In 2008: 260+.

In 2009: 226.

Don’t need Atkins or Weight Watchers or South Beach. Keep it simple: exercise and eat right. And get off your damn butt. Nuff said.

This is the world’s most boring blog so let’s get the world’s most boring pictures out of the way.

The Bride asked me this morning where I was headed and I had a vague idea about a ride up Lakeview. As I was plodding up the V&T bike trail, I remembered I once mulled trying to ride around the five counties in the area. There was no way I could make it to Silver City because this was a lazy biking month for me, but four counties seemed reasonable.

And I did it and this was my longest ride to date but I’m wasted. The upside is today proved I can make the trip to Virginia City or Reno whenever I’m ready.

Lessons learned:

- Plan better next time and take the freaking Camelbak. Duh.
- Flat ground is God’s gift to bikers.
- Small saddle sores can quickly become big saddle sores.
- Gel packs and vitamin water got me through this.
- Advil and sunblock. Duh again.

Ride stats:
30.09 miles
2 hours 23 minutes
1,688 calories

Ride Stats:
23 miles
1 hour 43 minutes
1,221 calories

Yesterday, there was a surprise on one of the pictures I took from the Fifth Street bridge over the new Highway 395 extension: a bike path. I went for a ride this morning to check it out but promised myself that I would not cross any lines if there were signs and/or barricades blocking the entrance but there weren’t any. The path itself was dried oil and dirt, and it looked like that it was being prepared for asphalt but I had no problems navigating it.

(By the way, I don’t know if it has a name yet but “Lompa Ranch” sounds better than “Prison City”, considering the new road is adjacent to two of Carson City’s medium security prisons.)

This is the east end of the path off of Butti near the sewer plant.

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Took a lazy ride around town to get the legs back in shape and took pictures from the Fifth Street and Fairview bridges over the the 395 freeway extension that will dead-end at Fairview. The paint striping is done on the southbound lanes and nearly done on the northbound lanes. The road should be open very soon. The cynic in me predicts Fairview will become a drag strip for most of the workday.

And check out the east-west bike path in the last picture. It’s easy to miss. In fact, I didn’t see it until I copied the pictures from the camera to the PC.

Ride stats:
13.49 miles
58 minutes
705 calories burned