Week 30 & 31 (June 15-19, 22-26)

Summary:

Week 30
Monday - Car & Bicycle (AM Carpool)
Tuesday - Car & Bicycle (AM Carpool)
Wednesday - Bicyle
Thursday - Bicycle
Friday - LRT & Car (PM Carpool)

Week 31
Monday - Car & Bicycle (AM Carpool)
Tuesday - Bicycle
Wednesday - Car & Bicycle (AM Carpool)
Thursday - Car
Friday - Bicycle

Thursday was a bittersweet mix. I had to make a dental appointment and meet a client deadline, and couldn't work out the logistics to ride and still maximize my use of time. I made up for it that night as some fellow accountants and I cycled to St. Paul to take the Gateway Trail to Stillwater. The round-trip was just shy of 55 miles, and I was back at my front door by 10 p.m., took a shower, and slept like a baby.

I awoke bright and early Saturday morning for another lengthy ride to the Coon Rapids dam and back. We didn't have a cyclocomputer, and I'm not even sure I could trace the run on Googlemaps. The direct route comes in at 36 miles, but my estimate is a 40-45 miles, accounting for a detour through Victory Memorial Parkway and Theodore Wirth.

I need to keep up these longer rides to get ready for a bike trip to Duluth sometime later this summer.