this is the first entry.

63 some odd miles with the usual Portland Velo crew. It was a fairly flat affair, with only a few rollers, so it was a chill day for me. My legs are still hurting after hammering on Tuesday after having taken a week off, so the rest was appreciated (if you can call just over 100km a rest). The weather recently changed to decidedly Fall-like conditions: 45F when I left the house, breezy, and sunny. The leaves are starting to fall off some of the trees here, and the air smells like Autumn. It's kind of nice, but it'd be nicer if we would have had a more traditional Summer here. I think I did more rides that started with knee warmers than without.

Made plans for my final ride here in Portland- a jaunt up Larch Mountain from Glen Otto State Park. Larch Mountain is just over a 14 mile climb with somewhere in the neighborhood of 3500+ feet of elevation gain, so it'll be a fun way to end my days here in Portland.

People here are starting to get into batshit crazy mode from cross, and it makes me wish i had a nice Steelman Eurocross.

Once I start figuring out how to add images and whatnot, this here blog will look downright fine. Trust me.