Posted on May 7, 2009 by Laura
I rode my bike 16 km (10 miles) today through Mount Pleasant Cemetery, along the Beltline, and down the ravine in the Cedarvale Park. It was a lovely day — a bit of sunshine, warmth, some cloud and cool breezes. I enjoyed today’s ride and managed to take a terrible photo of what I think [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by Laura
The majority of the snow has melted.
The Don and Humber rivers are flowing like mad towards the lake.
I rode my bike a full month earlier than last year, and exactly 4 months after putting my bike away for winter. I’ve racked up 90 km already.
This past Sunday I rode to the beach in the east end [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Laura
Winter. I hate it. I have such a hard time being interesting or interested in the world around me from November thru March. That’s why I haven’t written much here lately. Sorry but snow, gale speed winds, snow, and ice covered sidewalks, and snow really do a number on my creative forces.
I took this picture [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2008 by Laura
Go on, laugh.
Feel better?
Story regarding tree starts now:
So my apartment is a small two room plus kitchen, bathroom, and a few closets. Not miniature by any stretch, but it’s a challenge to fit a full sized Christmas tree (whether it’s real or plastic) for the season, as well as to store decorations and the tree [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2008 by Laura
And I’m going to ride past 1326 km this week.
That’s only an average of 13.57 km every day from tomorrow until next Saturday. No sweat, I’ve ridden that in week this summer.
Last year it took me from April until December 2007 to ride 1326 km. That’ll mean I have another 3 month to ride my [...]
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Posted on August 1, 2008 by Laura
Thanks to modern laundry technology (laundry spray) my favourite tshirt is Powerade stain free and ready to wear on my next bike ride (today!).
I am a happy happy woman.
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Posted on July 30, 2008 by Laura
Yesterday I rode my bike 36.5 km. What a painful ride! It’s definitely not the longest bike ride I’ve ever had, but it was the toughest. And I have no clue why. Okay, maybe I do. Probably the last two lazy ride weeks have not helped my endurance. Most of the rides the last couple [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2008 by Laura
I guess that makes today a Good/Bad Day.
So I wrecked my favourite tshirt before I left for my bike ride. It’s my much beloved, much worn Mystery Science Theater 3000 tee I ordered from MST3K years ago. God, it’s such a soft loose comfy tee! It’s a shirt I love wearing whenever I go on [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2008 by Laura
Basically my body hates me right now. I made it go on a 46 km bike ride and my back, legs, and backside are reminding me that’s the longest ride I’ve ever made them go on to date. They’ll thank me later when we can do a metric century in one day and be ridiculously [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Laura
It’s a quiet ride. The trail starts at the end of the Beltline Trail, south of Eglinton West station and meanders through parks and playing fields until it reaches the rear of St. Clair West station at Heath Street. Just think, approximately 30 years ago the city planned on carving up all of the neighbourhoods [...]
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