back in gear

rode to work today after a 3-4 week hiatus. it was solid. while i don't feel burned-out on riding too often, i definitely get burned-out on the commute. 9 miles of boston driving insanity... it's not the traffic or the ride that burns me out, it's the prep. it takes anywhere between 5 and 20mins in the winter months to ride 30-35 mins... then again at night for the ride home. so as summer fades, the race season ends and temps drop, i get fed-up. so i drive once or twice, but usually take the t... it doesn't take too many late trains or 60min/9mile drives for me to quickly flip-out. so i start riding again - and today was that day. thank god. on a bike i feel above it all. the only thing holding me back or making me late is the strength of the sticks.

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double kahuna this wednesday. 50+ miles of technical north shore singletrack. this ride has been attempted before, only to reject and deject those foolish enough to try (that'd be me and andy) - but not this time. what's going to be really tough is cramming a 10-11hr ride into 8.5 - as that's how much daylight we'll have once we depart at 8a... andy says the motto of the day is, "keep it rollin" - no doubt. but a real good crew assembled for this one. if these guys can't do it, it cannot be done!