Failure

I will have to say that "Bike to Work Week" has been a failure as far as I am concerned. I only rode one day, Monday. I could have rode Wednesday and today. The weather at least would have cooperated. Tuesday I needed to drive and it rained most of yesterday.

I could have ridden today but I woke up too late.

Prickly Legs

I am using this blog today to document a new malady attacking me. I felt it for the first time on Sunday afternoon.

I have suddenly been feeling a sharp pin-prick type of pain at the back of my legs at the knee. It is an occasional occurrence. The pain was right at the hem of my shorts. It would hit in a couple of spots at the same time and it was like being hit with a pin.

It happened again yesterday. Once during work and once after work, around 7PM.

It just took a break from writing this and it happened again. This time, behind my knee on my left leg. It was sudden and sharp and lasted a few seconds.

Bike to Work Week - Day One

Everything has gone smoothly so far for Bike to Work Week.

I woke up in time, left the house at a reasonable hour and arrived downtown with no problems.

I was worried that the bus might fill up with bikes but that was not a problem. My only issue now is whether the weather will cooperate for the ride home. They are forecasting occassional thunder storms and the skies look like that might happen.....or not.

Ride to Work Week

I have now ridden my bike to work twice this year. I did it back on april 19th and i did it this past week on Wednesday, May 13th. This week is officially "Ride your Bike to Work Week" in Spokane and perhaps elsewhere.

Unfortunately, the weather forecast does not bode well for optimum riding conditions. I'm going to try and ride every day anyway...except for Tuesday when I have a meeting right after work.

I just paused and checked on-line and found www.biketoworkspokane.org. They have a whole list of events going on over the week, one of which is a pancake breakfast going on as I write this. I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss it.

Bloomsday 2010

All my hard training and dedication has paid off as I have successfully transversed the 7.something miles of the Spokane Bloomsday Course. I walked the whole thing with only a couple of short stretches of running. My official time is not in yet but I estimate I did it in two hours and 16 minutes. That includes a stop for a beer along the course. What follows is my pictorial record at each milestone along the way.The completion of the first mile took me about 18 minutes. Beyond the houses in the photo is a long downhill stretch. I tried to run but it was too crowded.I started the tradition of photographing myself at each mile marker a few years ago. This year, it seemed a lot of people were doing it.More people taking pix. At this point, I really had to use the facilities. All the Port-A-Potties had large assemblages of people waiting. Once I was in line and just standing there, the urgency of my need to use the bathroom was overwhelming. I found cover behind a nearby truck and relieved myself. Wasted about two minutes.Felt the urge to go again but managed to wait until just before crossing the Spokane River. Lots of woods and cover.A tough stretch as this is Doomsday Hill. By this point, I was feeling the burn even though I was just walking.Getting anxious to get it over with. By now, I'm an hour and forth-se7en minutes into the race.

Crossed the Se7en Mile mark at 2:08 into the race. By now I have lost another two or three minutes due to a beer stop.

One has to figure out what is important to ones self.

By the time I crossed the Finish Line, I was pretty sore. I met up with Susan at the Onion Bar & Grill and had beers and food.

We went home and sat in the hot tub for a while, and then napped for about three hours. The rest of the day was lost.