March 17, 2012: Summer Weather

This was an amazing week that yielded three long rides and a lovely ride home from Regent Square after watching the Pens annihilate the Rangers in Crosby’s second big return-game of the year. (This is the best time of the year to like hockey. Things are getting so exciting! Games are getting bigger and more meaningful!) On that ride I headed back toward Bloomfield while a lightning storm hung over the city. It’s only mid-March, but it honestly felt like summer.

This past Saturday, Carrie and I planned out a nice little bike ride that just so happened to fall on St. Paddy’s Day. We stayed out of Downtown, but couldn’t avoid the South Side and Station Square. I mean, to each his or her own, but I’m really glad St. Paddy’s Day is not a holiday I circle on my calendar every year. We stuck to trails and stopped along the way to have a very Parisian lunch on the side of the Mon. We made friends with some geese. They ate our bread and our strawberries.

In total we went just over 22 miles. And I got a pretty nice sunburn. I might not officially celebrate any smidge of Irish heritage I’m sure I’ve got from somewhere in my family tree, but I sure do turn red like a lobster when the sun gets its first good chance at my forearms.

A couple more biking tunes for your enjoyment:

Memory Tapes - Bicycle

Cut Copy - Where I'm Going

March 13, 2012: Spring Has Sprung!

Guys. Spring is here. I know it's early and there could still be snow and cold and blah blah blah. It's here. The ten-day forecast is enough of an indicator for me.

After work today I went up and down the Mon on both sides of the river. It felt amazing to be biking around in a t-shirt and rolled-up leggings. The next two days are more of the same, and I have more of the same planned. If my goal is to get to 700 miles by the end of March, I better use every minute of this early spring to my benefit!

On an unrelated note and with an admittedly selfish intent*, here are songs that I think are good for biking**.

The Stills - Snakecharming the Masses


Jonsi - Go Do


*Selfish because I want to eventually make an all-encompassing biking mix, but I never write the songs down in the same place. Resulting in this mix never having been created. This seems like a good place to gather those tunes together.

**For MY biking. Listen. There's gonna be a Phil Collins track or two on here eventually. I don't profess to have a stunning taste in music that everyone else should love. I have my taste in music. That is my disclaimer!