I've been remiss on my bike updates and wanted to get a quick one in for a few pending items:

First off I'm proud that I managed to meet my mileage goal for the year.  The odometer on my bike turned past 5850 this morning meaning I have my 2000 miles for this year.  So my new goal between now and year end is to get past 6,000 miles so I can say that I've averaged 2000 miles a year since getting my road bike.

Secondly I wanted to record for posterity (my benefit) my times to work in the morning so I can have a long term record and appropriate expectations.  Riding down the coast my goal on reaching the office is to have an average speed of 17.5 mph.  My last 4 rides were:

• 17.6 mph for a riding time of 28 minutes 20 seconds
• 17.8 mph for a riding time of 28 minutes 12 seconds
• 18.2 mph for a riding time of 27 minutes 22 seconds
• 17.6 mph for a riding time of 28 minutes 22 seconds 

Note I've been measuring speed to the start of the office lot and then I don't pick up the time until after I park my bike so there is a little slop on the time side.

Next up I wanted to mention the loss of our typical entrance to the flightline area.  We've seen the construction crew dig like a 30 foot hole on our old path.  Fortunately the anonymous trail guy has been at work.  There is a new entrance that allows access to the trails we've been riding.  It's back by the skate park and is too steep to ride up and to be honest I'll be concerned about riding down it.... but it is there.

Anonymous trail guy has also put in a bridge for the crossing from Calavera to Flightline so transistioning between the two areas is much easier.  Anonymous trail guy does some amazing work if you ever get a chance to see that bridge on this crossing (or if I manage to remember to post a picture).