Today would be our first day hiking with full packs to our next town. We go to up at a decent time had our comp breakfast, packed our stuff, and started on our way out of Amalfi. My pack had to be over 40 lbs due to my overpacking and Denise’s was quite light to …
May 18
Amalfi Coast Day 2-Not the Plan
The original plan for today was to take the bus up to Minuta and do a guided hike through Valle Della Ferriere. We originally were going to do this ourselves, but the Hotel Amalfi had a complimentary hike with a guide which was great. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. It was downpouring off and …
May 14
Amalfi-Pontone-Ravello-Atrani Loop Hike
Hiking Route We woke around 8AM on Sunday, our first day in Amalfi. We headed up to the 5th floor of the Hotel Amalfi for our complimentary breakfast. Cereal and croissants topped off our tanks before our first hikes into the Lattari Mountain towns. The cliff walls around Amalfi made it seem impossible to get …
May 13
Allentown to Amalfi in a Day
We did our final chores around the house and headed to ABE airport around 12:30pm. A friend of Denises that lives near the airport offered to let us stow our car there and drop and pick us up. We checked our one bag, made it through TSA and headed to the gate. The flight to …
May 09
Cycles BiKyle…Bike Buyers Beware!!!
I decided that it was time to upgrade to a new, properly fitted triathlon bike since making the commitment to pursue my dream of completing an Ironman. My current bike, a Cannondale R600, was around 10 years old and I constantly become sore in the neck and shoulders after riding it. If I was going …
Apr 30
Alburtis-to-Green Lane 50 Mile Loop
After finally getting my bike back from Cycles BiKyle, I decided to take a nice, hilly ride and test out their work. The ride follows most of the Quad Country Metric ride by Suburban Cyclists and just under 4000 feet of climbing. One of the things that I realized on this ride is that after …
Apr 21
Feeling Good…
I headed out on my long ride today not knowing how I would feel. Several miles down the road and I got an inkling that this could be a good day. I made my way north to extend the ride a bit and hit some roads I haven’t been on in awhile. There was a …
Apr 19
Feelin’ It
Yesterday I finally pushed myself do a hill workout on the bike. Went pretty well and I felt good. Got in over 2000 of climbing in about an hour and a quarter. Today I could feel it though. Legs were pretty stiff most of the day, although that can be hard to tell sitting on …
Apr 16
Equipment Failures
It has been a week of equipment failures this week. First off, the crankset on my QRoo Tri bike has come loose for the third time now and second my Swimsense watchband starting coming apart. Although this seemed to be a couple big annoyances, it could not happen at a better time and the outcomes …