Seattle – my fair city

Michael, Joachim, and I did a team ride to work yesterday. It was a challenge as Michael and Joachim had not ridden their bicycles in a long time. In fact, they did not even have bicycles! We loaned my old bike and Cam’s old bike and outfitted them with full bike clothing regalia. We had fun and rode back at the end of the day via the Bikefest at Magnusen Park. The two of them rode back home in their motorbikes with bike clothing still on, it was quite a spectacle!

I completed my first century ride this weekend. It felt particularly good that I did it by myself, I do wish I had some company though. My last record for a long ride was almost 12 years ago done with Cam! We went across the Puget Sound for that one.


For this ride I went around Green Lake, Lake Ballinger, Lake Sammamish, Lake Washington and Lake Union. Some of my big hills came at the very end. One was particularly important to me. I went up from Golden Garden Park to Sunset Point. I walked up those steps with my Dad when he visited me in Seattle. He was almost 90 years old then. It was hard for him, but persevered and I was very proud of him that he did it. I did it on my bike when I already ridden 90 miles. It was hard, especially with the uncontrollable tears streaming down my face. This ride is dedicated to the memory of my Dad.


I also do it for the abandoned Kids in the State of WA where I ride the Courage Classic to raise funds for the Mary Bridge Children;s Foundation. Please donate whatever you can in support of our Children by clicking the donate widget on your right.

Circumnavigate 3 lakes – Lake Union, Lake Washington, and Lake Sammamish in anti-clockwise direction. It was a tough ride. I did it without much rest, I could have gone further with some breaks in between. I also realized that I could have made it a tour of 4 lakes if I had included Green lake in the trip. You can see it and the other 3 lakes in the widget below.

I did have myself a feast upon coming home. In front of me, I have a cup of tea, biscuits, kettle corn, cashews, and carrots!

This was equivalent to Day 1 of Courage Classic with slightly higher elevation gain. I felt good, but it rained on me the entire way. I bought a veritable “ton” of fruits at the Vietnamese market and carried it all the way home on my back. It felt fine. I had an entire basket of mangoes in there along with Egg Plant, Oranges, Bananas, Ginger, & Cliantro.

Here are pictures of Oxy Gene the Superhero of the Community Transit in Washington State. I am not sure what came first, The real Oxy Gene made up to look like the bobble head or the doll made up to look like the real Oxy Gene?

The likeness is amazing !