Long story, short: I rode just over 55 miles, raised $1,225 with the help of many generous donors, and had a pretty good time.


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Saturday promised to be a gorgeous day and I was determined to make the most of it. Scott had plans to practice sword work with a friend in Herndon and I was left without adult supervision. I decided to head into DC and test ride some bikes I've been stalking on the internet. To keep me honest on this being a recon mission only, I took Lily with me ( Read more... )

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When last we saw our intrepid heroine, she had departed company with her social ride group and snacked before heading back to her vehicle and real life ( Read more... )

The Bike Me DC meetup group held an impromptu mid-winter bike ride from the Alexandria Marina down to Mount Vernon. I'd never been to Mount Vernon (or the marina for that matter) and jumped at the chance to see new sights and sites.


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Apparently the weather in Northern Virginia decided to turn into late spring while Scott and I were enjoying time with the entire family at my aunt's cabin in North Carolina. Happily, the streak has continued since our return and I was able to take Rose out for a leisure ride on Sunday ( Read more... )

I set a seemingly pie-in-the-sky goal for myself when I started biking in May: ride from my house to Washington, D.C. Yesterday, I got it into my head that I wanted to try biking to Rosslyn but I felt a little daunted by the twenty-five mile one-way route. Hubbyfink begged off from the ride because he had a lot of work-work to do this weekend. A ha ( Read more... )

This Sunday, psalite and I ventured over to the Maryland side of Great Falls and biked along the C&O Canal for an hour or so.


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On Sunday, Hubbyfink and I donned our costumes (Seattle biker and cheerleader, respectively) and slogged through horrific traffic (due to road closures for the Marine Corps Marathon) to Gravelly Point Park where we joined the Bike Me DC! group for an in-costume ride through the streets of DC. Happily, the sun was out, the temperature wasn't bad ( Read more... )