Habitat!

Today I did half of my required sweat equity and it was awesome! I had so much fun!

The house was mostly done but we tore down a fence, put new posts in, went to the dump, mowed the lawn and some other stuff.

OK, that's all for now. I've got to get up at 4:30 tomorrow.

Catch ya in a week!

New Record! And no riding for a week!

1:45:21 for my 23 mile ride around the neighborhood today at an average of 13mph. 3 minutes off my previous best ! The fastest speed today was 36.7 mph. I think that's the fastest so far.

Yesterday I did my almost usual 48 mile Thursday ride. That was also a new best! 2:45 and averaged 17.6 miles an hour. I ate some stuff right before the ride and earlier during the ride. That helped a bunch and didn't bonk.

Today was my last ride for a week! I think I might go into withdrawals. I'll work my legs though so it's all good.

When I get back next Monday I have a bunch of stuff to get done. Work on and finish the presentation. Go to the bike shop and get a couple more things. Figure out how to raise about $500 more. Still pretty much the same as last post.

Tomorrow I'm doing a Habitat project! Another one on May 17th was canceled so I squeezed into this one. It will also be my last day of work. All this craziness coming together at once. How fun!

Later!

Snapshot

I was riding to work yesterday when a friend snapped this picture.

I've got 27 days left. It's getting down to the last stretch. This week I'm going to stop by the bike shop and get the last couple things for my bike and talk to them about transporting my bike.

I want to wrap that up as I'm gone for a week next Sunday. Overall I feel really good about the status of it all. I still need to raise more funds, I still need to figure out how to get to Nags Head, I still need to do my presentation thing and I still need a couple more things.

But it's all good. No worries.

Peace!

First Flat!

I've patched up my tubes on my mountain bike a bunch of times but never the back tire.

Today on my ride my road bike got it's first flat. And guess where it is? Ding ding ding!

The back! So I wont be commuting to work today because I don't have time to figure it out. I'll do it tomorrow. It will be good experience though.

I knew something was wrong when my back tire was making a different noise. Checked it and it was totally empty. Got out my pump and pumped it up so I could get a little closer to home. Then I walked the rest of the way. Lame!

I'll post how the patching goes tomorrow. I think by the end of the trip I'll be able to patch a tire with my eyes closed.

Dave

I'm a bike commuter!

So Monday through Wednesday I rode my bike to work. It wasn't as "creepy" as I thought, riding home at night. My lights were adequate and it's a pretty cool experience. When riding at night it is a good idea to ride to and from during the day so you can know of any bumps or obstacles to watch out for at night.

So I'll pretty much be riding to work for the next couple weeks.

I'm at 83%! If you'd like to donate, you don't have much time. I'm serious!

Today I found some habitat projects that are a couple counties over. The one in a couple weeks is full but I sent them an e-mail anyway. The next one they have is on the 17th of May. The day before I leave. Talk about last minute. It would be awesome if a spot opened up before the 17th.

It's kinda sad that nothing is really happening in my county. 

I just went shopping again to get another load of gear. I think I'm almost finished with the gear list.

I biked 48 miles yesterday. It's pretty flat and I tried to keep a 20 mph pace. Though I sorta bonked 20 miles in. I need to keep more food on me and eat a little throughout the ride. I averaged 17.1 mph.

I did it in 2:49 without stopping though so it wasn't too bad.

So that is the latest update. I should take my camera out when I ride and get some pictures for you guys.

Peace!

Almost!

I've almost reached my fundriasing goal!

It's almost here!

I've almost got all the gear needed!

I'm almost going crazy! OK, not really.

Everything is going pretty well. Just got the info on the presentation thing we all have to do. Biking, trying to find some community service to do, just getting it all in order.

Today I'm going to be commuting to work. I've done it before but not at night. I work 1-10 so it will be dark when I go home. It's only 8 miles total but will save money, gas, the earth and help me train. All at the same time!

I'm going to commute as much as possible for the next 20 days(that's how long I have until I don't work). I'll post in the next couple days on how it's going!

Later!

Dave