Month: October 2015

A Real Conditioning Ride

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A reluctant conditioning ride today. Went to bed planning to go, and when I woke up I didn’t quite feel like it. Fortunately, I headed out anyway, northeast up Bush Highway. I started out grinding against a 10mph headwind and figured to be working really hard out by Saguaro Lake. About 10 miles in, however, the wind vanished into a dead calm. As any cyclist will tell you, this defies all odds. The desert hills around the lake were beautiful, as always. The effortless 10 mile rip southwest back down the Beeline Highway was a joy, as always. Lunch at

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More Conditioning

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Another semi- (half-assed) conditioning ride today. Had breakfast with Jesse at IHOP in north Gilbert. We had some especially good converstaions about race relations, America’s global role, and the golf swing. Afterwards, I took off east to Crismon Road, then north up over Usery Mountain. Motored up the hill – riding with a 10mph tailwind is always encouraging. Legs started to ache just as I reached my neighborhood. Let the conditioning continue. 39 miles unloaded.

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Half-Assed Conditioning

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Let the half-assed conditioning begin. Jack and I have decided on a short fall tour, and if we’re lucky our friends Phil and Dave will join us for it. We’re talking about doing some kind of loop in southern Arizona. At the moment I’m thinking of leaving from here and heading to Douglas, then west through Nogales, and ending in golf territory (Tubac or Green Valley), where Linda could meet us for a few rounds. Neither Dave or Phil have panniered bikes, so Jack and I would be carrying their street clothes. That should work out fine since we’ll live

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