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Oh yeah and I didn’t get soaked yesterday. Got a little wet but nothing major. *PHEW* lol

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@cyclingfool 93021 wrote:

Yeah, I left work at 6 and just got some cooling occasional raindrops/light showers. Not downpours for me, and cool views of the sky as the storm clouds passed the broken cloud cover came in behind.

I slowed and then stopped along the MVT at one point to ask a guy (who had his bike turned upside down and was monkeying with a chain) if he needed any help. He sort of half looked at me, but didn’t otherwise acknowledge my presence or my offer of assistance. I would have thought maybe he was deaf, except he seemed to be communicating fine with the jogger who got there three seconds before I did. So, you’re welcome, a-hole. Pro tip: if you want some to build some good bike karma, next time you should at least acknowledge and thank those stopping or slowing to offer assistance next time.

I agree 1000% !!!! I smile at every jogger/cyclist I see when I’m biking and less than 5% smile back. Sometimes I think they all think i’m weird

For a moment I actually started rethinking smiling at people…but then the nice guy in me slapped the sh*t out of the unsure one and I realized that I’m gonna keep on smiling…cause i’m a happy person!

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I beat the rain yesterday! Left Ballston at 6 and didn’t get hit with any rain at all

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I had a nice uneventful ride in today. It’s this evening that I’m worried about lol…

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Dammit…this weather in Ballston looks NASTY! I’m rolling through it though…leaving at 6. Maybe it’ll be gone by then

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Had a nice ride in today…wondering if itll be raining at 6 when I ride home *doh*

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I’ll be back out there tomorrow! Taking an extra day off

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Well I made it home today and managed to get 3 herb plants, a half gallon of Olive Oil, 3 pounds of Butternut Squash, 2 packs of fresh herbs, a jar of wild rice, a bottle of dried Oregano, 2 containers of yogurt (Which I wound up not using by the way, it was marked plain but had a sweet taste) and ummmmm a piece of Ginger root in my backpack. Then I took my work clothes and put them on my rack, along with my work shoes. I need to get my milk crate back on there. That thing made it easy to carry a lot of stuff. With that and some bungee cords you can work wonders lol.

And I feel 10 times as tired as I did this morning. On the plus side I did not stop even once! Where’s that thumbsup Emoticon lol

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Had an awesome ride in this morning!

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I always just swallow bugs. Too much trouble trying to get em out

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@ShawnoftheDread 91360 wrote:

I got a shoutout from a young teen as I passed him and his friends up the Custis corkscrew going home yesterday. It’s not often that cyclists are impressed with my climbing speed.

I used to hate that spot! Haven’t ridden over there in years though. Curious to see how I handle it now

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@Dickie 92224 wrote:

Welcome back to riding, and welcome to the forum. I have been taking Lipitor for four years due to a congenital heart defect. I occasionally feel aches beyond what I consider normal for the amount of riding I do and this has been explained as a possible side effect of the medication (as well as my heart issue), however it was never bad enough to prevent me from riding so I might be lucky in that regard. It is pretty common for people taking statins to have occasional muscle soreness, but it is much rarer (less than 1%) to have debilitating pain…. did your Dr. suggest anything else other than not riding? Did he prescribe a different statin or do additional blood work, kidney tests, etc?…. just worth investigating if in fact your pain returns. I do take a daily dose of Coenzyme Q10 to combat the muscle soreness but the evidence it not clear if this helps or not.

Hope that helps a little, and I hope to see you out there riding.

Hey Dickie!

Thanks for sharing. No my Dr didn’t suggest anything other than not riding. Which I thought was a bit lazy to be honest. I got a 2nd opinion and they pretty much told me the same thing. But the pain did go away when I stopped. She did order some additional tests and everything looked fine at the time. I have an appointment scheduled next Tuesday. I’m having Bloodwork done so I can have a good Baseline. Then if my legs DO start hurting I can have more Bloodwork done and see if my numbers are crazy. If my legs do start hurting and the numbers look ok I may just try to tough it out as long as it won’t hurt me medically. But let’s hope they keep feeling great

So now I am back on my 2nd day of commuting. And I feel excellent! Surprisingly so since I have been off for like two years. And to think I was this ‘-‘ close to driving today. I tried to talk myself into driving by saying oh no my old body needs some rest. 2 days at least! But then I remembered what I read yesterday…about that first mile being the hardest? MAN that is SO TRUE! After about a quarter mile I started feeling much better. By the time I got a mile under my belt I was good to go

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I was born and raised out there so any questions you got send em to me! I know all the bike routes and I see people riding past my house commuting on bikes daily. Haven’t waved yet but now I will

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Well let’s see. Up Lacy Blvd, right on Hoffmans Lane (Did you know the same people this street was named after own the Hoffmann Center in Alexandria and used to own half of JK Auto Parts) then make a left on Moncure to Columbia Pike. RIght on Columbia Pike then bust a left on Spring Hill Lane, right on Robinwood Ln, left on Carlin Springs. Ride in the street all the way past 50 and up that first big hill. Then the sidewalk to almost the end of Carlin Springs there. There’s a small hill almost halfway between 50 and Ballston on Carlin Springs. If there’s no traffic out there I’ll shoot out in the street from there to Ballston (Momentum coming down that hill works wonders lol). If there’s too much traffic I just ride the sidewalk to Ballston.

Cars on Carlin Springs get mad quick! I guess it doesn’t help that im riding on a major two lane road right after 6PM when people are flying from Ballston to Route 50 to go to DC/Fairfax, etc. I always hear someone talking sh*t.

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Pic of the suspect. http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/261837/158/Mehak-Chopra-was-driving-while-intoxicated-and-hit-a-65-year-old-man-on-a-bicycle-

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