Sunday, January 4, 2009
A little ride for the new year...
A combination of work, refereeing, illness, and a knee injury has kept me off the bike almost totally for about five weeks now. I had hoped to get in a bunch of riding over the holiday break, but my deep chest cold was so bad they even sent me home from apheresis. My SPOT has been sitting on my mantle since Christmas day waiting for its initiation.
I've been feeling better the last couple of days, so when the day dawned cool and sunny, I decided to hit the road. I didn't want anything long or too technical — just a nice ride for about an hour or so. Justin has been teasing me about not riding, so of course I asked him to join me.
We did a quick little tour: up the 210 to the 118, down the 5, back on the 134/210. About 58 miles, about 50 minutes. I was a little too cold for my recuperating sinuses, but I managed to make it home in one piece.
I had the SPOT mounted horizontally, and a few of the waypoints didn't make it to the share map. I'm going to try it vertically next time, which should help according to the user's manual.
Posted by bnc at January 4, 2009 7:33 PM