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I rode the Golden Valley Hill today. It’s about 650 feet of climbing in 1.5 miles or so. I had to stop a few times to make it, but I feel great that I completed such a long climb!

Went for a pretty nice ride today alone.

After only riding a couple of times in the last few months I’m going to get back into the swing of things. Went for a ride with Diane last night and went about 13 miles total with no trouble at all. My goal is to ride at least 5 times a week.

Lilly and I did the Santa Clarita Hit the Trails event today. We rode 9 miles on the trails system from Placerita Jr. High School to Bridgeport Park and back.

Had a nice leisurely ride around the paseos with Lilly tonight. My knee was hurting a bit from yesterday’s ride, so this was a nice change. We’re looking forward to riding from Placerita Jr. High to Bridgeport on Saturday at the Hit the Trail event: http://www.santa-clarita.com/news/hit-the-trail.asp

I just finished my first “major” ride across town. I rode from my house down a major road and onto the bike trails that lead straight to the gym. I was averaging about 20 mph on the major road and then about 13 mph on the trails when thy were sloping up. I am not riding home though sine it’ll be dark and I have no lights. I’m surprised at how comfortable the ride was though. I went 7+ miles in 30 minutes. Let’s hope that this is the start of me getting in shape!

I finally made up my mind after test riding 4 different road bikes I decided on the Cannondale CAAD9 5. It’s got Shimano 105 components all around, except for the brakes which I’ll replace eventually. I’ll be ordering some more stuff to go with it in the next few days.

I went on a short test ride once my CAAD9 5 was fitted to me. Here’s a map of it. I’m hoping to be riding 10+ miles at a time by sometime next week.