Today is Monday August 4th 2025 and i rode my bike last Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday i intended to ride around 75 miles but that was probably unrealistic given my limited ride window so i ended up doing 52 miles.
On Sunday i lucked into a decent ride window in the afternoon and decided to take the Road Bike on the Rocky Route (midtown, downtown, east bottoms, cliff drive, train tracks, broken glass... old school Rocky I Eye of the Tiger training. Yes i know Eye of the Tiger didn't appear until Rocky III. i make the rules here).
Saturday i felt pretty crappy.
Sunday i felt pretty great.
On Sunday's ride i felt like i might have leveled up in fitness. To put that in racing terms i may have advanced to an average cat 5. Sundays ride was also energizing because of the route. i prefer urban riding. Case in point, i rode by Knuckle Heads yesterday around 4 pm and there was a bad a*s blues band rocking out with a guy in the middle of a sick harmonica solo.
You don't get that when you're out at 233rd and Cleveland Ave!
One final note, i plan to make more of an effort to ride clean bicycles. Specifically the drive train. lately i've been thinking about how much harder i'm having to work because my chain and cassette are super dirty.
Anyway...
Gravel Worlds is in less than 3 weeks!
Saturdays Ride...
