So who passed me this morning on the MVT?

[Dirt]

@benbhsu 30443 wrote:

I was also surprised to see as many runners as I did at 6am. And yes, most were running ninja-style. I imagine with the cooler weather there will be a lot more runners on the trail.

I’ve already distributed about 2 dozen reflective straps this year. Ninja-quest 2012 is in full swing.

[KelOnWheels]

@Dirt 30447 wrote:

I’ve already distributed about 2 dozen reflective straps this year. Ninja-quest 2012 is in full swing.

Dart gun or blowpipe?

[krazygl00]

@KelOnWheels 30455 wrote:

Dart gun or blowpipe?

I’m picturing Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins, but with Jim tagging groggy joggers instead of wildebeasts. I can picture them waking up, dazed and confused, not noticing they now have a giant reflective collar around their necks, and Marlin’s voiceover, “Now Jim releases the jogger back into the wild. Go on, boy! No more Crazy Ivans at dusk from you!”

[KelOnWheels]

@krazygl00 30461 wrote:

I’m picturing Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins, but with Jim tagging groggy joggers instead of wildebeasts. I can picture them waking up, dazed and confused, not noticing they now have a giant reflective collar around their necks, and Marlin’s voiceover, “Now Jim releases the jogger back into the wild. Go on, boy! No more Crazy Ivans at dusk from you!”

Exactly! Except it’s Dirt on a pink fixie instead of a Land Rover.

[krazygl00]

@KelOnWheels 30462 wrote:

Exactly! Except it’s Dirt on a pink fixie instead of a Land Rover.

Okay, can we please get Dirt a safari hat?

[KLizotte]

@krazygl00 30465 wrote:

Okay, can we please get Dirt a safari hat?

Pink safari hats do exist!

http://www.buy.com/prod/trimmed-safari-hat-pink-w32s19e/216926520.html

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[KelOnWheels]

If anyone sees a flaming spectral figure, much like Ghost Rider except on a bicycle, crossing the 14th St Bridge in about 20 minutes, that’ll be me.

I forgot my sunscreen.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@KelOnWheels 30467 wrote:

If anyone sees a flaming spectral figure, much like Ghost Rider except on a bicycle, crossing the 14th St Bridge in about 20 minutes, that’ll be me.

I forgot my sunscreen.

That’s nothing. I forgot my sunglasses and my water bottle.

[KelOnWheels]

@ShawnoftheDread 30468 wrote:

That’s nothing. I forgot my sunglasses and my water bottle.

Oh noes! If i see you out riding & blinking like a mole I’ll squirt you with my water bottle as I go flaming past.

[KelOnWheels]

Observations:

Lara Bar Cherry Pie flavor is my new #1 choice for Bar to Carry in Jersey Pocket on Hot Day. It’s just like fresh baked!

Two water bottles would have been good today.

People on CaBis wobble. (But they usually don’t fall down.)

Passed someone in a Bike Arlington jersey on a red (?) bike headed DC-ward as I was coming off Teh Brij onto the MVT.

The wind blows in many directions on Gravelly Point. So do I.

At this point I could stop carrying the messenger bag and just stuff everything into the back of my bike shorts. Pretty sure it would fit.

Saw Cool Sunglasses Pinarello Guy in Shirlington. He has cool sunglasses.

Apparently the correct way to drive through the middle of Shirlington is to firmly close one’s eyes and gun it.

I have a bike glove tan.

Bike commuting rocks!

[krazygl00]

@KelOnWheels 30473 wrote:

The wind blows in many directions on Gravelly Point. So do I.

Ummm…

😮

[KelOnWheels]

@krazygl00 30484 wrote:

Ummm…

😮

:p

[KelOnWheels]

Rest day today. Do not like.

Rode Saturday, which was supposed to be rest day. MVT on Saturday is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!

I was planning on taking the Confident City Cycling class again but I was a little too Confident in thinking it would be in the same location as last time and didn’t actually check that before heading out, so I didn’t get there in time. Oh well. I had tasty brunch instead

Then I looked at Surly Cross-Checks at CityBikes and then I noticed my rear tire looked sketchy so I wandered over to BicycleSpace and inquired about it and they said it was fine for now so then I purchased a tasty ginger ale from them as I did not need to purchase a new tire and I admired all the adorable wee Bromptons and shiny Pashleys and things that they had there. Then I left in what I thought would be plenty of time to get home before the storm rolled in, but it was not. So then I hung out in an underpass with a bunch of other people and a lot of spiders and it got very cold and I was glad I had my rain jacket and then I rode to Shirlington in the rain and had hot tea and then I rode home and wiped rain goo off my bike and had a hot bath and a nap.

Then on Sunday I ran again, because I am weird like that. The boardwalk bits on the MVT were rather slippery and twiggy and leafy so I was not a fan of those bits. I can see why people wipe out on those a lot.

How YOU doin?

[vtben]

@KelOnWheels 30526 wrote:

MVT on Saturday is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!

This. A thousand times this. Sunday as well, especially when you’re used to the 6am MVT commute.

[Certifried]

Today is SO beautiful! Unfortunately, my brain wouldn’t start on time and I ended up driving to work

such a Monday

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