The weather is colder this winter and spring than 2024. Donald Trump is now our fascist president and this causes me to experience considerable dread and anxiety. I plan to be a voice of dissent but I also plan to ride my bikes. It's now April and I just stared to do some riding last month. However, since it is too often cold, rainy, snowy, and very windy I have not been able to ride as much as I would like. Also, due to construction just about all SE routes were closed for a few months. Canadian wild fires helped create many bad air quality days forcing ride cancelations. Jim and I managed to get in a two day ride to Saint Cloud and back and we lucked out as they were two of the best riding days all summer.
| Week | Miles | Total | Avg. | ||
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week1, 29-Mar: | 54 | 54 | 54 | cold, rainy, snowy, and very windy - short rides |
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week2, 12-Apr: | 59 | 113 | 56 | still a bit cold and very windy, ride Greenway to Hopkins |
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week3, 19-Apr: | 126 | 239 | 79 | some needed rain but much warmer, ride to Coon Rapids Dam |
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week4, 26-Apr: | 69 | 308 | 77 | More cool windy weather - ride to Mendota Heights |
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week5, 3-May: | 94 | 402 | 80 | Beautiful weather all week (finally)- ride to Wayzata |
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week6, 10-May: | 48 | 450 | 74 | Getting into some hot weather now, ride to Minnetonka |
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week7, 17-May: | 71 | 521 | 74 | Some rainy and some sunny weather, ride to Eagan |
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week8, 24-May: | 93 | 614 | 76 | Beautiful weather, Hopkins ride, ride new MN River trail |
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week9, 31-May: | 83 | 697 | 76 | Air Quality Issues, ride to Coon Rapids Dam |
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week10, 7-Jun: | 21 | 718 | 71 | Caught a coid this week |
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week11, 14-Jun: | 45 | 762 | 69 | Hopkins and back |
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week12, 21-Jun: | 61 | 823 | 68 | Greenway west and Cedar Lake Trail home, Coon Rapids Dam |
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week13, 28-Jun: | 45 | 868 | 66 | Again Greenway west and Cedar Lake Trail home |
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week14, 5-Jul: | 63 | 931 | 66 | Ride out to Eagan and back |
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week15, 12-Jul: | 91 | 1022 | 68 | MN River Ride, east on Bloom side, back on Eagan side |
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week16, 19-Jul: | 97 | 1119 | 69 | Ride to Champlin |
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week17, 26-Jul: | 92 | 1211 | 71 | Ride to Eagan, along MN River, to Bloomington along MN River |
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week18, 2-Aug: | 140 | 1351 | 75 | Ride to North St. Paul (tree across Gateway) |
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week19, 9-Aug: | 153 | 1504 | 79 | Eagan, Bloominton MN River ride, several rides to Hopkins) |
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week20, 16-Aug: | 142 | 1646 | 82 | Ride to Pine Point, Champlin |
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week21, 23-Aug: | 172 | 1818 | 86 | Two day ride to Saint Cloud with Jim Hathaway |
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week22, 30-Aug: | 31 | 1849 | 84 | Ride Shingle Creek trail, construction and flooding issues |
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week23, 6-Sep: | 63 | 1912 | 83 | Eagan, Bloominton MN River ride, Hopkins ride |
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week24, 13-Sep: | 39 | 1951 | 81 | Hopkins ride, Ft. Snelling ride |
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week25, 20-Sep: | 39 | 2021 | 80 | Ride to Gateway Trail |
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week26, 27-Sep: | 43 | 2064 | 79 | Local rides |
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week27, 4-Oct: | 50 | 2114 | 78 | Coon Rapids Dam |
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week28, 11-Oct: | 55 | 2157 | 77 | short rides |
| Trek 1220 | 564 |
| Trek Domane SL-5 | 1603 |
Last updated on 9-April-2026