Not Exactly Goat Creek & 2100km

Most years I gather a group of people in June & October to ride Goat Creek Trail. Just after the ride in June the Goat Creek bridge was washed out in the epic floods that hit southern Alberta.

The bridge is still out, so yesterday we rode from Canmore to Banff via the Rundle Riverside trail.  A far tougher trail.  That 8km section took about 2hours to do.  Roots, rocks and mud.

Still a good time was had by all, and we found these cool rocks at the Banff end of the trail.

The 50km ride wasn't quite enough to put me at the 2100km mark, so I got a lift up to Whitman's pass and came back down to the Nordic Center to finish things off.  Hit the 2100km with a beautiful view of Canmore in the early evening.

We then hit the Grizzly Paw for supper.  You've got to try the Elk Burger, that's good eating!

Next Goal is to hit 2200km by Thursday, cause I'm off to San Francisco on Friday.

- Peace

2000km in the Dark

Hit the1999km mark Sunday night on the way home from Thanks Giving Dinner with friends.

Did a 1km loop in the neighbour hood to put me over the 2000km mark.

Had aimed to hit the 2000km mark on the 10th, but life got in the way.

Next goal is to hit the 2100km mark on Saturday when we'll be doing the "Not Exactly Goat Creek" ride between Canmore and Banff.  Let me know if you'd like to come.

- Peace

One Million Views on Flickr

Hit the one million views mark on my flickr account yesterday.  Don't know what it means.

I remember 10cent passing that mark years ago.

D'Arcy Norman hit the 2m mark before giving up flickr, and then coming back.

Don't know what view put me over, but my most viewed picture for the day was Question Mark, racking up 17 views for the day.

So I hit the million views with a big question mark.  That fits :)

- Peace
Dave

Ride for Refuge & 1900km

Rode the Ride for Refuge yesterday as part of Team Converge. Thanks to everyone who sponsored us; we raised $2515 for ACT Alberta.


Rohadi and I signed up for the 50km version of the ride. I would have been happy with any time in the 2:30 - 3:00 hour range.

With a couple of detours (missed a sign, stopped at the 40km to say happy birthday to a friend) the ride was just under 54km and I came in at the 2:31 mark :)

Hit the the 1900km while passing cheering volunteers.

Next goal is to hit 2000km by Oct 10th.

- Peace

1700 & 1800km

The goal was to hit 1700km by the end of last week.  Hit 1700km this Sat on a ride through Fish Creek before heading out to run errands.

Had two flats at 1600km, then there was a cold snap, and well it just didn't flow.  Think I have the flats figured out.  I think there was a defect in the tire as I wasn't getting the pinch flats I had been getting previously.  Yet neither I nor Pedalheads could find the issue.  Still I swaped the tire and it's been 200km without a flat.  Course I'd done 300km without a flat then two in less than 5km.  Hope I have it fixed.

Hit 1800km tonight after work.  That means I've done 400km in Sept.  I just need to keep that pace for Oct, Nov & Dec to hit 3000km for 2013.

Will be in San Francisco for the last week of Oct, so I'll need to do 400km by the 24th.  So that's a bit faster than the pace I've set for Sept.

Next goal is 1900km on Sat during the Ride for Refuge.

- Peace

Ride for Refuge 2013

On Oct 5th I'm riding 50km with team Converge to raise money for ACT Alberta as part of the Ride for Refuge 2013.

 ACT Alberta:

• helps victims with their immigration status
• helps source counselling services
• arranges emergency and long term housing and a variety of other services

My goal is to raise $500, so I'll match the first $250 in sponsorship. So please sponsor me.

 - Peace

1600km check!

Goal at 1500km was to hit 1600km by end of Monday.  Done!

Hit the 1600km mark on my way home after work on Monday night.

Pulled over on Elbow Drive to take this shot of the river. Thought it was better than another random road shot.

Next up 1700km by Sat.

- Peace

Half Way to 3000km

After a great, but hectic weekend in Vancouver, I skipped a week of biking.  That wasn't the plan, but that's what happened.

Got back into things with a half day Tuesday (took the train home), and extra long ride Wed. Night (Thanks Calvin!) and a full ride Thurs.  A full day is just over 34km.

Hit the 1500km biking through Britannia Thursday night on the way home from work.  1500km is the halfway mark for 2013.  Course Mid Sept is not the halfway mark for the 2013 Calendar.

As long as I make the 1800km by the end of Sept I'll be at the rate I need hit 3000km before 2014, and I've done it before, so it's doable.

Next goal is 1600km by Monday.

- Peace

1400km with Kendra

Last weekend I took Sarah out to UBC and hit the 1400km and it felt good.  Last year I hit the 900km mark in Vancouver while taking Sarah out to UBC.

Last year's goal was 2500km so that left me with 1600km to do after Vancouver.  This year's goal is 3000km, so that leaves me with 1600km to do after Vancouver.


Bonus: I got to take my Vancouver 100km mark shot with Kendra.  Just like last year.

- Peace