Showing posts with label Cycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cycling. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Early morning, despite late night...

doh...I didn't sleep well last night but I still woke around my 0700 time. You better believe I was a mess. If you know me, you know my first waking minutes are filled with confusion, hillucinations and imbalance. Incoherent really describes my first few minutes. This lasted today for a good ten! Anyways, after regaining my person I thought it befitting to go riding today even though yesterday I got swamped.

So I went. Here is my adventure. You can click on the links near the photo to see a larger one.

Photo 1 On the way out of town.

Photo 2 Corn :DPhoto 3 So, this...yah. Definately had to look twice.
Photo 4 My bike on the dam.
Photo 5 Tuttle Creek Dam.

Photo 6 Doesn't even look like Kansas.

Photo 7 The road up to this observation point hurt, bad.

Photo 8 The linked photo is a larger one. I think it was just about 11miles or to this point from my house. A much more enjoyable ride than my previous days. Had more hills but at least it wasn't all grass like usual.


I have some panarama shots of the dam but it might take me a few days to find the software for it. Hopefully it turned out!

Derek

Thursday, July 12, 2007

First impressions

Few things today. My first Finance test is tomorrow. Should be fun solving for different solvency ratios and differentiating financial statements. This here is my real interest in business. The accounting course was much different; I think that's where people get the disgust from when you mention finance, they think of accounting which is to me, disgusting haha. I know I'll be doing both but hey, t-accounts don't scare me.

I did my first ride yesterday on the new bike and I loved it. I see why though most who ride distances, and just for comfort, wear biking shorts which are made with chamois. Not only does it absorb some moisture but it complements the bottom with some padding. And on my stock saddle, I need all the help I can get. I know, I know, spandex looks silly(aka nut huggers, grape smugglers etc lol). I'll continue to wear my running shorts for the time being ha!

Found an awesome link today while searching BikeForums. Michal Brichacek is a college student who is cycling from Alaska to Panama over a 120 day period. Read all about it here: http://www.cyclingforacause.com/ He is into day 69 and is somewhere in Mexico at the moment. He is sponsored by a few organizations with the intent of donating the proceeds to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Read all about it on the website; it is filled with a daily journal and many photographs. I'm sure his intentions are not all altruistic but with the kind of commitment being put forth, it is certainly humbling.

Derek

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Got the Bike!

Greetings. Surprised to receive my bike today as UPS site said it was still in Lenexa. Any rate, fortunate for sure. Took me about 1.5hrs to complete the setup; including a computer which shows me my cadence, time, distance etc. But alas, my roommate's tire pump doesn't have the attachment I need. Always something else I need to get. Tomorrow will be a good time though! I'll post some photos of that ride for sure in the coming days. Here is a photo of the completed work! Full pic: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1650/ventnoirgl1.jpg