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Sneezy
Wow, my hay fever is really kicking in. My allergies used to be worst during the first half of June. That seems to have changed over the past few years. They’re now OK in June and bad in September. I guess I’m getting less sensitive to grass and more sensitive to ragweed. Today I rode…
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Muddy Adventure
I’ll say one thing about the weather this year: There’s never been a dull day. An earthquake, followed by a hurricane, followed by what was likely a hundred-year storm this past Wednesday, courtesy of another tropical system. Massive flooding kept me off my bike Wednesday and Thursday (yesterday). The flooding didn’t start until around noon…
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That time of year
So, in the past week, central Maryland has weathered an earthquake and a hurricane. Now we get to weather the first week of fall classes at UMBC, which is always exciting, and almost never in a good way. We’ll see what this year has in store for us. Took my first post-Irene bike ride to…
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Rite of Passage
School has started, both at UMBC and in the surrounding counties. That means more traffic to deal with, particularly during my morning rides. The first week is always the worst, after which things start to improve as people fall into a routine. I’m not crazy about this time of year, but it does have one…
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Heat Wave
So we’ve hit one of the two times of year (the other being the dead of winter) where you really have to be hard-core to be out on the bike. This afternoon I should easily break my record for hottest ride home. It was already close to 90 when I rode in this morning, and…
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6000 miles
We’ve got ourselves some good old-fashioned Mid-Atlantic summer weather this week. My morning ride was a nice, sweaty, humid 81°. High of 89 later today, with (you guessed it) thunderstorms predicted for late afternoon and evening. I tend to take shorter rides in this kind of weather, and today was no exception. Yesterday afternoon I…
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Back in the Saddle
Back on the bike this morning after an extremely unhealthy, but fun, weekend in Buffalo watching NCAA tournament games. I brought home a sore throat and slightly runny nose, and was dragging a bit this morning. I have a standing rule: if I’m too sick to bike to work, I stay home. Faced with a…
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Tale of Two Rides
No work for me this week, but I took advantage of the good weather and rode yesterday and today. Yesterday I took the fixed-gear out for a 30 mile ride around the BWI trail and Patapsco State Park. It was the longest ride I’ve taken in quite a while.. my maximum one-way commute is around…
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Meltdown
A bit brisk out this morning, but we’re finally getting some dry weather and sun to help melt some more of the snow. By next week, I may even be able to drag out the road bike. Took my first complete loop through the park today since (checks ride log) January 28, not counting a…
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Never trust the weather forecast
So.. yesterday’s morning forecast: mostly cloudy all day, then rain after 7pm. I leave work at 5, so no need to pack rain gear for later, right? Wrong. It started raining at 3:30, and I got to ride home in a steady drizzle with no rain gear. No, it wasn’t all that bad. But, I…