Cycle Ti Thunder

Good evening star shine, and the moon said hallow. Yep it was a cold ride home, but I still was so awe struck by the moon that I had to stop and take a few pictures.  Here are the pictures that I took overlooking the cattle pond on Graham Angus Farm on 8 Mile Road.  I am in a hurry to get to bed.  I will delete the ones that I do not like later.

Radium Springs Green Space. Blue star is where I stopped on my bike. I rode my bike during lunch on Thursday.  I discovered that the Radium Springs Green Space had been maintaining the old golf course by mowing the grass.  I rode my road bike into the old country club parking lot and had a wonderful view of the Flint River. I had a nice bit of peace listening to the sounds of the river as it flowed by. My bike had fun resting on the lush grass.

It was really cold for my morning commute. My Garmin 810 shows that the minimum temperature for most of the ride was 12 degrees. My Game Face

I added another set of seasonal lights to my bike this weekend.  Monday was my first ride with them.  What I discovered when riding down really dark country roads is that the lights help me see where my water bottle cage is when I am trying to put it back in the cage while riding.

In my rush to get home before it gets dark and my battery dies I had to stop and capture this image.  As a photographer I am always amazed at the changing seasons, light and atmosphere.  Here is SW Georgia when the humidity is so high and the temperatures change during the colder months there is a dramatic effect on rivers and swampy areas of the landscape. When I am on my bike I can stop anywhere I like and take a picture.   This bridge is on one of the busiest streets in Albany. When I got off of my bike I am sure motorist thought I was nuts.  the shoulder is really wide on the bridge so it was safe to be taking pictures.  Large tractor trailer trucks were passing and the concrete bridge bounced under their passing weight.

Today I rode 80 miles with 50 miles of headwinds. My rule of thumb is that if there are winds blowing when I choose a route I always choose riding into the headwinds on the first part of the route.  Today's route was chosen my the Pecan City Pedlaers  (PCP)  ride coordinator and we rode with the tail wind first. Usually on a PCP club ride I try to keep with the group as long as I can.  During this ride I stayed with the group all the way to Morgan and a few miles past the small town.  At about mile 32 as we turned into the wind is where I decided that if I was going to ride another 50 miles that I would have to slow down and back off of the 19-21 MPH pace and do my own thing. I am pleased with my progress as a rider this past year.  I have been using the club rides as a means of increasing my cycling abilities so that I can ride faster and longer.  I was glad that today I could stay with the group for 30 miles and I did not feel stressed out or ...

This morning I went through a typical conversation with me and myself.  The idea of being able to create your possible future is both daunting and exciting at times.  Most of the time I am able to expand my world to what is possible. When I went to bed on Thursday, I was thinking "one more day of riding my bike to work, yuck".  The alarm that I set for 5 AM went off Friday morning and I got up and turned it off.  My first thoughts were to go back to bed and call in to work and take a sick day.  My next thought was to make a cup of coffee and sit in front of my computer and read Google+ stuff and watch Tech news on YouTube.  It was at that point that I knew that the only thing to do was to immediately put my bicycle clothes on and get on my bike and ride to work. My friends and co-workers are amazed when they find out that I ride my bike to work several days a week.  Their minds are blown when I say that I ride 12, 25 or sometimes 50 miles one way o...