100 Miles of Nowhere: View of Lake Washington Division

05.11.2010 | 12:29 pm

Yesterday, a couple of us rowers got on the bikes & trainers to do the 100 Miles of Nowhere. We set up camp on the balcony of Lake Washington Rowing Club with a view of Lake Union, the ship canal, some of the best people watching in the city, and most importantly – shade.  

It was 70 and perfectly sunny, rare for early May in Seattle. We set up the laptop to play through the Bourne trilogy, but the sun was actually so bright that we couldn’t see the movie.

Plan B: music. We had a handful of visitors throughout the day, but they all seemed to be more interested in the view than bringing us snacks. Lot of good they were.

I felt really good through about mile 55, then there was a steady decline in energy and speed until about mile 87, when I got my second wind and finished (fairly) strong. Joe claimed it was his “rest day” and that he was going to “heart rate limit” himself, which just resulted in me finishing 13 miles and 40 minutes ahead of him.

But at the end there were plenty of brats & beer to go around, and cancer still got the finger.

– Jeny P, Seattle

PS from Fatty: Want another story? Check out CyclingProject365’s excellent writeup!