Office life

My coworkers no doubt believe I've gone a bit extreme, if not completely crazy. It started with heaps of clothing stored in the office, most notably of the running and biking variety.

Box #1

Box #2

Then it was the shoes...

Now, throw in the fitness ball seat and my "stick" which I use while reading and roll my feet on constantly...

And I think we have a critical mass.

Hot!

I really only tri for the cool caps...

Sorry Cole, guess I didn't warn you this was likely to go public...

Some images of the day

Great sunset over the tidal basin today.

Have a few things to say today but today just isn't the day to get them down. I'm tired now so I'll just leave you with these shots from my day.

Haines Point appears to have a new family living there.

The tidal basin area produced a bunch of cool shots tonight. Hard to choose my favorites but this one is pretty cool.

Post-Ride

I'm getting there. I think I need some snow for the full monty.


I thought people were staring at all the snot on my shoulder but when I got home I realized that was likely not the case.

New Routes

What a beautiful weekend for riding! I got out this weekend fro about 100 miles of total riding and figured out a route to my sisters house in Laurel which is very bikable and produces a very nice approximately 25 mile one way trip. Even better is the fact that I could hop on the metro to greenbelt and cut the ride down to around 10 miles if necessary. The route follows the beginning on the Baltimore to Washington trail which I am also looking into using for getting to my folks house in Columbia, MD. It seems like it could be pretty doable and would produce a ride somewhere around 40 or 50 miles one way; great for a weekend at their place.

Anyway, the ride Saturday included just the route to Laurel while Sunday I did the same route with an extra 30 or so miles in the middle along the route that is from Greenbelt to the Bay via Annapolis. All in all it seems like it should be a pretty nice route, though I think there may be a bit too many turns and non-country roads to use for a regular team ride. Eventually I’d like to get a group ride organized that we can call the Union ride and invite teammates, friends and prospective members out on; hopefully soon I’ll get something that’ll work.

It’s so nice having a camera again and I took a few lessons from some of the blogs I read in my photography during the ride. I like having a reason to stop and enjoy my surroundings for a little bit instead of just pushing on the whole way through. I also spend more time paying attention to the things around me when I’m looking for picture opportunities. I’ll just need to make sure I don’t let the picture taking take over the bike riding.

My sister picked up their new puppy this past Friday and being the dog person I am I naturally stopped by three times this weekend. (I probably won’t even do all that when they have their kids)… I took a bunch of pictures of her too and boy is she a cute little pup. A bit shy and scared at first, she is quickly warming up and I can tell she’s going to be a great little dog. They’re being very vigilant with the crate training and following the “rules” of their dog adoption books now so I’m sure she’ll be through that bit pretty quickly here. It’s good to be an uncle…

Greenbelt shots from last week.

At some point I said I'd get these up and since they are some pretty sweet shots I couldn't pass it up. Thanks to Joe and Roy for the shots. I missed last night at greenbelt and am taking an easy week after a crazy and fun weekend with the family. Hopefully next week I'll be back out there and it looks like I'll even be on my new bike!


Roy and I riding up near the front mid-race.


Shifting on the second to last lap.


I like this shot cause it looks fast...


Standing on it for the sprint.


The final picture before the finsh.

Bike porn, though not good enough yet for the Freewheeling Spirit Bike Porn Contest

Wanted to post some of the latest pictures of the fixed gear, now appropriately named El Diablo (it's branded on the saddle). No real great shots but it's the right idea. Wasn't going to use the red and black bar tape on it but I was bored in the hospital so I figured I try it out.

The saddle itself...

The saddle bike fit

Ain't she sweet?

Ah....

Well you can sort of make out my first wrap job with the red and black bar tape.

Soon to come, red and yellow bar tape. Oh and the red and yellow skin suit to boot.