Todays Ride. 31.7.07

Todays Statistics:

Total:46.8

Max speed:31.5

Avg speed:18.6

Clif bars eaten:1

Near Death Experiences:0

Number of times the militant cyclist forgot to zip his saddle pack causing blackberry to fall out and come apart on the ground upon impact: 1

I also got a new taillight a cat eye something something and its blindingly bright.

I didnt start riding until early evening afte getting called to come into work early this morning. Then class, then chipotle with a bunch of art grad students, then a stop at used kids record store where i picked up 2 old gorilla biscuits albums for $3 apiece and the new iLiKETRAiNS album ive been wanting for only $5.50 (BRAND NEW!!!) , and the Futureheads’ News and Tributes album (the US version that has songs the UK version doesnt) then a meeting at Cosi (i had a great caprese!), then finally starting out at around 5:30? I think.

I did the first 25 miles at a high pace, trying to keep above 20mph and when i had to slow down going into an all out sprint to get back up to speed. After the 25 miles i was averaging 21.7 so I did okay. I rode 14 miles of that 25 on the bike path so i was contending with joggers and bladers and dogs and blahblahvbopifjlkd. I had that crazed sprinter look in my eye and people probably thought i was insane.

I might have been riding a little bit obnoxiously…maybe…and i may have run some lights…….maybe…….not normal behaviour for me, but i knew that I didnt have much daylight left and i wasn’t going to get a lot of miles today.

I turned around when I came to the south side of downtown and started heading back home. I went straight up High Street and didn’t have a problem. No honking, no yelling, no throwing mcdonalds cups at my head. Nothing. Just respectful drivers.

It was a good day, I didnt even have to use my CRKT

915 total miles since 29-6-07…closing in on 1000! Maybe tomorrow i can get it, but i have to work. Ugh. Probably 2 more days. Ugh.

Ugh.

An old picture i found.

This was in NYC many years ago…i was going through unmarked CDRs and generally trying to clean up and make some sense of the mess around my computer. So i put this CD in and it was from a trip to NY maybe 5 years ago in the winter time. Thats me on the bike in front of the legendary CBGB club.

Brought back a lot of old memories…aaaaahhhh NYC.

Bands i like.

Editors, iLiKETRAiNS, Bloc Party, Interpol, In Flames, God Forbid, Soilwork, Chimaira, At the gates, Dark Tranquility, Opeth, Arch enemy, Black Dhalia Murder, Trivium, Unearth, Hatebreed, Anti-Flag, Minor Threat, Shelter, Youth of Today, 7 Seconds, Proud Youth, Ten Yard Fight, As I lay Dying, Radiohead, Coldplay, Oasis, Secret Machines, Muse, U2, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gang of Four, Depeche Mode, I Love You but ive Chosen Darkness, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Wrens, The Stills, Sukshinder Shinda, Bally Sagoo, RDB, Godspeed, Fourtet, Prefuse 73, Immortal Technique, System of a Down, Mastadon,

Editors.

Oh.Dear.God. The auditory orgasmic rapture that is Editors new album. I have no words that can do justice to describe the beauty that is “An End Has a Start”. I got the special edition the day it came out, and I have had it on repeat in every form imaginable, from my CD player to Itunes, at home, in the car, working out, wherever, whenever.

I cant take it. Its just too good. I loved the first album but Bloc Party was my favourite group from the time I heard their first single until the new Editors. Editors were my second, but this is utterly ridiculous. It is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. I can go on and on about this, but I wont because I’m listening to it now and typing is interrupting me.

Go buy it. Now.