I'm sorry for the long absence. Moving & setting up house really eats into riding time!!
Here is a photo taken by Chris, on our first evening bike ride in our new town:
In true lazy summer spirit, I've been out an hour at a time here and there, but haven't kept track of any heart rates or miles or speeds...just looking at the pretty views and being thankful that almost all the boxes are gone now!!But I do need to find more discipline, as the Tri-State Seacoast Century is coming up soon. This article from Bicycling magazine should help.
Race season is beginning to wind down; the Tour de France is over and also some of the important pro races not covered in mainstream sports news. If you missed it like I did, here is re-cap of the Tour de 'Toona (PA) with congratulations due to Kristen Armstrong of TEAm Lipton! Tina Pic of Colavita-Sutter Home won the Presbyterian Invitational Criterium in Charlotte, North Carolina this past weekend (formerly known as the Bank of America Criterium). You can read the story at VeloNews.com.
There is one major road race left to look forward to, the Vuelta A Espana. Not as well known as the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France, it starts on Sept. 1 this year and finishes on Sept. 23. The homepage has a tiny UK flag for English translation (I hope the link I attached is in English for you already!). I am not sure where the best race coverage can be found. Cycling TV offers a fee-based coverage of all the stages, but it looks like the Versus channel only has a summary on Sept. 30 from 6-7pm. If anyone has more information, please post it in the comments. Happy Riding!
Hi Debby! So glad you have gotten moved in and somewhat settled. That pic of your ride is beautiful and looks like an idyllic postcard setting. I certainly wish that we could get more tv coverage of the Vuelta, as I'm still in TdF withdrawal and would love to have another great race to follow on tv. At least we have the web....
Miss you over at Sara's place! We have a lot of great new folks who have joined the mix :)
Posted by: Janann | August 13, 2007 at 01:35 AM
Hi Debby! So glad you have gotten moved in and somewhat settled. That pic of your ride is beautiful and looks like an idyllic postcard setting. I certainly wish that we could get more tv coverage of the Vuelta, as I'm still in TdF withdrawal and would love to have another great race to follow on tv. At least we have the web....
Miss you over at Sara's place! We have a lot of great new folks who have joined the mix :)
Posted by: Janann | August 13, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Hi Debby! So glad you have gotten moved in and somewhat settled. That pic of your ride is beautiful and looks like an idyllic postcard setting. I certainly wish that we could get more tv coverage of the Vuelta, as I'm still in TdF withdrawal and would love to have another great race to follow on tv. At least we have the web....
Miss you over at Sara's place! We have a lot of great new folks who have joined the mix :)
Posted by: Janann | August 13, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Hi Debby! So glad you have gotten moved in and somewhat settled. That pic of your ride is beautiful and looks like an idyllic postcard setting. I certainly wish that we could get more tv coverage of the Vuelta, as I'm still in TdF withdrawal and would love to have another great race to follow on tv. At least we have the web....
Miss you over at Sara's place! We have a lot of great new folks who have joined the mix :)
Posted by: Janann | August 13, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Sorry..........darn typepad..... ;)
Posted by: Janann | August 13, 2007 at 01:36 AM
LOL, Janann!! I hate it when it does that! Debby, we were talking about you today...
My riding came to a halt, after last Tues when I thought I was going to pass out before I got home from my 12 mi ride!! Thurs I was going to spinning class, and promptly got myself locked out of the house in my pj's. And it took a while to get back in! So tomorrow, I'm going to spinning!! I'm glad I don't have a ride til Aug 25th! I hope this heat wave has at least done down in the 90's by the time my ride comes around. I'm going to join another gym that has no spinning, but they have a BEAUTIFUL pool with 3 lap lanes, inside. So I move over to swimming on the weekend, if the weather doesn't cool down, soon!! I'm on my way to Downer's Grove on Thurs to watch the US Crit Championships. And I get to meet Catherine, too!!! And Janann is right, Sara's site is attracting more and more readers, who will also comment!!
Posted by: Theresa | August 14, 2007 at 01:43 AM