I made it to the trees

Blaze and went for a bike ride on Saturday. It was to some where I have wanted to ride since I started being able to get some mileage under belt. We rode out to Old Mesilla home of the infamous Billy the Kid after that we headed out of town gps is at best iffy so we rode between 17 and 20 miles.

The views were amazing. I am still amazed I don’t die. I live the reflections in water around the trees.

We rode home on the complete darkness except for the poor light from our handlebars and occasional car. We so need new brighter lights. Blaze was amazingly observant he found a pocket knife and a pair of glasses along the rode.

I am amazed I am not dead!

Exceeding Temp

I was riding today when my iPod stopped. It was overheating. It happens alot out here in the desert. It’s just the beginning of summer and it’s already hot. I cooled my iPod of by putting it inside my tube bag and not in the top where it has a plasti. It took about 20 minutes for it to cool down so out of my 60 minute ride twenty of it was me listening to my own heavy breathing. Tomorrow is my day off so I am planning to ride down to the hickory groves it’s about 12 miles from where I live. It’s somewhere I have always wanted to ride. I hope there are no dead skunks.

306.39

I just passed the 300 mile mark. I am doing good. I was riding in high wind today with a temp of 90.

I got lost

I have been riding pretty much everyday. I have been riding the same route everyday. Which has been working for me because of a schedule change at work and my insomnia I have been getting between 5 and 6 hours of sleep a night. Today I decided to take a new route (note to self get a freaking map). I ended up in farmland no idea where I was luckily there is little rock formation I could use for reference. It took me an hour to find my house. I was almost late for work and I didn’t have time to shower. Eventually this will pay off

Charity Miles

I have been using a new app lately Charity Miles so far I have done enough miles this week for 26 meals.  I have been so poor in my life I didn’t know where my next meal was coming from.  So as I get my weight under control I hope to provide food for those who need it. 

If you get a chance there are a lot of different charities available on the charity miles app check em out.  Your going to go on a ride anyway might as well help someone too.

White Sands

In one of my earlier post I stated that I was doing a bike ride with my cousin The Hulk at White Sands National monument. It was a goal of mine to be able to ride 18 miles all at one time.  Being over 300 pounds its not always easy to even get motivated for even a short ride.  This is how this it went.  The Hulk arrived at my house we went out and got lunch and messed around town and then came back and grabbed Blaze. We loaded up all three bikes and headed off for the ride.

We we got there and put the bikes back together, then we were ready for the ride.  We did our safety check got a glow stick taped to our bikes. We tried to take some pictures but it was dark very dark.  We got one okey one ill put it up at the bottom of the post.  We got some general info from the rangers about safety and returns times so we could ride going up till 11 and then ride back.  We rode almost 2 hours stopped and played in the sands.  We came up to a sign in the road and checked the sign it was 10:40.  We decided to go back.  The gang of decided that we would use the sign as a marker for October when we came back.  As we rode back it only took an hour or so Blaze literally left us in his dust.  I was upset that I didn’t finish the ride.  But my anger was released as  my exhaustion kicked in.  I peddled at least 90 percent of the ride.Blaze had been waiting by the rangers for about 10 minutes before we strolled in.  We loaded up and headed home.  While chatting in the car The Hulks wonders how far we went none of our gps systems worked I am assuming it had something to do with the military base across the street.  Blaze chimes in “oh I talked to the ranger and she said that sign was the end of the loop we did the full 18 miles”.

I met my goal! It took me three hours but I did it.  I think my next goal should be a half metric century.

I had a bad dream

I had a bad dream last night I dreamed that my new bike was stolen. I actually got out of bed and went to my living room and checked. I have a lock but I think I will buy a second one and another one for Blaze. I am also thinking about getting some locking skewers.

Thats my giant bike Izzo that was stolen in December. I hate the fact that humans steal.