riding in colorado springs

i could’ve ridden a lot faster today if colorado springs hadn’t installed so many hills on their streets. my pace was pretty good going down their inclines, but not so great going up. there were times that the hills kept me under 10mph! evil hills! i learned that if a street has hill or mountain or ascent in its name, i should take another.

then there are the curves. every street veers this way and that. i would be riding along and all of a sudden there wouldn’t be any street in front of me. i’d look right. no street. where’d it go?! then i’d look left and there it would be. one street I followed went meandering around downhill to the west, turned north for a short time, then doubled back to the east and climbed back up the hill it’d just come down. crazy people these coloradans. streets with hills and turns! What’ll they think of next.

oh, and then there’s the oxygen level the city fathers have chosen. it’s way too low. someone needs to complain until they do something about this problem. import some air from somewhere else for crying out loud! not from kansas, mind you. We’re keeping ours. i hear illinois has some extra oxygen. maybe the president could transfer some of his hometown’s air to the folks in the mountains.

most of my riding today was wandering around in housing developments. the main streets were a bit too busy for my liking, but the side streets were awesome. friendly runners and cyclists were everywhere. i bet i smiled and waved at a dozen or more potential dailymilers. i would’ve recruited them on the spot, but i’ve heard city people are kind of skittish about talking with strangers. my “good morning” greeting was probably more than threatening enough without a sales pitch.(37.12 miles @ 13.4mph)