Biking Goals Accomplished!

YAHOO!!  
During the summer and fall I completed all my bike goals for 2017.
✓Ride at least 2,017 miles in the year.  Oct 31st = 2,842
✓Bike the Crater Lake Rim Road. September 9th
✓Complete a Self-supported Overnight Bike Camping Trip Oct 7th & 8th
✓Become a Cycling Instructor with the League of American Bicyclists
     February 2017
Thanks to all my biking friends to keep me motivated to succeed!!    

I had lots on incentive to log the bike miles, climb the hills of Crater Lake and go bike camping.  Eight friends and I trained to ride CENTURY - 100 miles - too. 

Crater Lake
For several years now my aunt and I have talked about riding around the rim of Crater Lake on one of the car-free days.  We actually committed this year by convincing 5 of our biking friends to join us.  We had a BLAST and an awesome girls' weekend away.  33 Miles at 7,700' elevation with 3,800 of climbing!!

Bike Camping

The training for a century ride includes a LONG ride once a week for 10 weeks prior to the century.  Four of us in the biking group decided to "hit two stones with one bike ride" - ride 60 miles each way and camp overnight.  The ride to the campground was fun...  We were excited, got lots of thumbs up from folks and the weather was perfect.  

Stopped in Davis for lunch.... lots of bikes there!!  

  

My daughter joined us at the campsite.  Lucky too.  It was VERY windy the next morning.  We put most of our gear in her car so we could plow through the wind on the return trip.  The wind was brutal.  We were super excited to be home!! 
 

Folding Bike Trip on the Rio Grande

I did take a "vacation" from training and joined my husband on a long weekend trip to New Mexico.  I took the folding bike to ride for two days along the Rio Grande River.  20 miles north on Saturday and 20 miles south on Sunday.   It was GREAT fun!!  I love the folding bike and can't wait to take it on the next trip.  

THE CENTURY RIDE

After the successful Lake Tahoe Ride in June my biking partners wanted to continue with biking adventures over the summer and fall.  My cousin suggested and signed up for a century ride.  We all decided to join, but we did wonder why several times during the training.  The 100 mile route was fairly flat, so we figured as long as it was not windy we could manage.  I am proud we all completed - with 3 flat tires.  We now have bragging rights!!  I am not completely  sure I will do a century again anytime soon.  I enjoy the 40 miles destination rides better.  😊 But never say never, right?  

The "1st Century Crew"  

With winter fast approaching and the days getting short, I think my biking for the next two months with be short little rides around town and quick commute rides to work.  I've got to start thinking about my biking goals for 2018.  

Friends are you ready?  

June - Feeling Accomplished then Overheated

The Best Bike Ride in the West - Lake Tahoe
Six of my biking friends and I decided to ride around Lake Tahoe - 72 miles at 6,000' elevation!!  We made a girls' weekend of it and spent a couple days getting used to the altitude and thinking of the 72 miles.  YIKES - we thought over and over again.  In the end, it was an amazing time. 

Heading up Emerald Bay - Feeling Good at Lunch

There were UPS and DOWNS, then the FINISH !! 

The ride was a great experience.  It was exciting, hard, fun and tiring all at the same time.  I special thanks to my cousin for making our ride some easier by "sagging" for us and being our personal photographer.  All the support and camaraderie was AWESOME!! 

 

 





June - HEAT WAVE !! 

June brought the first 100 degree heat of the summer.  And it was HOT!!  A week of 107 - 109 days!!  To beat the heat, I biked into work and took light rail or the bus home in the evening. 

6AM in the Morning!! 

It was surreal to leave the house on my bike at 6AM in the morning in shorts and short sleeves and not be chilly at all. Most mornings it was hovering at 70F.    By the time I arrived at work, 1 hour - and 12 miles - later, I was hot and ready to be cooped up in the AC building all day. 

I logged 209 miles in Jun, for a total of 1,66 miles towards my 2,017 annual goal.  I am way head of my goal, so there is plenty of time to hike and camp this summer and still meet my biking goal.  

2017 Biking Goals!!

Biking in 2016 was wonderful!  In addition to my regular bike commute, May is Bike Month activities and local neighborhood rides,  I ventured to bike away from home too ......... 

•  Monterey, CA,
• Scottsdale to Tempe, Arizona,
• Sacramento River Trail, Redding, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Toronto, Canada
• Toronto Islands, Canada
• Grand Rounds, Minneapolis, MO
• Paul Bunyan Trial, MO
• Central Park, New York City, NY
• Juneau, Alaska
• Klondike Highway Alaska
• Green River Trail, Kent, Washington
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Bay Bridge Path, Treasure Island, CA

Thanks to my friends and family who joined me and made these bike adventures possible.  I had an absolutely fabulous time on the bike in 2016!! 

Now for 2017.......  I do have a few bike riding goals !! 

1. Ride at least 2,017 miles in the year.
2. Bike the Crater Lake Rim Road.
3. Complete a Self-supported Overnight Bike Camping Trip
4. Become a Cycling Instructor with the League of American Bicyclists

Anyone want to join me?