Boston, Bloomington, & Ohio

Catching up, I was in Boston visiting my sister last week. Chris who did JOH a few years ago was also there. We only got in one ride and it wasn't real long but the scenery was beautiful. We started in Harvard Square and rode around Harvard's campus. We then rode along the Charles River down to MIT. The view from the river was beautiful because it was about 72 degrees with no clouds so we had a great view of the city. Then we crossed over the river and rode back along to Harvard.

Then Tuesday night I got back into Bloomington. On Wednesday I rode about 35 miles by the Monroe Reservoir, including another good hill down Hardin Ridge. Then Thrsday I rode about 20 miles around Bloomington because I had to head out to Dayton to visit family here.

My family lives in a small town called Germantown thats about 30 minutes southwest of Dayton proper. Friday I went for a shorter ~20 mile ride out by the Germantown Dam and started working on picking up a water bottle while still riding the bike, which is tougher than it sounds. Saturday I rode about 35 miles around Germantown, out to the Dam including a nice long hill there, back into town, to the Dam again, over to Farmersville, then back into town. And then worked on picking up the water bottle again, which I think I have more or less down.

Sunday was a pretty easy training day, but enjoyable nonetheless. First, my dad and I went for a ride out to the Dam and back of about 10.5 miles. Then we came back to the house and picked up Diana and Stacy (my step-mom and sister, respectively). Then the four of us rode down to a bike path parallel to the river here in town. It was a nice leisurely ride of about 6.5 miles. Not my most challenging ride, but certainly one of the best. That was probably also my last training ride before I leave for San Francisco on Wednesday.