Author Archives: dgentry

I wanted to ride to work today, but I had a meeting at the Ross Building at 8:30. For those of you not familiar with the Purdue campus, the Ross Building is across town from the rest of the campus, … Continue reading →

Lasting just over an hour (at least at my pace), this route rolls past a farm that allegedly houses several llamas. Since I’ve never seen them out when I go by, I’m going to have to take the word of … Continue reading →

As I mentioned on Friday, I need to find some new morning rides. Today, the neighbor and I combined some familiar roads in a new way to shake things up a bit. We started west on Division to north on … Continue reading →

The reason I’ve had all of these TBD mileage totals is because I never recorded the distance of the Llama Route back on June 7. Today I followed the same route to determine the miles. As usual, there were no … Continue reading →

The Granville Bridge Route and the River Road/Campus Route are two good before work routes since I can ride each in less than an hour. Unfortunately, I seem to be falling into a bit of a rut. (I could probably … Continue reading →

The River Road/Campus Route called me this morning. Campus is still pretty quiet this last week before classes. There are a bunch of Freshman running around attending orientation events, but not this early. At the Class of ’39 Fountain, there … Continue reading →

The neighbor was back from vacation yesterday, so we took a quick ride this morning on the Granville Bridge Route. Miles Ridden: 9.1Total This Year: TBD + 342

After wimping out on both Friday and Saturday, I finally got out on the bike today. I tried starting around 8:00, but the rain had started up again. I gave up and drove to work for a couple of hours. … Continue reading →

I haven’t been able to ride since the marathon tour on Sunday. I can point to a couple of excuses. My son has been in Marching Band practice this week, and I have to pick him up before the end … Continue reading →

I was driving to work this morning, and I came upon a rider starting up “the hill“. I waited behind him as he struggled. He was in a tough gear, and he was trying to get out of my way … Continue reading →