{"id":1310,"date":"2009-03-06T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T02:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2009-03-06T22:06:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T03:06:56","slug":"first-longish-ride-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/06\/first-longish-ride-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"First Longish Ride Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here, have a dorktastic, slightly out of focus photo of a very sweaty me, complete with an indentation from the Coolmax Shorty<\/a> that I wear to keep sweat from running down my face.<\/p>\n

Tonight after work I went on my first long-ish bike ride of the year, totaling just over 36 miles. I left my house just before 6pm with the intention of riding to Metro Beach<\/a>, but turned around about two miles from the park (at Crocker and Metro Parkway) because it was starting to get cold.<\/p>\n

In the low laying \/ windless areas the temperature was much closer to freezing, so heading back home through parks and over the low-laying streams was a bit bitter at times. Thankfully once I got closer to roads again things warmed up to today’s nicely comfortable weather.<\/p>\n

During this I was only insulted by random strangers a handful of times; typical for riding in this area. Three people honked at me, but the passenger in one of the vehicles strangely apologized. Two people shouted things, including a very loud and almost horse sounding “fucking freak!”, and one person came within 6′ of hitting me as I crossed an intersection and they made a 35MPH right hand turn. (I’m certain this person saw me, as my bike was fully lit up, there are bright street lights there, and I made eye contact with both the driver and the female passenger as they began their turn.)<\/p>\n

This was also the first time I was able to try wearing a cycling jersey while riding, and I must say that I found it quite a bit more comfortable than the $9 workout t-shirts from Target that I’d worn last year. This may prove to be a problem, because these jerseys aren’t cheap. Maybe I can find a way to get a bunch at a discount or free… Hmm… I do think I’ll probably be buying this Dogfish Head jersey<\/a> as soon as they sort out their pricing error. (It currently says $50 discount, but has the original price as $49 and the discounted price as $99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here, have a dorktastic, slightly out of focus photo of a very sweaty me, complete with an indentation from the Coolmax Shorty that I wear…<\/p>\n

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