Rather than carrying our bicycles with us on the flight to Omaha (near the ride's start), we shipped the them ahead on FedEx.
Marcia's Bike Friday is designed to be stuffed into a large Samsonite hard case. Kurt's Rodriguez is a conventional road bike and requires a larger case. Kurt's nephew Brett, a hard-core bicyclist, loaned Kurt his hard sided carrying case.
Before
| Marcia's bike |  |
| Kurt's bike |  |
After
| Marcia's bike |  |
| Kurt's bike |  |
| Packed and ready to go |  |
This blog post will be a "living" post and list our weekly training log. The daily rides will be shown in the appropriate weekly log.
If you want to see what this training is about, see this earlier post - Summer 2008 Plans.
| Date | Total | |
| Week 1 | May 11-17 | 109 Miles |
| Week 2 | May 18-24 | 127 Miles |
| Week 3 | May 25-31 | 162 Miles |
| Week 4 | June 1-7 | 119 miles |
| Week 5 | June 8-14 | 150 miles |
| Week 6 | June 15-21 | 208 miles |
| Week 7 | June 22-28 | 215 miles |
| Week 8 | June 30-July 5 | 135 miles |
| Week 9 | July 6-9 | 149 miles |
| Total | 1374 miles |
This week has the last few days of training as we ship the bikes on Wednesday or Thursday.
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| July 6 | Magnusson Park to Redmond | 43 miles |
| July 7 | Mercer Island Circumnavigation | 13 miles |
| July 8 | West Seattle to Bainbridge Island (route included extra miles on Bainbridge) | 53 miles |
| July 9 | Ballard to Woodinville (last training ride!!!) | 40 miles |
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| June 30 | West Seattle to Vashon Island with island circumnavigation and side trip to Point Robinson on Maury Island | 47 miles |
| July 1 | West Seattle to Kent | 44 miles |
| July 5 | West Seattle to Kent | 44 miles |
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| June 23 | West Seattle to Kent | 45 miles |
| June 25 | West Seattle to Bainbridge with island circumnavigation | 46 miles |
| June 26 | West Seattle to Vashon Island with island circumnavigation | 45 miles |
| June 27 | Mathews Beach to Marymoor Park (with a service break at Logboom Park on the return to fix a flat tire) | 35 miles |
| June 28 | West Seattle to Kent | 44 miles |
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| June 15 | West Seattle to Bainbridge Island with circumnavigation (hilly but not so chilly) | 41 miles |
| June 17 | Chelan to 25-Mile Campground (took an overnight trip to Eastern Washington) | 41 miles |
| June 18 | Cle Elum to Thorp (mileage was moderate but the strong westerly winds made the return ride grueling) | 34 miles |
| June 20 | Mathews Beach to Redmond | 32 miles |
| June 21 | West Seattle to Pacific/Algona | 60 miles |
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| June 8 | Renton to Maple Valley along Cedar River Trail | 25 miles |
| June 11 | Mathews Beach to Marymoor Park | 37 miles |
| June 12 | Mercer Island Circumnavigation with a side trip to Coulon Park in Renton | 29 miles |
| June 14 | West Seattle to Maple Valley (via Duwamish/Green River trail then through Renton to connect with Cedar River Trail) | 59 miles |
Only three days of riding this week on account of unseasonably cold and wet June weather. On the days we missed riding, the 3rd through 6th, it rained 0.58, 0.26, 0.19 and 0.38 inches respectively. In addition, the high for each day rarely cracked 60 degrees.
Being a native Seattlelite, I understand that June is not summer in the PNW. But this year, it feels like late winter rather than late spring. We are hopeful for next week.
Date | Destination/Comment (round trip unless otherwise noted) | Distance |
| June 1 | W. Seattle/Tukwila | 36 miles |
| June 2 | Mathews Beach/Redmond | 37 miles |
| June 7 | W. Seattle/Kent | 46 miles |
