Wednesday Celebration Ride Logs

2012-09-26

celebration + commute

37.50

0.00

Warm up with BB. Easy ride out and back. Chatted with Vince all ride long and slowed him down while we changed his flat. Good pizza, beer, and chat after. Thanks, boys!

2012-09-26

Easy Finish

36.72

17.60

879

Easy goign for the last ride of the year. Good times after. Thanks, David!

2012-09-26

Last 6PM Celebration

21.30

17.30

Rode out to Celebration Park and back with David, Brian, and Vincent on the last regular Celebration of the year. Good ride, with Vincent getting a flat on the way back. Thanks guys for the beer, pizza, and conversation afterwards. Thanks to David and Brian for leading this year, enjoyed the rides!

2012-09-19

celebration + commute

37.89

0.00

Solo warmup out to watters and back via Rollins. Quick out that turned fast. Blistering loop and hammer down exchange just so we could get out and back and a lap in. Thanks, boys!

2012-09-12

celebration + commute

33.46

0.00

Warmup with BB. Easy out that turned quick and never let up. Thanks, boys!

2012-09-12

1 Loop + Extra

43.94

19.50

869

Good group of riders. Wind was there, but not too bad. David was a machine on the loop. Thanks, David.

2012-09-12

26.80

18.80

2012-09-05

celebration + commute

43.89

0.00

Solo warmup, the headed out hot with strong riders. Two tough laps and blow down exchange. Thanks, boys!

2012-09-05

27.00

18.00

With Wednesday night activities back on for the kids, I'm back to riding Celebration for the next few weeks. Smaller group than normal, with only 5 riders total, and all generally faster than me. Held on well to the park, fell OTB on the 1st lap, and rested at the park during lap 2. Good effort and well time lights allowed me to generally stay with the group on the way back. Thanks David and Vincent for the good ride.

2012-09-05

celebration 2x

33.60

19.80

643

2012-08-29

celebration + commute

44.52

0.00

Warmup loop with BB. Small group of strong riders. John, BB, Dave, Rishard, Zach all had strong showings. Thanks Dave Warren for the monster pulls and Zach for taking a few turns on the laps. Good ride, boys!

2012-08-29

2 Loops + Extra

53.87

19.40

991

Small group of good strong riders...normal. Strong NE wind...anything but. The short... Appleby is a monster. Thanks, David!

2012-08-29

Celebration 2x

33.20

19.50

617

2012-08-22

2 Loops + Extra

46.00

20.70

965

Nice fast ride. Good to see a few new riders, Yimmy, the Sterlings, Jeremy and father, Ed, Brian, and David. Thanks, David!

2012-08-15

celebration + commute

41.91

0.00

Warmup with BB. Nice recovery pace as none of our hearts were in it except the loops. Thanks everybody!

2012-08-15

2 Loops + Extra

54.76

16.80

1,017

Tonight just didn't feel quite right. Maybe it was the chilly weather. We had the right players, but it was all easy-does-it. Thanks, David!

2012-08-08

celebration + commute

52.68

0.00

Three hot laps pulled mainly by Steve Sterling, Derek Peper. Fastest ride of the year. Thanks, everybody!

2012-08-08

Celebration +

38.40

21.00

702

2012-08-01

celebration + commute

51.33

0.00

BB joined me on a warm up; a little long as we cut it really close on time. Hot ride tonight. Worked a single paceline into the wind. Thanks for all the pulls - BB, Jody, Vince, and Ed. Good ride everybody!

2012-08-01

3 Loops + Warm-up + Commute

61.23

18.90

1,138

Suprisingly little traffic on some roads for the warm-up. Nice to meet Larry from DB2. He did quite well on his first outing given the heat. As David said: Thanks to Vince, Jody, David, Ed, and Dave for some great pulls. Smooth pacelining for most of Exchange. Thanks, David!

2012-08-01

Celebration cut short. Not feeling well.

28.30

17.20

554

2012-07-25

4 Loops + Commute + Warm-Up

60.84

18.80

1,040

Too bad things that look good on bikes don't always make them faster... you know propllers, streamers, Bontrager aero wheels. Hard ride for all. Good to see Vince, Steve, Kayla, and many others. Thanks, David, and sorry about the stream...wheels ;)

2012-07-25

celebration + commute

50.24

0.00

Thanks for showing up for warm-up, BB. Last 4 lap night this year. Had new cables on without checking myself - didn't think I needed to learn that lesson again-d'oh. Nutrition off last night from being in a bad mood - really dumb of me. Trying Aeolus 5 wheels out in rough wind - perhaps these are not the wheels for me. Thanks for pulling my butt home, boys. Good ride everybody!

2012-07-18

celebration + commute

49.00

0.00

First 4 lap night for me and that showoff Steve Sterling did 5. Several strong cyclists working together made it the fastest celebration ride I've ever been on. Thanks for the pulls on the way back home, BB, Dave, and Jean. Nice ride, everybody.

2012-07-18

Celebration + 3 Loops + Warm-up + Commute

54.34

18.80

932

"I don't feel like doing 4 loops"... So, I guess I didn't do 4 loops. Steve wins the award for most loops ever on a Celebration ride... that I know of. Great help from John on the way out! Great pulls by David, Dave, Jean, and Steve. Rotating pacelines were smooth. Great sprints by Kayla. Good to see a future champion develop under the instruction of one of the best. Easily, the best and hardest Celebration ride, ever! Thank you everyone!

2012-07-18

Celebration 3 loops

38.23

20.10

680

2012-07-11

Duane's funeral + celebration

80.23

0.00

BB and I rode down to the funeral. It was a nice service. Duane has a lot of friends. Celebration- did three old loops. Loops' roads are beautiful.

2012-07-11

67.91

17.90

1,516

Ivars Circenis

2012-07-04

4th of July ride

52.30

19.50

1,287

Large group today and Batman did a great job of keeping everyone together until the rest stop. After that some groups either missed the turn or had their own route. Either way it worked out and the ride was fun!

Glenn Rudolph

2012-06-27

Loops around celebration

37.00

0.00

Rode to the ride and did a few laps and went home.

2012-06-27

Celebration + 3 Loops

44.13

18.90

820

Glad Glenn and Barb dropped-in to help pull. FA was a monster...err normal. Thanks, David!

2012-06-27

celebration + commute

56.08

0.00

Two solo warm up laps then 10 to start. Picked up Glenn on Indy, Barb on Malone. Three of us did three loops for the second and last time this year (light). Thanks for the pulls, Glenn, Barb, Vince, and BB. Great ride everybody!

Derek Nugent

2012-06-22

Wednesday Celebration Ride

33.00

0.00

Got a flat on the ride and the excellent Brian Bedingfield saves the day again... is there nothing that man can't do! Many thanks Brian. (sorry for disappearing quickly I took heed of your CO2 warning and got back as soon as I could... Vince wanted to get back too) I wanna be as organized as Brian if I ever grow up! Many thanks to Mike for hanging back also.

Darrell Hale

2012-06-21

Celebration plus 2 loops

38.00

18.20

Upon arriving at the parking lot I noticed that I had a flat in the front tire. Turns out the area around the valve stem had degraded/cracked so I had to replace the front tube. Much better than the back and it was my quickest change yet... maybe only three minutes. Good ride and almost able to keep up with the big dogs. Regrouped at Celebration and went back in a six pack of riders as the other group did a third lap. Thanks for the pulls Derek and Vince. (and other big guy whose name I never got). Matt from Fast Tweeners availed him self well. He needs to go to DB Lite at least because I am sure he averaged over 18 as well. The wind played nice and we scooted along exchange at a good clip and even down twin creeks it wasn't too bad. Finished with a decent average.

2012-06-20

celebration + commute

51.36

0.00

A little warmup to test the wind, then out to the park for three big loops tonight for the first time. Thanks for the pulls: Terry, Vince, BB, Pecot. Good ride everybody!

2012-06-20

Celebration + Loops 1 and 3

37.97

18.60

837

Great night and ride. Good to see many riders have a good ride. Thanks FA.

John Pecot

2012-06-20

Celebration ride loops + commute

46.44

19.00

Missed Pop yesterday, so I rode from home and met the ride at Celebration Park to ride the loops. First loop, Appleby served me a double deep dish of pain. The only thing that kept me going was thinking of additional nicknames for him. This being a public forum, my long nickname initials for him are now F.A.O.A.F.A., still F.A. for short. Limped home after the third loop.

2012-06-13

celebration + commute

43.12

0.00

Three are the lot joined by one on waters. Sprinkled on the way out. Rained on lap one. Dry by 2nd lap. Thanks BB and wife!

2012-06-13

Celebration + 2 Loops

36.37

18.40

748

Glad David and Heather showed. Called the ride at the start, but we rode anyway. The weather seemed to have more bark than bite. Had a few sprinkles on the way out, but tire grip was good for the whole ride. Had a little heavier rain on lap 1. Heard the park got pummeled. Thanks for the ride and the pulls, FA! Decided to try a cedence test on Bethany. Hit 30 @ 175 RPM on the 53/25. ..interesting.

Darrell Hale

MAP

2012-05-30

Celebration

31.38

18.40

Rocking Ride tonight with great pulls by Vince and Steve. We had a good run up exchange with us not dropping below 20 except for the light at HWY 5. We topped exchange over the highway at around 22-23 and we hit top of hill at Alma going 20 (having cruised at 28 for some period). Good small group tonight. We did one lap. Fast group tonight. A little slower out with SE wind partially in face.

2012-05-23

celebration + commute

47.40

0.00

Two loops tonight. Heather and Linda were the B group. Ran into Kayla on her creaky, new TT bike and Steve at McDermott. Let Steve pull us to the park and around the loops. At one point Brian asked Steve how he was feeling - "annoyed by the wind". Steve never fails to astonish with how strong he is. Good ride everybody!

2012-05-23

"A" Group + 2 Loops

37.99

18.40

850

Insanely windy day, and unusually warm. Amazingly, we were still on pace for the ride thanks to Steve. Then, he and Kayla showed us a real cool way back to the park along the trail. All riders rode admirable, but today was Steve's ride. Thanks, everyone!

2012-05-16

celebration + commute

45.55

0.00

Two loops again tonight. Nice pulls by Vince, Terry, Bob, and Dave Warren. Nice to see Kayla out. Thanks BB for sweeping my better half, Randall for leading B out and back, and Kevin for leading a B loop. Good ride everybody!

Derek Nugent

2012-05-16

Wednesday Celebration Ride

32.00

18.00

I was having severe trouble tonight. I was really scared half way through I was suffering from an EXTREMELY bad migraine! Hope I can ride a little more before I'm unable to. Love all you guys and gals that I've been lucky enough to ride with. Just thought I'd mention that David Morgan rode amazing on the Celebration Ride (Very impressed!)

2012-05-16

OTB Group + 1 Loop

31.63

16.50

669

Decided to sweep. On the way out, we got stuck in traffic, then at a few lights, and the group pulled away. Real good company for a easy ride out and loop. Fun ride back down Exchange, as always. Thanks David!

2012-05-16

Celebration + 1 Loop

31.60

17.00

First Celebration ride in about a month. Good group, and rode out with Darrel, Derek, Mark, Kevin, Linda, and several others with David A in the lead. Went with the B group for 1 lap, then we left the part around 7:30 coming back on exchange and was a solid ride back. Good ride tonight folks!

Darrell Hale

2012-05-16

Fast ride with the B group

31.60

17.80

Rode out together to Celeberation with A group. Tried to hange with the fast guys at least for one lap. Did fine till we hit a sustained 24ish and then HR started to spike up to 180. Couldn't hang anymore. Lot them at the light at CC and Stacy. Didn't realize we just needed to cross the road and it would curve into prescott. Finished the lap and then regrouped for pacelining back down exchange. Finished up pretty smooth as a group and had a little sprint down Indy which Derek "migraine yeah right" Nugent blew doors off of. Hope you are feeling better Derek. This is last ride for me before Wild Ride Saturday. Just cannot ride tomorrow.