Cycling Ride 12/24/2009
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Ride number: 77
Start temp: 41 degrees F; Wind: Calm, sunny, partly cloudy
End temp: 39 degrees F; Wind: from WNW at 3 mph, sunny partly cloudy
Distance: 7.24 miles
Time: 28minutes
Average speed: 15.30 mph
Average cadence: 86
Max Speed: 25.80 mph
Distance to-date this year: 2468.69 miles (since March 12th, 2009)
My toes and ears are really really cold!
Route
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/or/hillsboro/552126170295932265
Cycling Ride 12/23/2009
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Ride number: 76
Start temp: 34 degrees F; Wind: ? Foggy
End temp: 33 degrees F; Wind: ? Foggy
Distance: 7.00 miles (Jessica 9.4 miles)
Time: 34minutes
Average speed: 12.27 mph
Average cadence: 77
Max Speed: 18.01 mph
Distance to-date this year: 2461.45 miles (since March 12th, 2009)
Foggy afternoon ride around HB with Jessica. Cut short though… stupid foggy weather.
Route
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/or/hillsboro/466126161924878552
Cycling Ride 12/22/2009
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Ride number: 75
Start temp: 35 degrees F; Wind: Calm. Sun breaks
End temp: 39 degrees F; Wind: from NW at 3 mph. Sun breaks
Distance: 26.40 miles
Time: 2hrs 1minute
Average speed: 12.99 mph
Average cadence: 72
Max Speed: 29.31 mph
Distance to-date this year: 2454.45 miles (since March 12th, 2009)
Morning ride around HB with Jessica — and she conquered some nice hills! 
Mad skillz. lol
Route
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/or/hillsboro/274126151508263961
End of weekend recap Dec 18th – Dec 20th, 2009
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End of weekend recap Dec 18th – Dec 20th, 2009
So this is a tangent on what i normally do. I figure since my last post was just of the week day, I should have a followup post about the weekend
December 18th – Got dinner at Panera Bread w/Jess – Chicken noodle soup in a sour dough bread bowl, with a beget on the side. Then Starbucks for tea / coffee. Good way to start off a snowboarding weekend. Drove into PDX starting at 7, left PDX around 8:30 with Simon, Chao, Kedy. Stopped by Popeye’s for a second dinner – good stuff! It’s been a while since I’ve stopped at a Popeye’s. I think the last one that I went to was in Troutdale 3-4 years back.
We got into Government camp around 10pm. I found out that Felicia Day commented on my blog post regarding watching the episode of ‘Lie to Me’ with her guest starring. Had to share that point with everyone. Pretty cool!
December 19th – A super rainy start for the day. Most of my gear got soaked through. 
My core gear was still dry, but the snowboarding pants, crash pads, socks and boots were drenched. Not a fun way to spend a day on the mountain. We found a set of jumps in the Mitchel Creek area and went through those a few times. The rain let up towards the end of the afternoon and we explored the backside of the mountain on Shooting Star and HRM. I crashed pretty good while going down on HRM. I caught the edge of my board and started flipping over, knocked my knee into the snow pretty good. When we got back to the cabin, it really hurt going up and down the stairs. Not a good sign. Took several ibuprofen to help relax things a little, and just hope for the best for Sunday. Stupid knee.
Eh... warnings. Just merely suggestions.
We spent some time on the back side of the mountain with the new gear and the Circuit-R board checked out pretty nicely. Last thing we did for the day was hit up the large terrain jump — landed both times, cleared it on my second attempt, piece of cake. We went to the Roadhouse in Gresham for dinner.
Ugh. I got home, unpacked my gear and started the laundry, washed the dishes and cleaned up around the house. So much work to do! The kitchen, 2nd floor bath, floors are good to go. However, the wood floor cleaning product has some really obnoxious fumes. I currently feel lightheaded and I want to vomit . Hopefully all of this airs out by tomorrow so people won’t be inhaling that Monday night. Can’t wait to make dinner for people again!
-T
End of week recap Dec 14th – Dec 18th, 2009
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This week’s recap (Dec 14th – Dec 18th, 2009)
Monday Dec 14th – One very slow day at work. Honestly didn’t do much until the last hour of the day … 6pm conference call that went until 7:20, not cool. Watched an episode of “Lie to Me” titled ‘Tractor Man’ – guest starring Felicia Day – with Jessica and Kenny. To be honest, the only reason that I’m watching this episode is just because Felicia Day is in it. Not sure if I’ll get into this series though. Reminded that LOST Season 6 premieres end of Jan 2010! Though I may be out of the country for that.
Tuesday Dec 15th – Lunch over at Swagath Indian Cuisine with the crew for Jessica and Dan’s last week before going back to school. Photos on Facebook. Went over to CPR to celebrate a work related project. Ended up staying late with a few co-workers for some more drinks, food and good conversations. Maybe a little too many drinks. Spent 5.5 hours there. Oops!
Wednesday Dec 16th – Worked from home today. Went cycling at 3pm for 11.5 miles when there was a sun break, but it ended up raining! Wet Wednesday Movie night over at my place! Watched Star Wars, and Terminal. Thankful for great friends! (lee, katherine, jessica, dan, cari – thanks for coming!) Made dinner for 6. Spaghetti with Italian sausage, fresh tomatoes, onions, green bell pepper, topped with parmesan, side salad and onion bread. Chopped up sausage, diced onion and minced garlic – browned with olive oil. Store bought spaghetti sauce, added diced green bell pepper and fresh tomatoes. Salad on side with cherry tomatoes and dressing.
Thursday Dec 17th – Thirsty Thursday over at Erik / Dan’s place. Last official one for the year. Kinda watched 12 Monkeys, Team America World Police. Played fluxx and cards. Photos on Facebook. Watched LOST with Jess for a few hours afterwards! Awesome show
Friday Dec 18th – Woke up after 4 hours of sleep. Oh man.. that hurt. Major stressing day, too much work to do, no time left. Went cycling with Jessica during lunch. Mother nature decided to be nice to all of us this Friday and kept it dry. I need to find out what is making a creaking sound on my bike on Monday. Actually finished the stuff that needed immediate attention. I started vacation at 3:30pm today! Driving up to Government camp and staying at a lodge tonight. Boarding Mt Hood Meadows Saturday and Sunday! Will post pics.
It’s been a fun week 
-T