October 1, 2008

  • Tuesday, September 30

    The tube on my rear wheel exploded with a loud gunshot like sound at the corner or Castro and Market while I was coming back from lunch.  The drama!  The last time I had this issue it was the tire and coincidentally the tire that it happened on was only a few weeks old so I'm wondering if it's the same issue.  If it is, I'm switching tire brands.  I'm hoping it was just a fluke.

    After work I headed off up Columbus where I saw this bizarre promotion at the porn store.  Teachers get 20% off and School Administrators 10% off.  I love that.  Because you're not ready for the new school year without sexy costumes.

    I continued on Columbus where I spied this Beaux Arts inspired building.

    You can see it in the detail:

    A little further down was a deco version of the same:

    Me on Columbus:

    I continued on Columbus to North Point to Van Ness to Francisco to Gough to Chestnut to Lyon and into the Presidio.  I came around on Lincoln into Camino Del Mar in Seacliff and then up to the Palace of the Legion of Honor.  Look at this gorgeous late afternoon:

    Sun going down behind the Palace of the Legion of Honor:

    Looking north towards the ocean:

    I came out at 34th to Balboa and down to the coast.  I came down the Great Highway and stopped at the beach.  The surfers were heading home:

    And the sun was starting to set:

    I went into Golden Gate Park at JFK and took it to the Panhandle to Stanyon to Page to Scott to Haight to Pierce to Waller to Steiner into Sanchez to Market to 17th to Ord and home for dinner.  Mr. Poe was late so I took the dogs for their walk and then came home for dinner.  It was a long day.

    I'm adding two new features to my statistics.  I started tracking my mileage on 10/1/07 so now I can report rolling year as well as the total since then.  I wish I'd started tracking mileage a long time ago.  I have no idea how many miles I've logged in since I started training for my first AIDSRide in 2001.  I'm guessing a lot.

    Bike Mileage:
    Today                                         42.9
    Week to date                               71.3
    Month to date                            690.0
    Year to date                            8,318.5
    Remaining to Goal                   1,724.4
    Over (Under) plan                      816.6
    Rolling Year                          10,856.5
    Since 10/1/07                        10,856.5