A rare occurance
By fatman at 25 May, 2008, 6:57 pm
Today I did one loop of the gatineau parc. 21km, 1hr and 8 mins. I went with Sheri. That is a pretty slow pace and that is not the rare occurrence. For some reason today when I rode I decided to wear a helmet! I have no idea why, but I think its because I have this brand new Bell helmet I got from Josh last year. I haven’t worn it ever, except to fit the straps and look at it in the mirror. Anyhow today I brought it and put it on my head.
I bumped into Dodson today and told him I think it’s the first time - ever - in my life I’ve actually ‘chosen’ to wear a helmet on a leisure ride. I don’t know for sure, but its safe to say I’ve probably ridden my bike more than 250,000 kms in my lifetime. So I’ve spent about 10,000 hrs risking my very life… I guess, if you believe the pro helmet crowd. I think I’ve maybe put it on a few times for the ‘loop ride’ but that is kind of like a training race. Other than that I really cannot ever remember choosing to put it on without being nagged to by some irrational helmet nazi.
Anyhow I had a fantastic ride, it was Sunday, so it was a tad busy in the parc with more douchebags in cars, but it was amazing. Warm, sunny, light wind perfect day to be risking your life riding without a helmet.
I felt a bit tired after yesterday’s bonk, but not destroyed. One thing that was bugging me was my left knee, it was pretty sore. Not in the joint itself- it felt like the muscles and soft tissue around the knee. I kind of pushed it hard for 40-50mins yesterday and I don’t think I was really ready to do that, so I think my muscles are sore. I’m not sure I’ll do anything about this sore knee, just keep riding and running normally and I think it will just go away.
On another note. I got a Norco bike from the club last year, for all my volunteering. I rode it in Italy around the mountains, and whenever I ride ever since. I’ve ridden a lot of bikes in my life. A lot. And I have to say this bike is sweet, I really really really like it. You know it might just be the best dang bike I’ve ever had.
Here’s some photos from today:
Oh, I wish I had a freakin’ powerTap so I could have more FatMan ride data to analyze in these posts. Speed distance and time are gay, its all about watts and KJs baby.