Finally Got A Half Century In
Mary was gracious enough to let me burn a day off work to get in a long ride. I knew Friday was going to be gorgeous and we needed to do other stuff for Tori's bday anyway, so it worked out pretty well all 'round.
This is one of my favorite long rides in the greater Seattle area, partly because it involves crossing the Sound. I modified the route from the Seattle Bike Tours folks as this one is easier to follow, was over fresh asphalt that was very conducive to cranking on the road bike and also kicked it to a full 50 miles.
Ascent says I did 53.3 miles with a total climb of 2483 feet and an average speed of 14.4 mph. Here's the summary data and the elevation chart for the ride:
The full Flickr set of snaps I took along the way is available for viewing, but be warned they are iPhone camera phone pix, so the quality is "meh".
I've posted the GPX and KML files for anyone's use (despite my pathetic pace & cadence stats). KML is really cool since Google Maps and Google Earth both import it well (though Ascent has a feature to do the import and put Google Earth into "fly-by" mode automagically). Google Maps even lets you share:
(multiple segments because I must have hit the start button multiple times on the burke-gilman part)
Despite the fact that it is not such a good idea to be listening to music while cycling (hey, I kept the volume low and my sports earphones - not earbuds - are designed to be raised enough to let in ambient noise), I went through multiple cycles of In The Company of Angels - A Call to Worship, In The Company of Angels II - The World Will Sing and a Death Cab for Cutie mix as I passed through Downtown Seattle, Fremont & The U District (it just seems appropriate to play Death Cab in Seattle-proper for some reason). I like being reminded I am in the company of angels as I ride in far-out places and the extended time of mobile worship was awesome.
Now, off to play chauffeur for Jarrod, pick up "pizza" (they do not really have pizza out here) for Tori's bday sleepover and prep for visiting @janewygle
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