Nothing like not riding for 2.5 months. Oh wait, there's *lots* of things like not riding for 2.5 months. Riding for the first time in 2.5 months, on the other hand, that's good stuff.

The second in our series of, "you can ride a metric century without actually training." As long as by "ride", you mean drag every down to a measly 12-13mph for the last 20 miles. Good thing we averaged close to 16 for the first 30...

Ended up cutting the planned 50 mile ride short since I was completely beat at around mile 35 (as I suspected I would be given my experience yesterday). 2 weeks to get back into some minimum level of fitness before Monster Cookie.

Finally Spring has sprung in Portland. Gorgeous day out, felt great to actually get out and ride. My new bike is still awesome too. Hooray for cycling!

I can't remember the last time I actually rode two days in a row. Talk about crazy. Went on a tour of the Gresham Elementary School system with Sam and Kam. First chance to try out the compact double on a real climb. It went pretty well, I was pretty much exhausted by the top, but I'll attribute that to me being completely out of shape, and not the lack of a bail out gear.