cold-weather thoughts and observations

went out tuesday night with a pal, over 3 1/2 hours of gravel. no wind, dust hanging in the air, almost too much, fearing eventual death by gravel lung. went waay out west, south of town. lots of hills, lovely night skies. on the way in, my sharp-eyed pal spotted the next-best thing to road porn: the [empty] plastic clamshell container that once held a "silicone studs" dildo--a 14" model.

holy shit--THAT'S more frightening than an suv on the west side.

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i did loops around downtown last night, hoping for a reprieve from hills, and wanting to get a little up-tempo riding. i went east on the new mlk parkway to the river by sec taylor, then up to court avenue and east to the capitol, and back west via locust and grand to meredith and then south to mlk and over and over. it was discernably colding last night, and the buildings downtown provided relief from the headwinds while rolling back west. nice, not much traffic, although there was this one redhead who came screaming by me, hanging out the front passenger window. that long, curly hair looked familiar...

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on the way back home, up 28th street [i stopped for a cup of coffee at zanzibar's], i saw two other cyclists within a three-block span. a guy under the freeway bridge, and a single-speeder commuter heading west on kingman. nice to know i wasn't alone in the streets of capitol city.

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numbers for the week: over 15 hours, over 327 kilometres, all OUTSIDE, including two 4+ hour rides on the weekend. gotta get ready for those killer 2 mile races this summer.