Matt Saling

Abstracted Distractions

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January 6th 2010

Did a night ride after work. I was wanting to put in 40 miles but the route I picked ended up being 30 miles. I was was too cold and hungry to do more, however I was not too tired (which is a good sign)!

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January 5th 2010

Had a fun day yesterday… Rode to work, had a good day at work, rode home, did a night ride with my buddy Derek (getting him back on the saddle), had cartel coffee and then rode home. It was so much fun that I am doing another night ride tonight after work. hoping to get 40miles (cross my fingers). Below is the tally for yesterday…

Ride to work: 4.8 miles
Work to home: 4.8 miles
Night ride with Derek: 22.8 miles

My 300 miles in 30 days tally so far (started 12/31/09):
300-30

Ride to Work

I am trying to figure out if this ride to work is in any way helping my conditioning. My first thought is no. It is just too short, and with out having showers at work I cant really make it a sprint without feeling gross all day. I also feel weird riding an all carbon race bike just 5 miles to work and 5 miles back home at the end of the day. Think it is time to invest in a proper commuting bike… looking at the Pake C’mute

I am also confused if this should count towards my 300 miles in 30 days… I guess it should? Here is my progress so far (since 12/31/09)

Short & Sweet (and Cold & Dark)

Natassia took a late nap on Saturday after we ran around town, so i decided to head off for a quick ride. I planned it doing a longer route but didn’t get out the door until 5pm. I also thought it was not going to get as cold as it did once the sun hide behind the mountains. Next time I will remember my light and my gilet! Yeah I said gilet, what you going to do about it.

Ride to Fountain Hills From Home

Went for a somewhat nice ride on New Year’s eve, It was windy and false flat (headwind) on the way out which made the way back a lot more fun. The elevation chart is backwards – I didn’t start recording the ride untill I was half way done.

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