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.