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• Rich's Loop, Redux
• woodrow Wilson Bridge . .
• ATTENTION , , ,
• Cable Adjustment, . . .
• Leesburg again . . .
• You don't see this often
• More meandering around .
• Working for a living . .
• Saw an accident on path .
• A pleasant Saturday . . .

Rich's Loop, Redux

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 333 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +4 ft Date: 06/27/09 Up/Downhill: [+1204/-1200] Time: 05:14 PM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   84 F temp; 38% humidity   83 F heat index; winds NW 13 G 22 Performance Distance: 24.34 miles Time: 2:10:24 Speed: 11.2 mph Pace: 5' 21 /mi Calories: 1452 Notes It's looking like with my business travel schedule, I'll just get out once a week. Today was perfect and I revisited an old familiar loop. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

woodrow Wilson Bridge . .

We found the new connector that takes you under -- not over -- rt. 95. This is a big improvement. We'd have gone to Nat'l Harbor if we'd had more time. Next time. The long climb home is tough for a recumbent. Look at that elevation chart. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 180 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 06/21/09 Up/Downhill: [+1676/-1679] Time: 07:39 AM Difficulty: 4.4 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   73 F temp; 66% humidity   73 F heat index; winds NW 14 G 21 Performance Distance: 44.23 miles Time: 4:00:22 Speed: 11.0 mph Pace: 5' 27 /mi Calories: 2626 Notes Look at the elevation profile. It's a long climb from the river back to the start. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

ATTENTION , , ,

Attention Once-a-Year Charity ride bikers on the path -- the path isn't reserved for you. [It's a public park, sure, but it's not like the public tennis courts.] You share the path just like any other user. Your virtuous cause does not give you any priority over other less virtuous users -- like me. You've no more -- and no less -- right of way than any other users. Attention Charity Ride Organizers: put your rest stops far enough from the path so your group doesn't block the path at the stops. Today, I heard one organizer directing [get this] not his riders, but regular users, to get along, don't clog things up. He was trying to make sure that there was room for his virtuous riders to block the path. Go figure. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 321 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 06/14/09 Up/Downhill: [+1364/-1368] Time: 08:25 AM Difficulty: 4.8 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   76 F temp; 41% humidity   77 F heat index; winds N 8 Performance Distance: 30.44 miles Time: 2:36:35 Speed: 11.7 mph Pace: 5' 08 /mi Calories: 1747 Notes Path was crowded due to a charity ride. The good news what that the at-grade crossings had police stopping traffic. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Cable Adjustment, . . .

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 380 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +99 ft Date: 06/12/09 Up/Downhill: [+597/-498] Time: 09:08 AM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   79 F temp; 62% humidity   81 F heat index; winds NW 14 G 21 Performance Distance: 15.88 miles Time: 1:30:54 Speed: 10.5 mph Pace: 5' 43 /mi Calories: 887 Notes Not the ride I'd planned. About half an hour into the ride I saw that I needed a cable adjustment, so I returned to a local bike shop and got the adjustment. Then I just meandered around a bit. Gret fun, good weather. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Leesburg again . . .

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 306 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 06/13/09 Up/Downhill: [+1778/-1781] Time: 07:34 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   78 F temp; 60% humidity   80 F heat index; winds NW 6 Performance Distance: 42.49 miles Time: 3:35:10 Speed: 11.8 mph Pace: 5' 05 /mi Calories: 2752 Notes Routine ride to Leesburg. I managed to find my office cronies out there this time. Suprisingly hot today. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

You don't see this often

I'd never seen this on the path before -- two women pushing baby jogger strollers side by side. And get this: one of them was a double wide. Two infants. These ladies took up about 80% of the path. Cyclists were backed up for both ways. I didn't complain. -- I was too surprised to comment. The path is big enough to accomodate everyone, if the users employ just a bit of consideration and courtesy. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 308 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 06/06/09 Up/Downhill: [+1922/-1922] Time: 07:33 AM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   68 F temp; 67% humidity   68 F heat index; winds NW 9 Performance Distance: 45.55 miles Time: 3:48:51 Speed: 11.9 mph Pace: 5' 03 /mi Calories: 2705 Notes Another beautiful day; perfect to ride in. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

More meandering around .

Two consecutive days out there. Nice. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 362 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 05/31/09 Up/Downhill: [+393/-390] Time: 11:47 AM Difficulty: 2.6 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   74 F temp; 61% humidity   74 F heat index; winds W 8 Performance Distance: 6.60 miles Time: 0:48:29 Speed: 8.2 mph Pace: 7' 19 /mi Calories: 482 Notes Just a very little bit of lazy riding on a Sunday. Didn't have much time. But still great fun. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Working for a living . .

Dandy out there. The beginning was marred by a few inconsiderate speed demons, but that soon cleared. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 315 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 05/30/09 Up/Downhill: [+1387/-1391] Time: 08:17 AM Difficulty: 4.1 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   74 F temp; 55% humidity   74 F heat index; winds W 9 Performance Distance: 31.28 miles Time: 2:34:06 Speed: 12.2 mph Pace: 4' 55 /mi Calories: 1755 Notes I've been out of town on buisness recently, and this had cut into my biking time. Working for a living is surely intrusive on one's recreational activities. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Saw an accident on path .

Followup to accident noted below: the rider wasn't injured seriously. She had gotten distracted and run off the path. But the rider who yelled "PASSING PASSING PASSING" didn't amuse the EMS guys one bit, and they told the ridre so. NB: the injured rider was riding a recumbent and the other rider -- also on a recumbent -- told me that they were chatting when she became distracted. There's a lesson here. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 333 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 05/15/09 Up/Downhill: [+1095/-1095] Time: 01:26 PM Difficulty: 4.7 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   77 F temp; 62% humidity   79 F heat index; winds S 3 Performance Distance: 26.00 miles Time: 2:16:24 Speed: 11.4 mph Pace: 5' 16 /mi Calories: 1466 Notes Four high school baseball games in four days had kept me off the path, so I was eager to get out there today. I left the office early. Just after I got on the path, I encountered a group of EMS technicians putting a rider on a gurney. They rolled the gurney quite a way to where they had parked the ambulance. But get this: while they were making their way toward the ambulance, a spanexed rider came up benind yelling "PASSING PASSING PASSING." Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

A pleasant Saturday . . .

This is the time of the year for newbies training in groups -- with support rest stops -- for charitiy road runs. To them I say: no matter how noble your cause, no matter how you feel, no matter how cool you look in your brand new team tee shirts -- you're entitled to only half the path. Even at your rest and water stops. Please be considerate so we can ll be safe. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 318 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 05/09/09 Up/Downhill: [+1466/-1469] Time: 08:05 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   76 F temp; 66% humidity   78 F heat index; winds SW 14 Performance Distance: 35.53 miles Time: 3:09:20 Speed: 11.3 mph Pace: 5' 19 /mi Calories: 2052 Notes Routine Saturday ride. Didn't get all the way to Leesbuyrg because I stopped a friend's softball game. Not hot, but quite humid -- perfect weather to get loosened up in. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 4' 08 -1' 10 14.5 +3.2 -53 ft 2 6' 35 +1' 16 9.1 -2.2 +69 ft 3 6' 24 +1' 05 9.4 -1.9 +72 ft 4 5' 24 +0' 05 11.1 -0.2 +14 ft 5 5' 24 +0' 05 11.1 -0.2 +6 ft 6 4' 01 -1' 17 14.9 +3.6 -27 ft 7 5' 20 +0' 01 11.2 -0.1 +10 ft 8 5' 18 -0' 00 11.3 +0.0 +23 ft 9 3' 22 -1' 56 17.8 +6.5 -49 ft 10 5' 02 -0' 16 11.9 +0.6 -39 ft 11 3' 43 -1' 35 16.1 +4.8 -49 ft 12 4' 11 -1' 07 14.3 +3.0 +16 ft 13 3' 59 -1' 19 15.0 +3.7 -36 ft 14 5' 05 -0' 13 11.8 +0.5 +59 ft 15 4' 18 -1' 00 13.9 +2.6 -3 ft 16 7' 59 +2' 40 7.5 -3.8 +4 ft 17 4' 35 -0' 43 13.1 +1.8 -10 ft 18 3' 37 -1' 41 16.5 +5.2 -39 ft 19 4' 42 -0' 36 12.8 +1.4 +20 ft 20 4' 26 -0' 52 13.5 +2.2 -17 ft 21 6' 49 +1' 30 8.8 -2.5 +52 ft 22 5' 55 +0' 36 10.1 -1.2 +42 ft 23 6' 52 +1' 33 8.7 -2.6 +52 ft 24 4' 58 -0' 20 12.1 +0.8 -26 ft 25 5' 41 +0' 22 10.5 -0.8 -4 ft 26 6' 41 +1' 22 9.0 -2.3 +20 ft 27 5' 00 -0' 18 12.0 +0.7 -4 ft 28 5' 38 +0' 19 10.6 -0.7 0 ft 29 3' 54 -1' 24 15.4 +4.1 -69 ft 30 3' 52 -1' 26 15.5 +4.2 -82 ft 31 6' 38 +1' 19 9.0 -2.3 +53 ft 32 6' 58 +1' 39 8.6 -2.7 +39 ft 33 16' 02 +10' 43 3.7 -7.6 +46 ft 34 9' 26 +4' 07 6.3 -5.0 -7 ft 35 4' 04 -1' 14 14.7 +3.4 -43 ft end 4' 32 -0' 46 13.2 +1.9 -36 ft Versus average of 11.3 mph:     Slower     Faster

Intimidated? Perhaps.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 340 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -6 ft Date: 05/02/09 Up/Downhill: [+866/-872] Time: 08:44 AM Difficulty: 3.7 / 5.0   Weather: Light Rain   61 F temp; 67% humidity   61 F heat index; winds NW 12 Performance Distance: 16.84 miles Time: 1:24:27 Speed: 12.0 mph Pace: 5' 00 /mi Calories: 994 Notes Didn't get out at the time we'd planned. When I woke, a threatening sky and lightening led me to have some more coffee and read the paper. I finally went in cloudy but improving [I thought] weather. I saw only one of the guys. A few sprinkles and I turned around. But -- sunny and clearing by midday. Go figure. Guess I'm not as tough as I think I am. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Saturday with colleagues

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 316 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 04/25/09 Up/Downhill: [+1295/-1295] Time: 07:30 AM Difficulty: 4.0 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   71 F temp; 59% humidity   71 F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 28.92 miles Time: 2:28:10 Speed: 11.7 mph Pace: 5' 08 /mi Calories: 1825 Notes We've resumed the Saturday rides with a gropu from the office. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

I'm not embarassed, . . .

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 339 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 04/24/09 Up/Downhill: [+780/-784] Time: 03:49 PM Difficulty: 4.1 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   80 F temp; 25% humidity   77 F heat index; winds SE 14 Performance Distance: 14.66 miles Time: 1:22:41 Speed: 10.6 mph Pace: 5' 40 /mi Calories: 861 Notes . . . I know. I know. Sure the ride is short. Sure it is slow. But I was out there. Were you? Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 03 +1' 23 8.5 -2.1 +36 ft 2 6' 39 +0' 59 9.0 -1.6 +59 ft 3 6' 42 +1' 02 8.9 -1.7 +43 ft 4 5' 13 -0' 26 11.5 +0.9 +20 ft 5 6' 32 +0' 52 9.2 -1.4 -13 ft 6 4' 54 -0' 45 12.2 +1.6 +23 ft 7 5' 02 -0' 37 11.9 +1.3 -20 ft 8 5' 04 -0' 35 11.8 +1.2 -49 ft 9 8' 30 +2' 50 7.0 -3.5 -43 ft 10 3' 48 -1' 51 15.7 +5.1 -59 ft 11 3' 27 -2' 12 17.3 +6.7 -50 ft 12 5' 12 -0' 27 11.5 +0.9 0 ft 13 7' 10 +1' 30 8.4 -2.2 +76 ft 14 5' 43 +0' 03 10.5 -0.1 -26 ft end 5' 35 -0' 04 10.7 +0.1 0 ft Versus average of 10.6 mph:     Slower     Faster

Partlow's -- out and back

Just a casual Sunday afternoon ride. Lots of fun. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 317 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: +7 ft Date: 04/19/09 Up/Downhill: [+1279/-1272] Time: 01:09 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   72 F temp; 31% humidity   72 F heat index; winds E 15 Performance Distance: 28.44 miles Time: 2:32:16 Speed: 11.2 mph Pace: 5' 21 /mi Calories: 1621 Notes Nothing out of the routine here. Got in from a weekend out of town and out I went. I beat the rain. Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

Rich's Ballston Loop Redu

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 332 ft Location: Vienna, VA Elev. Gain: -7 ft Date: 04/11/09 Up/Downhill: [+1013/-1020] Time: 04:02 PM Difficulty: 3.8 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   57 F temp; 57% humidity   57 F heat index; winds N 8 Performance Distance: 21.79 miles Time: 2:03:36 Speed: 10.6 mph Pace: 5' 40 /mi Calories: 1243 Notes The predicted clearing and sunny conditions didn't materialize until mid-afternoon. And then it wasn't very clear and wasn't very sunny. But it was dry, and that's good enough. Not many people out -- perhaps the cool breeze kept away? Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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