Silver Star Prison Break 2

For the second consecutive year I did the Silver Star Prison Break.  This year it was Juston, Paul and myself headed out to Washougal, WA for the ride.  Once again it was a pretty good turn out based on the number of cars in the parking lot.  I have no idea what the official count…

Hell of the North Plains

Coup up a bunch of Portland Metro area bike riders with snow and frigid temps for a week and they’ll come out in droves for a questionable route and weather forecast.  The Hell of the North Plains ride was originally scheduled for last Saturday January 14th, but given the dumping of snow the ride was…

Velo Cult Gravel Ride

Caught wind of a gravel ride out of Gaston, OR mapped out by the folks at Velo Cult.  After the on and off heavy rain on Saturday I was a little hesitant about how today would be.  The weather turned out to be absolutely fabulous. Now, first things first.  I’m not new to this biking…

Not too bad a start

As I pointed out last week, I do much better when I have goals and a plan to get there.  This past week was the “official” start to my 2015 goals.  I was planning on 9 hours of exercise, and ended up with 10.5.  Run my required runs for the half marathon training and was…