Saturday Rides

Let the fun begin.  Not even "type 2 fun, not fun now, fun later".  This is the real type of fun to be had on a bike, in the sun or rain, going fast or slow, up or down a hill with your brother.

Went out this last Saturday for what will now become a weekly bike ride. We started at Houghton Park in Kirkland, and then ran the triathlon route first north, then east, then north, then south back to the park. Roughly 13 miles, all by memory and involving quite a few hills.

The Kirkland Triathlon is what's known as a "Sprint" tri.  It involves a half mile swim, 12 mile bike ride, and 3 mile run.  The gravy on this triathlon is that it's full of hills.  That is plenty of fun in my opinion, as hill climbing is one of my favorite things due to a great spin class, and insane friend/coach.  Here's another fun ride we're planning:


The more hills, the better the chances of hitting one of my goals:
To place in the top 10 for my age bracket for the Kirkland Triathlon

Saturday rides will get progressively longer, this last ride was only about 20 miles.  Next week I'd like to get in a fun looking 56 mile route. We may stick with that for the next few weeks, depending if I've got anyone that wants to ride with, or go back to the triathlon route for repeats. Then we step it up to regular 100 mile + training rides to get ready for the Davis Double Century  That will be a lot of fun, but also expensive, and my first double century as STP fell through unfortunately. Here is the official site for Davis Double.