Category: Two Wheels Good

I did not ride in 2013.

I walked in the trails around the Elk and Beaver lakes weekly, except in August when I drove to Edmonton for that folk festival and in December when I had a trip east. My logged distance, on the regular walks, was 417.3 Km.

I continued my routine of walks and hikes in the park around Elk and Beaver lakes in 2012. I did not consistently enter distances in a log, and missed recording some walks

I paddled (or steered) dragon boat at VCKC, April to August.

I rode from April to June, and one short ride in December. My logged rides were 352.2 Km.

My logged walks were 238.4 Km

I noted I paddled in a Voyageur canoe at VCKC on the Gorge on New Years Day. I noted a couple of hikes in January.

I had a stroke in January. I was discharged from hospital in February.

I noted my first ride March 20. On the first ride, I had a moment of instability at the Saanich Road crossing on the Lochside related to disengaging the clips to stop for traffic. It was momentary and did not deter me from riding. In early May I perceived some dizziness while walking – carrying something heavy.I became concerned that I was not managing my balance and that low blood pressure due to medications was affecting my balance. I did not ride after June. My logged cycling distance in 2011 was 328.3 Km.

I started to go for 10 km. walks on trails along Beaver and Elk lakes in June. Saturday morning walks became regular. I used the GPS. My recorded walk/hikes included the early January hikes and couple more hikes on Galloping Goose in Metchosin with people from VCKC. My logged walks in 2011 were 324.2 Km.

My logged riding distance in 2010 was 704.3. I rode the Gian Yukon, with one ride logged on the road bike.

I was paddling dragon boat and OC6 at VCKC. I started to log some hikes with some people from VCKC. I was getting distance and route on a Garmin handheld GPS. I had a few rides with people from VCKC.

My logged distance in 2009 was 1085.9 Km. I had the crank arms on Giant Yukon changed. I had rides in Winnipeg at the end of June and in October (at Thanksgiving) on borrowed bikes.

I was paddling dragon boats and outrigger canoes – OC6 – at VCKC.

I went to folk festivals in Courtenay in July and in Edmonton in August – not by bike!

In 2008 my logged rides were 804.4 km. I cycled to the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club for a dragon boat practice on 2 Saturdays in February and April, and to the GO Rowing Centre on the Upper Harbour for a day of dragon boat racing in March. My ride in Victoria were on my Giant Yukon, with two rides on the KA. I had a couple of rides in Winnipeg in June.

In 2007 I used Cateye cycling computera to monitot my speed and distance, and kept a record of my trips. Most of my rides were on the Giant Yukon. A couple were on my old road bike, a Kuwahara Apollo. My recorded distance in 2007 was 1,384.2 kilometers. I road a century August 6, 2007 on the road bike.

I took up dragon boating with a team out of the Victoria Canoe and Kayaking Club on Gorge road, which meant practices two evenings a week, June until late August. I noted trips to the folk festival in Courtenay BC. I noted rides on a trip to Winnipeg.