I had to go to work Sunday for an electrical upgrade. Good times. I took my bike to work because there was I time when the power would be out that I thought I would be able to slip away for a little ride. Sure enough, I was on the bike at 10:45. One good thing is that I had the chance to ride in a new area.
The day was windy and I had no set plans on where to ride. I went down the hill, past Rams Park and into Earth City. The traffic down there is pretty light on a Sunday and I took a loop on Rider Trail before heading south on the Earth City Expressway to the Maryland Heights Expressway. Along the way I decided to try and find the bike path for the Page Ave extension. If I had looked at a map maybe I wouldn't have made a couple bad turns. Eventually I decided to just turn down River Valley(?) where we had the Tour of StL TT a few years ago. The Page Extension was nearby and it seemed logical that there would be access to the bike path. If not I was just going to ride south for a while and turn around. Luckily, there was access to the path.
That's a nice deal being able to safely cross over the river. The switchbacked path leading down to the Katy Trail was kind of cool too. Not sure where you would go once over there but now I know how to get there.
Dark clouds were threatening and time was getting short so I headed back to work. Ride time: 1:15
Anyone know what the circus tents are for near Harrahs Casino.
My Worlds predictions went okay. Two of my top 3 (Bettini and Valverde) were correct. Sanchez got 4th. Schumacher, Schleck, DiLuca, Paulinho all finished just two seconds behind the leader. David George also finished in the main group. I was going mention that George was my darkhorse pick but then left that out of my predictions. Yeah, yeah, easy to say now but really its true.
I'm off all week so my hope is to get some good weather and good miles in before the Ste Gen ride.
The day was windy and I had no set plans on where to ride. I went down the hill, past Rams Park and into Earth City. The traffic down there is pretty light on a Sunday and I took a loop on Rider Trail before heading south on the Earth City Expressway to the Maryland Heights Expressway. Along the way I decided to try and find the bike path for the Page Ave extension. If I had looked at a map maybe I wouldn't have made a couple bad turns. Eventually I decided to just turn down River Valley(?) where we had the Tour of StL TT a few years ago. The Page Extension was nearby and it seemed logical that there would be access to the bike path. If not I was just going to ride south for a while and turn around. Luckily, there was access to the path.
That's a nice deal being able to safely cross over the river. The switchbacked path leading down to the Katy Trail was kind of cool too. Not sure where you would go once over there but now I know how to get there.
Dark clouds were threatening and time was getting short so I headed back to work. Ride time: 1:15
Anyone know what the circus tents are for near Harrahs Casino.
My Worlds predictions went okay. Two of my top 3 (Bettini and Valverde) were correct. Sanchez got 4th. Schumacher, Schleck, DiLuca, Paulinho all finished just two seconds behind the leader. David George also finished in the main group. I was going mention that George was my darkhorse pick but then left that out of my predictions. Yeah, yeah, easy to say now but really its true.
I'm off all week so my hope is to get some good weather and good miles in before the Ste Gen ride.
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Cirque de Soleil
That's what I was thinking because I remembered seeing their tents when we were atop the Sears tower. I didn't think they were coming to town for a few weeks, though, so I discounted the Cirque as the reason for the tents.
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