Cycling

Day 7 (6/9/2012): Red River Loop (37 miles)

Posted on June 20, 2012

I slept in a bit this morning and we then headed back to Frederick for the Day Zero Freewheel ride to the Red River and back while Hollis and Grace went out for a little bird bothering. It should have been a piece of cake ride with nothing resembling a hill to be seen, however a stiff headwind made it slow going down to the Red River. However, the ride back was a fantastic sprint and I got back just in time for some lunch. [Read More]

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Day 8 (6/10/2012): Frederick to Elgin (73 Miles)

Posted on June 20, 2012 (Last modified on May 23, 2024)

Up really early to drive back to Frederick one last time before heading back out towards Elgin. It started out nice and flat with a great tailwind, but we all knew that once we got into the Wichita Mountains, things would get tougher. However, the ride in was beautiful with the prairie, wild flowers and the mountains all around. On the Road In some ways joining the group for the ride is nice for the company and support, but in some ways I miss the independence I felt out on my own. [Read More]

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Day 5 (6/7/2012): Quartz Mountain to Great Plains State Park (43 miles)

Posted on June 18, 2012

Woke up to a grey, crisp morning eager to get on the road. After a nice oatmeal breakfast, I hit the road. It misted all morning, but it never really rained on me and with the temperatures under 70 degrees I made really good time without any worry of overheating. After a few hills coming out of the mountains, the land really opened up back into flat farm land and not much else. [Read More]

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Day 6 (6/8/2012): Great Plains State Park to Frederick (27 miles)

Posted on June 18, 2012

I woke up to a beautiful dawn over the lake and enjoyed a great breakfast of oatmeal and tea. I left the camp refreshed for the very short and very flat ride into Frederick. With almost no wind, I covered the distance in a couple of hours and arrived in Frederick before 10 AM. It was obvious that the rumors about the effort Frederick had made in anticipation of Freewheel were true. [Read More]

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Day 3 (6/5/2012): Foss Lake to Quartz Mountain (44 miles)

Posted on June 14, 2012

I got a really early start this morning. My mother drove us into Elk City for a fast food breakfast and then she gave me a bit of a head start by getting me through some busy highway driving first. But now it was time to see if I could really make this happen. Well, it was like Sunday had never happened. My legs felt great and I started eating into the miles. [Read More]

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Day 4 (6/6/2012): Rest Day

Posted on June 14, 2012

Today was my first scheduled day off, and I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to be extremely lazy. Woke up to a beautiful sunrise and had some nice oatmeal for breakfast. Then, I went back to bed.:) I repeated this system of getting up, eating a bit and going back to sleep for most of the day. Which is about the perfect way to spend a vacation day. [Read More]

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Day 2 (6/4/2012): Unexpected Rest Day

Posted on June 11, 2012

Or Where Our Intrepid Hero Questions His Choices Or Do I Really Need That? So after a long night of cramping and hydrating, I woke up with at least enough confidence to continue the ride but now I had to figure out how to make that happen. Grace had offered to wake up super early on Tuesday and drive me out to Red Rock again, but that would have required me to ride every day for the rest of the week and I wasn’t sure I would be up for that. [Read More]

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Day 1 (6/3/2012): OKC to Red Rock Canyon (55 miles)

Posted on June 10, 2012

Or Disaster Strikes Or Where Our Intrepid Hero Gets Bit on the Backside by Hubris Or What Were You Thinking??? I don’t know about you, but I find that the week before a vacation can be more stressful and busy that any of the weeks preceding it. There always seems to be too much to do and so the night before is always a mess of chaos and frayed nerves. This trip was no different except that I was tired from my ride during the day. [Read More]

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Oklahoma Trek - Day 0: Prologue

Posted on June 7, 2012

Or, Things Start Looking Rocky but are Ignored Through Enthusiasm for the Adventure. It is a sign that it has been a troubled trip when it is almost a week in before I start posting trip reports, however things are improving greatly and I have the time and the energy to start catching up. Saturday was a day that I had been dreading for sometime. I had volunteered to lead any of this year’s Freewheel training rides that no one else picked up. [Read More]

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Car Free OKC: Recap

Posted on September 2, 2011

So today was my first day back to driving. I drove primarily just for the contrast and to mark and end to the experiment. Boy, was the irony suddenly laid on thick. I climbed in my car, turned the key and nothing happened, just a clicking noise as the starter motor tried to turn over. My battery had died. I had to get a neighbor to come over and give me a jump-start. [Read More]

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