KT's Weekend

This past weekend brought near perfect weather-maybe a little warm, but really quite nice-low to mid 80's...I could ease into the heat though, as it was about 70' when I left the house. Rode the standard Fall City-North Bend-Carnation loop. Lots of other cyclists out riding too-mostly aero bar tri wanna bees. I don't really understand the whole aerobar thing-the typical get up I saw was clip on aerobars on a bike set up with a 8cm 45' riser stem, and a whole bunch of spacers on the stem. Then, angle the aerobars at about 45', making them appear to be some sort of mutant rhinocerous horns, or maybe even a grotesque unicorn. What's so aero about what appears to be some sort of upright Praying Mantis position? I particularly liked the guys coming down the Falls hill on the aerobars, drafting their buddies down the hill.

Anyway-ride stats-About 45 miles, 3 hours ride time, with a stop at Sandy's Espresso in Carnation, for a Hot Dog and a Coke. Mmm...health food!

Sunday was a day of "cross-training". Teaching a kayaking class on the Green River, mixing it up with every moron in South King County floating the river in inner tubes. At least they have the technique down-beer in one hand, cigarette in the other, butt in cold water yelling "Whoo Hooo!" Proof that Natural Selection is still hard at work. While practicing ferrying across the river, one student remarked "It's like playing Frogger"!

Garbage Pick-Up Count: 20 empty beer cans, 1 full can of Bud Light (refreshing!), 4 bottles, 1 can Hawaiian Tropic Spray Tanning Lotion, and 1 styrofoam cooler lid.