Vashon Island
The running log has not been all that impressive as of late but the shiny red "Allez" (the new bike) has seen some serious miles in the short month since its purchase. Yesterday we did a 50 mile loop to Vashon Island and back. This is no big feat for the tall man-friend who has ridden his bike across the country but it was by far the furthest I have ever pedaled in one day. And, although this route looks all mellow and innocent drawn on this map, let me assure you it was not flat!
For anyone trying to keep track of training distances or determining the mileage of a bike ride this site I stumbled upon is fabulous - mapmyrun.com. I know the map below says the route was 31 miles (one way), we took a ferry across to and from the island so that accounts for about 7 miles that we didn't actually pedal. In total we were on our bikes for about 8 hours yesterday (except for the ferry ride, some water breaks, lunch, an ice cream cone and a walk through the Vashon Strawberry Festival)
Today I'm taking it easy but surprisingly I'm not very sore and am even considering getting back on that bike seat to head to the grocery store to buy some picnic foods for Shakespeare in Volunteer Park tonight. Not only is this three blocks from my house on a sunny, warm Sunday evening but I have a friend in the play. Summer is treating me pretty well I must say!
I'll try to snap a few pics tonight!

