# Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Thursday 25 June 2009 - commute
posted by: Martin Criminale
Hours Sleeping: 6
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Distance: 20 miles
Time (total): 1:15 riding home
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Weather: upper 60s, dry, windy, mostly cloudy
Workout Type: commute

Breakfast: 6:00 AM - cereal
Lunch: 9:00 AM - almonds, LARABAR Peanut Butter Cookie
11:00 AM - pasta, red sauce, bread, fruit yogurt, water
2:00 PM - 3 pieces Pilot Bread w/peanut butter and jam, water
Dinner: 2 veggie fajitas, 3 beers, chocolate
Workout Food: water

Course: to work - straight down through Interlaken
to home - Ballard, across the locks, up to and around Discovery Park, Magnolia loop, along the Seattle waterfront, pier 70, 1st Ave., Pike, home
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Comments: It feels like years since I have ridden and hauling ass down through Interlaken this AM was a total blast. YES.

Riding home it was way cloudier than I was hoping. :( I faked it and rolled out with the sleeveless t-shirt anyway. A few drops of moisture in Ballard but otherwise okay. As long as you were moving and working you were plenty warm.

I was enjoying the views a LOT. With the iPod in you kind of float along in your own little bubble and it's not unlike the feeling of walking around with dark sunglasses on in that you sort of feel like no one can see you… Your own private Idaho and all that.

Up in Magnolia I saw at least four cyclists on local teams and I waved to all of them forgetting that I was dressed like a hobo/messenger and could not figure out why none were waving back. At first this made me smile but then it made me sort of bummed. What's the attitude problem with these two-bit local racers that they can't wave back? Whatever. I also waved to a commuter/recreational cyclists and he sure as hell waved back.

Riding through Myrtle Edwards Park I had a wicked tailwind and there was this chunky guy in front of me on a LeMond road bike who was hauling. I decided to try and hang with him and it about killed me with my platform pedals. But I did it. And when I finally let him go as we approached the SAM outdoor art park I was seriously out of breath! Kind of fun though.

Riding through Belltown is sometimes really interesting. You see all these city dwellers 'walking' their dogs on the sidewalks (shouldn't they still be at work?), having drinks (shouldn't they still be at work?) and getting their hair and nails done or shopping in uber expensive boutique stores on 1st Ave.

Then there is the mob of people when you hit Pike and the market. And the duck tours… today I saw THREE driving through downtown. I would have to have plastic surgery or move to another state if I ever did one of those tours.

Riding up Pike some guy pulled up next to me as I was balancing on my bike waiting for a traffic light to change and said something like, "Cool fixie…!" Nice. 1) I'm not riding a fixed gear and 2) no matter how loudly you espouse to be hip to the cycling scene it can't make it so.

After I crossed Broadway I noticed a car in front of me had slowed to allow some pedestrians to cross and so I kind of belatedly grabbed my brakes too. This same guy about plows into me, avoids me (just barely) and almost launches himself over the sidewalk and into these two women who were hoping to cross the street.

Apparently he had been racing up the hill trying to keep up with me or something and was surprised when I suddenly slowed down. The women were like, "Uh oh, uh oh, UH OH…!" as he got closer and closer to them. Thank goodness nothing got hurt except for this guys ego. Hopefully.

Riding through TT Minor school there was somebody on a fixed gear (yep, it really was a fixed gear, see I know these things 'cuz I'm hip to the cycling scene…) who would start out no handed, pop a wheelie (with no hands!) and then grab the bars only to spin them and then set it back down. Repeat. Holy shit. His friend was filming the whole thing and they did it over and over. Nice.
Equipment: Raleigh town bike, 36x16
Clothing: Vans, baggy MTB shorts, wicking shirt. Back to basics baby.
commute
Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:07:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Related posts:
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