Category: bicycling

Getting Fit: bike ride Ottawa County 052623

Copy and pasted from Strava (on a 30-day free trial and need to figure out how to lift actual maps from it of the rides) 11.44 mi 1:21:43 296 ft 156 Avg Max Speed 8.4 mi/h 17.3 mi/h Elapsed Time 1:45:52 Clear Temperature 64 ℉ Humidity 43% Feels like 62 ℉ Wind Speed 8.3 mi/h…

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Getting Fit — On the bike

I’ve taken 2 bike rides so far, one on the 16th and the other yesterday, the 25th. On the 16th I went a tad over 8 miles.  Perfect riding weather. Yesterday I went on a ride with a new friend that I met on the bike path riders facebook page.  We met up at the…

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The Weekly Smile for the 5th of September 2022

Last year I joined a facebook group Bike Path Riders: West Michigan because I wanted to ride with a group for a change, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Not only has it introduced me to a group of wonderful people, but it has motivated me to invest in a…

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Getting Fit — Bike Ride 082222

Today’s ride was out on part of the North Bank Trail but mostly on the Spoonville and Idema Explorer’s Trails.  It took awhile to recover from the distance (30+ miles) and terrible sunburn of the last ride.  This ride was about half as long and I was spray-saturated with SPF.  I added a little more…

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Doodads the week of 0712-071622

It’s been a couple of weeks.  Pics have been taken here and there but no time to get them off of the phone and posted.  On Tuesday, the 12th, I took a 17-mile bike ride.  On Wednesday, the 13th, I met up with the Moon Clan Mothers group up north and saw two giant willow…

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Doodads — bike rides and kousa update

I decided to turn this manipulated collage image I did into a banner for Doodads.   Click on the images’ highlighted link in the captions to take you to a larger image.