Spent 2013 attempting to recover from a pair of disc injuries and learning how to sit, stand and walk again
in an effort to continue riding, as pain-free as possible.
I also was hampered by more than 18 continuous months of construction at work,
preventing regular commuting and contributing to out-of-shapeness.
May 2014 be My Year of the Bicycle!
| January 2014 |
| date | miles | comment |
| Jan 4 | 13 | Snowy, icy Waterton Canyon mountain bike ride |
| February 2014 |
| date | miles | comment |
| whole month | only trainer miles | new shower facilities at work finally open |
| date | miles | comment |
| Mar 10 | 30 miles | mountain bike (because it's still icy and snowy), winter work half commute! |
| Mar 29 | 34 miles | road bike, Chatfield Reservoir |
| date | miles | comment |
| 18 Apr | 60 miles!!! | full work commute, road bike, first 60-mile day since June 2013 |
| 19 Apr | 18 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 26 Apr | 30 miles | road bike, South Platte, pink trees and VERY windy, felt like 50 miles |
| date | miles | comment |
| 3 May | 28 miles | road bike, Deer Creek Canyon, non-stop, first real climb since fall, I think |
| 4 May | 19 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 6 May | 32 miles | road bike, work half commute, biked to high point for incredible sunrise |
| 12 May | 7 miles | Hurrah Pass, mountain bike, road being graded so turned back |
| 19 May | 30 miles | road bike, work half commute |
| 24 May | 19 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 26 May | 20 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 30 May | 30 miles | road bike, work half commute |
| 31 May | 47 miles | road bike, official High Roller training ride, hilly Longmont/Berthoud loop |
| date | miles | comment |
| 1 Jun | 62 miles | road bike, E-Rock, extremely windy, first 60-mile ride in one sitting since June 2013 |
| 5 Jun | 52 miles | road bike, half-commute plus |
| 7 June | 20 miles | road bike, Vail Pass, high winds |
| 11 June | 25 miles | road bike, partial commute, adapting to SEVEN detours while extensive bike path repairs are being made & new bridge is being built |
| 15 Jun | 19 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 16 June | 44 miles | road bike, partial commute and Chatfield Loop, high winds |
| 19 June | 22 miles | road bike, partial commute; NO MORE FULL COMMUTES UNTIL ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE!!! |
| 20 June | 22 miles | road bike, partial commute -- three work commutes in one week, a full week ahead of goal! |
| 21 June | 29 miles | road bike, Vail Pass, nine miles up non-stop, then back down and part of the way up again a second time, WOOHOO! |
| 22 June | 18 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| 23 June | 22 miles | road bike, partial commute |
| 25 June | 22 miles | road bike, partial commute, Ride to Work Day |
| 28 June | 81 miles | road bike, Day One BikeMS |
| 29 June | 69 miles | road bike, Day Two Bike MS |
| date | miles | comment |
| 4 July | 16 miles | road bike, Vail Pass, non-stop! |
| 5 July | 12 miles | mountain bike, Schofield Pass |
| 6 July | 7 miles | mountain bike, Schofield Pass |
| 18 July | no miles | gave blood, and they told me to be careful tomorrow |
| 19 July | 6 miles | road bike, Vail Pass; I was careful; I had no choice! |
| 26 July | 14 miles | road bike, Vail Pass; MUCH better! |
| 27 July | 18 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon |
| date | miles | comment |
| 2 August | 71 miles | road bike, Tour de Lavender; bonked because I paid more attention to photos than hydration |
| 3 August | 26 miles | road bike, Hurricane Ridge; I MADE IT!!! |
| 5 August | 7 miles | road bike, North Cascades National Park; cyclocross (gravel and dirt!) |
| 16 August | 17 miles | road bike, 18 miles to Chatfield for Sunrise; mountain bike, 19 miles up Waterton Canyon |
| 23 August | 21 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon; practicing climbing |
| 24 August | 22 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon; practicing climbing |
| 25 August | 6.5 miles | road bike, C Loop; challenging climb; first time since March 2013!!! One minute faster! |
| 30 August | 22 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon; practicing climbing |
| 31 August | 24 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon; practicing climbing (5 times up the steepest part!!!) |
| date | miles | comment |
| 1 September | 23 miles | mountain bike, Waterton Canyon; practicing climbing |
| 7 September | 30 miles | road bike, Deer Creek Canyon; first time in forever; not bad |
| 13 September | 43 miles | road bike, Deer Creek Canyon; to the top; WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! |
| 20 September | 15 miles | Pearl Pass |
| 26 September | 12 miles | Mesa Verde |
| 27 September | 37 miles | Fall Blaze, Durango |
| date | miles | comment |
| 18 October | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| 23 October | 9 miles | Fruita |
| 24 September | 11 miles | Dead Horse Point |
| 25 October | 17 miles | Dead Horse Point |
| date | miles | comment |
| 1 November | 27 miles | Deer Creek Canyon; fastest time ever by two minutes!!!!!!!!!! |
| 2 November | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| 27 November | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon; Thanksgiving Day; only Day Lizard had off all week |
| date | miles | comment |
| 13 December | 31 miles | Chatfield |
| 20 December | 33 miles | Chatfield; flat tire festival |
| 21 December | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
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