before the summer ends. (I won't say when school ends). I may have to change the end date of this goal. What do you guys think? How should I reward myself at the end of this goal? Some feedback would be great!
General Road Cycling: iMapMyRide: Jul 17, 2010 9:41 PM on 07/17/2010
iMapMyRide: Jul 17, 2010 9:41 PM
General Road Cycling (07/17/2010)
Summary
Name: iMapMyRide: Jul 17, 2010 9:41 PM Type: General Road Cycling Date: 07/17/2010 Start: 21:09:00 End: 21:40:00 Time Taken: 00:31:05
Workout Weight: 265.0 lbs. Workout Route: Sharon Lee Total Distance: 3.64 mi. Burned: 205 (kcal) Effort: Easy Quality: Ok Workout Notes
Notes Imported Workout Went for a ride with my lovely wife! Nice!
Workout Stats
Pace: 35:16 (min) 08:31 (avg) 01:57 (max) Speed: 1.7 (mi/hr) (min) 7.03 (mi/hr) (avg) 30.76 (mi/hr) (max) Comments
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Yesterday, I managed to fit in two rides. The weather was a little overcast so I was worried that I wouldn't be able to ride but it turns out that I was able to get in a ride in the early afternoon and later in the evening Sharon came with me for a ride. Even though I can't drive right now, I am so happy with the support my wife gives me. I'm going to drag her (actually bring her) along with me for other rides. Its nice to have other people to bike with.
We also had a fantastic visit from our friends Sherry and Miles Nachbaur and they brought along their new additions Kai and Hunter to the house for a visit. If you happen to be reading this guys, we had a great time seeing the boys, watching the Riders Esks game (wrong team won), and generally being able to share some great conversation with you. Hope to be able to visit with you more in the future.
Another bud of mine, Den is coming to visit us this week so I hope he is up to doing some biking. :)
Until the next ride...
Training Log for Lee. Started tracking with Map My Ride.
Hey all. Just thought I'd start tracking what I was doing on the ol' bicycle seeing it is my primary mode of transport for the summer and fall. I'll be working hard to lose some poundage before the beginning of school year, so I'll try and fit my rides in whenever I can. I'm going to try and log about 200 km between road cycling and going to the gym and walking/jogging. So wish me luck.
Btw any help or advice you'd be willing to give would be fantastic. Thanks!
Day 1: Weight Loss Journey begins
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festival goer. They crowd in 500 people into a corral and give each
person a ticket with a band name and a number. I drew Steven Page # 21 but in line someone gave me the #1 ticket , I
figure how cool is that! However even better than that is when
someone wants to trade up. So here I am waiting to get in and lay down
a tarp. In case I forgot, the tarp is the space you claim on the hill
for the day in front of the main stage. You want to be picked first to
get the choice spot. Anyways, the atmosphere is pretty laid back friendly. Almost ready to go in. I went to stage 5 for a Set called in the tradition. Performing
Spirit of the West, Eivor, and Brebach. Geoff Kelly and John Mann led
the session. Eivor from the Faroe Islands. She has an incredible voice
and her music is like Enya. They finished the set with a large improv
. On Stage 6 we saw the Song catchers set. Chuck Brodsky, Neko Case, and
Kathleen Edwards performed. Chuck is every sense the traditional
storyteller and has even been Compared to Bob Dylan. Kathleen has
great songs for every age. Check out her Alphabet Song! Neko Case has
an amazing voice and her stage act is excellent. Mainstage was kicked off by The Wailers. Missing the legend Bob
Marley, the band carries on. The crowd loved the show so much that
they wanted an encore. However it was not to be. Neko Case was in
deck and she served up a good mix of rock and country. The last
performer Raul Mavo really made the hill shake with rocking tunes and
had everyone singing Twist and Shout. Closed out the show and am
resting up for a full day tomorrow. Till then, Lee Folk Fest 2009 Day 3 Got to relax this morning as tom and Kathy did tarp run today. Made
it in time to watch Steeldrivers and Hangai. Hangai is a band from Mongolia. They play an interesting mix of
traditional throat singing with modern overtones. Steeldrivers are a
hard rockin bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennesee. Hangai played an
amazing song accompanied by the Steel drivers called the drinking
song. Met up with Tom on stage 6 for tHe tail end with Joel PlaSKETT.
STOPPED for a jumbo lemonade. Thanks Lemon Heaven!. Checking out Stage 3 with Hot tuna, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir,
and Dauby Taure. A great session because all the artists Can really
jam! They were having a great time and so were we. Hangi n in the beer -tent with Tom which is great for finding out
about other Sessions. Watched Neko Case Rodney Crowel' and Sharon Jones and the dap kings.
Judging by the tweets Neko and Rodney were way too mellow. Sharon on
tie other hard was a ball of furious energy on stage. Just wish she
was on sooner as I was pretty beat. Check out the pics.
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> WelI here I am at Folk Fest 2009. Edmonton has had this great
> festival for 30 years. This year they added a Wednesday performance.
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Taking a break from Reno World...
It is something we have been meaning to do over the last couple of
years and we finally bit the bullet and purchased some for ourselves
and the gear to o with. Finally, we have had a chance to use the kayaks, with breaks in the
weather and our busy schedules. Actually a friend of ours who also
recently bought her boat gave us a call about going out to French Bay
for a nice paddle. We bundled up all of our gear and loaded up the
boats. (A learning process unto itself. I believe Sharon and I can't
do anything easily :) ). We head out to the provincial park boat
launch and wait for our friend. We expect to see her there first as
most of us who know us well know what kind of schedule we keep. Anyways, we were quite suprised to arrive there and find that she had
not arrived. We tried phoning her but of course there was no cell
service where we were (Thanks Telus!). After about 40 minutes of
waiting, we hauled the kayaks down to the boat launch and made
ourselves ready to go. Yesterday's weather was pretty overcast with some light drizzle every
now and again which made it perfect for all the fishermen to be out on
the water. It was a pretty funny sight to see Sharon and I trying to
get ourselves into these kayaks while boats were coming in and out of
the launch. Once we were out on the water we had a great time! It was pretty quiet
even for how busy it was at the boat launch and paddling out in the
water was very relaxing. After an hour or paddling on the lake and
just trying to learn how to be better paddlers we turned back for
home. We made it back to our house and phoned Tom, and he said that we were
in the wrong place entirely! We were supposed to meet at French Bay
but apparently where we launched at was a completely different place.
French Bay is closer to the ski hill. Anyways Kathy stopped by to find
out what had happened to us. Hopefully next time we will be able to
get together for a boat trip with her. The only other news for us is that the flooring is starting its
install today. We are looking forward to that! BTW the picture of the beautiful little girl with the sunglasses is
Rose. Her and Leah came up to visit one weekend and these are a few
pics a I snapped before they went to the beach. Till next time!
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commented on the photos on Facebook. We are enjoying the countertops
and the updated look as well. Our contractor, and his brother have been busy tearing out the years
of rot around the bay window and restoring everything so we can start
get some of our new windows put back in. We have two other contractors
ready to go to start helping out with our other projects so hopefeully
we can start enjoying our "new" house to its fullest. We'll keep everyone posted with pics and everything else. Cheers!
