Posted by Pat Gallagher on March 17, 2010
I had the opportunity to ride outside for the first time this past weekend. I was the guy at the Shamrock Shuffle leading the 5k run on my bike. I didn’t catch the exact time that the winner crossed the finish like- but the clock read 16- something. That’s fast! Not even too shabby on a bike, considering the hills on the course. I can comfortably run about 8 minute miles- so when the winner finished, I would have still had a little over a mile to go. That’s fast.
I used the excuse of leading the run to get out and ride a little more on Sunday. So I rode from home to the race, rode the course once to make wure I knew where I would be leading people (I recently heard a story of a lead biker taking runners in the wrong direction), lead the race and then had a nice causual ride home for a total of 26 miles. Not huge- but a nice first time out.
And now that the “first time out” is out of the way- I’m back to communting to/from work. Not every day yet, but I have done the commute a couple days this week. Just 2 small complaints- 1) it’s a little cold in the morning when I leave home, and 2) the sun doesn’t come up early enough to make it a long commute and still get to work at a decent time. But that’s coming.

Gabby Parsons








