Recording 30 mile saugatuck reservoir for indoor trainer

Pre xmas ride

Havent been out for a while....just had to go!...wife says i'm crazy....
Did a solo 30 km between 2:30 and 4:30.
Beautiful xmas lights and decorations in my neighborhood.  pretty damn cold though....thanks smillow steering commitee for the winter jersey!!!!! Couldn't have ridden without it.
I'm on vaca till the 2nd hope to ride every day.

tested the winter gear... I felt pretty warm.

2012-12-19 joining the blog

I received your invite, clicked on the link, I had to respond via my gmail account. (cant do it through the att account) clicked on the post icon and then started typing in the big white box.
I clicked publish.........

did it work????

2012-11-10

View of the island from gulf beach.
Gulf beach was pretty clean and calm.

Did 40 miles of the folks on spokes.
It was pretty devastating to see the damage along the coast.  i felt horrible riding through while people were still cleaning thier homes of sea soaked belongings.  I didnt want to look like a gauker, but i truly needed to see and learn from the structural damage caused by the power of nature.  silversands and west haven looked like they were hit pretty hard.  houses off of foundations, etc.

The Calm before the storm.

Photo of ffld boat launch at jennings beach hours before hurricane Sandy.
Took out quarter century tonys boat just in time.

Pre-training ride directives

Why does it look like no one is listening?
Left to right......
Darrow, Luddy, Elaine, Manny, Guido.

Missing summer riding already!

It is not even november and i already miss the summer riding!

August Smillow training ride

Voted Best supported, best attitude and best looking group of bike marshals ever! By 30 plus cyclist that weekend.
Our assistant bike marshals for the 70 mile training ride were ready, willing abd able to lead, support and smile for the entire ride. Thank you all...Yale cycle team riders for your support.  i hope the weather holds up so that we can ride till christmas!.

16 mph marshals at Smillow finish line

Leapfrog kings!
5 flats, 3 dropped chains, a couple of fallen riders and 105 miles later......
Where is the beer tent?
Figo...Zaldo....Barros
Left to right.

September view from compo

I posted a photo in august of a rainbow after a rain storm.  in that photo the rainbow ended at this spot from where i am taking the photo.

No pot of gold....just compo beach.

Larkin bridle trail.

Rode the trail mid october...pretty flat except for the street intersections with the trail. Total distance is about 11 miles each way.  there were about 3 locations where i needed to dismount due to water or steep inclines.

Getting colder

This is one of my favorite roads / workouts. This the view as i head back home. 6-8 miles of uphill left from this point.  this is usually mile mark 35.

the 25 mile finish line

It was a tough 25 miles with several hills along the way.
Quarter mile Tony now has a new nick name...."Quarter Century Tony!  you did it bud!!!
Jordan and Katie did an awesome job.... Eric & Ed did ok.......
We left at 8:00am and were back by noon. averaging a true 6 miles per hour.
We all enjoyed the ride as well as the two rest stops. 

The finish line events, cheeseburgers, salad and ice cream were a great end of the ride treat for Katie, Jordan, and Tony....... Eric & Ed took off to complete the 100 mile loop before closing ceremonies!!!!!

StRt line

We are here

Team photo

Ready for the 25.... WISH US LUCK.

Jordan at mile ????

Katie on 25

Middle of the CT Challenge

Ed with the great view behind him at today's CT challenge.  Him and I completed 100 miles in the pouring rain and hail through a couple of 'rollers' and JD, Katie, and quarter mile Tony completed 25 miles!

Great job everyone!

Rest stop mile 20

Mile 20 rest stop with JDB, almost there!

10 days to get my bick back???

Rolled into cycle fitness in monroe this morning with hopes to get the bike tuned for saturdays ride.

Stupid me...waited till last minute to get the last miles in this week!!!!

Rick at the shop understood my dilema and knows that Im riding for a great cause....even though he is 10 days behind,  he took the bike and is tuning and repairing the shifting and odometer as i type.....

The twenty something of you that ride withh me wont need to hear me bitchen about not getting into granny gear or why the heck does the comp crap out at sleeping giant????

Hats off to Rick at Cycle fitness for helping me out of yet another dilema....he just never fails to amaze me.

Cycle fitness.
Rt 25
Monroe, CT.
203-261-8683

10 days to get my bick back???

Rolled into cycle fitness in monroe this morning with hopes to get the bike tuned for saturdays ride.

Stupid me...waited till last minute to get the last miles in this week!!!!

Rick at the shop understood my dilema and knows that Im riding for a great cause....even though he is 10 days behind,  he took the bike and is tuning and repairing the shifting and odometer as i type.....

The twenty something of you that ride withh me wont need to hear me bitchen about not getting into granny gear or why the heck does the comp crap out at sleeping giant????

Hats off to Rick at Cycle fitness for helping me out of yet another dilema....he just never fails to amaze me.

Cycle fitness.
Rt 25
Monroe, CT.
203-261-8683

Plus 50 makes 884

I tried really hard to do the metric century this evening but it got dark faster than i thought.  i trimmed about 10 miles off of the metric loop in order to get back to truck before dark....
Dissapointed.....but whhat evs i guess.  i'll shoot for 16 thursday.
Need to rest and eat pasta friday......

Photos are of horses on farm behind sleeping giant state park... Tuttle road.....Photo is two months old, but i did same road and saw same horses tonight.  more leaves on trees and bugs in the air.

50 makes 834

Rode 50 ahead of the storm.  storm caught me in southport.  take a look at the photos with the rainbow........awesome......
This 50 brings me to 834 miles in the saddle.
Looking for 60 today, 10 thursday, and 100 saturday will bring me to 1,004 miles before the end of the CT Challenge.

Ct challenge grounds

This is what the Hunt club looks like when you are the first one there......i think i'm a little bit early.......
I will post what ut looks like saturday mourning and through out the day

Sunday July 22

The start line....everyone must have had thier wheaties that morning......everyone was in the fast group!
Awesome job to all..........

CTF Training Ride and one week to go!

We had another solid Closer to Free training ride yesterday morning.  It was a very good group that did a 60 mile loop around New Haven, Guilford, Branford, and the coast.  Great scenery and a great ride with one week to go before the CT Challenge.

Saturday is the big day, so hopefully I can get some last minute miles in to get the legs ready for the century (I hear it is pretty hilly).  Did 250 total miles so far from the fourth of July until now so hopefully I will be ready come this weekend!

July 21st rail trail

Jordan and I rode New Haven to lock 12.
About 23 miles after a few loops and stops.

Jordans first time on the rail

Did it......20 +
YAHOOOOO.

Promoting Closer to Free in Bermuda.

View of ms vandeem from the ferry terminal

Training ride saturday the 7th

Eric in the middle of it all.  Ben and Betsy in the background.  Guido giving an important directional speach.

Saturday July 7th CTF training ride

First regroup at bottom of east rock and rest stop at top of sleeping giant.  at the orcgards

Do they look bored?

From left
Mary, Sue, Trudy and Eds big nose in the foreground.

Training forty something.
Rest stop after the Mansion Climb.

The End....

Ride complete....Were all ready for a longer distance next week....

Rest stop beyond sleeping giant

Mary Ben Betsy Ed Manny...did that water taste like hose water???

Lancette Legstrong "Betsy" and Ben on the road

On the road to 100.
100k today.....

Metric century on the road

Manny and Mary on the road