Zboatman's Journey

The weather in Dallas has been really cold and it looks like rain over the weekend. Not really able to get outside and ride but have tried to be loyal to riding the Mt. Bike on my trainer.

I rode both days last weekend, and am hopeful that I can do the same this weekend. I need to ride hard on Mon & Tuesday. Wednesday I take off for Hawaii for Thanksgiving weekend and won’t get much riding in but am hopeful to do a ton of walking. Here is to a real good Mai Tai and some exercise…maybe.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As I start to look back over my riding year and try to set some goals for next year I focus on how many miles I have ridden. So here are the stats from my Garmin. I went from my old Garmin 750 edge to the new 1000. Bit of a price jump with all the accessories that were needed with three bikes. I will have to say I love this unit.

Here are my stats for the year on a graph:

Here are the totals in real numbers:

My goal for the year was 2000 miles and I was able to accomplish that and now have a track my indoor miles so I am hopeful to end the year with 2200 miles. I am looking forward to staying healthy and putting in 2500 miles in 2015!

Took off from Dallas on the 21st of December heading south. It was a bit of a bear getting out of Dallas as the traffic was full of people taking off for the Christmas break. A few wrecks later I finally cleared the Metroplex. As the freeway opened up, I set the cruse control to 80 and headed for Austin. Traveling with me was my Cannondale CAADX, my new Ninja Blender, and cooler with fresh vegs in it. Bring on Texas.

Bike needed a rest

Top of the ride at Shoal Creek

I holed up in Downtown Austin, after getting settled wondered down to one of my favorite hangouts in Austin, The Moonshine. Had an awesome meal (the pork chop is excellent) and called it a night. I rode the around the lake the on Sunday and decided I needed a bit more of a ride so I headed up the Shoal Creek Trail. Great ride up had a blast. The weather was cool but not cold, great dry ride with sunny sky’s. On the way down I decided to take a different route as the trail is on both sides of the creek or so I thought (got lost actually). I came to a place where the creek was washed out. I was following two MT. Bike dudes who just shouldered their bikes and jumped across the creek. So I followed.

Where I came out and the trail ended

Washout on the Shoal Creek where I was headed

Had a great time in Austin but was not interested on moss growing on my tires. Headed to Galveston, Texas!

Well the transition to Texas is complete. I have been busier than all get out at work and that really has caused a significant delay in my blogging efforts. As things start to settle down I again will be making an effort to tell my story or stories as they unfold. The center of my personal life at the moment is cycling. So that is where I will start with my blogging journey, my rides, my equipment, my goods and bad.

I am one week away from taking off on Vacation sailing around Puget Sound for Labor Day Week. Eager to get back out on the boat since it really have been a year and a half since I have gone out for an extended time on Star Gazer. I went up last weekend and did a full run through on all the systems, she at this point appears eager and ready to go. I just need to stock the beer and food and I am gone. I will do another post on the specifics of the trip but wanted to get a post on the new blog and see how it looks!