I suck. I only rode about 22 miles today and I'm wiped out. I went to York River SP and did two loops on the Marl Ravine and Laurel Glenn trails, then I went and did a loop at the Patriot ride, with lots of rest stops, I even took the last bailout before finishing the loop. I think I'll ride my road bike tomorrow, that always motivates me to ride my mountain bike more.

Howdy folks. Well, the knee is all better but the ankle is still pretty wobbly and painful. I did a couple of rides during the holiday weekend. Friday's was about 40-miles with the last ten were in a severe lightning storm with hail ... it was awesome. I was glad to be among some tall trees. When I hit the neighborhood, car alarms were going off everywhere. The lightning was coming in danger close. That was some scary shit! I rode 50-miles on Sunday. My route usually takes me through the boardwalk. Dodging drunks at the beach is pretty good for developing your technical skills. I had three near misses with people on the phone while riding their bike. No ear peace, just hold the phone with your shoulder and look at the ground. Maybe I should start plowing into these folks. What a wake up call. 220 pounds of angry Marine plowing through some cell phone zombie. Monday's ride was 35-miles and pretty uneventful, except that I ran out of water and it was damn hot out, but I made it anyway