Sunday, July 22, 2012

22 July 2012 - ride to Marina

This weekend was also gloomy and cloudy cos of depression in Bay of Bengal. After missing out to pedal last week to capture sunrise at sea I pedaled from ICF to Marina beach. I left home at 5:50 AM reached Marina beach at 6:30 AM via Konnur high road, Purasaiwakkam, Egmore, Pudupet, Chepauk. 

Distance covered : 25 km








Friday, July 6, 2012

pioneer ride, Chennai 07 July 2012

After Yercaud biking trip in May 2012, I have been pondering to get cycle preferably MTB. My ride was on Adidas genius GT 9001 which I hired from a shop in Saidapet. 
After riding a FireFox MT B some model during Aut-Sojha, Himachal Pradesh in June 2012. By the time I reached home on June 14, 2012 one of my cousin had bought Hercules MT B Roadeo A-300. I had been riding occasionally more than him. I decided to just start early next day, so slept after 3 sets of Murray-Tsonga Wimbledon SF. 

On Saturday woke up at 04:20 AM. I started pedaling at 04:45AM went via. Anna Nagar, MMDA Colony, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Saidapet to reach Anna University at 5:30AM. Got off from cycle and relaxed for 5mins. 

Decided to pedal to Thiruvanmiyur Bus Station, Astalakshmi Temple and finally stopped in Elliot's beach, Besant Nagar by 6AM. Sat down with legs stretched for a while. Resumed pedaling at 06:15AM from Besant Nagar beach to my home. This time I cycled from Adyar, Madhya Kailash, Kotturpuram, Alwarpet, TTK Road, Cathedral Road, Gemini, Nungambakkam High Road, Chetpet, Pachaiyappa's College, Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Chinthamani, RTO Office on New Avadi Road, ICF. Its was 07:20AM when I reached home.

On my de-tour, stopped at Teynampet Apollo Hospital signal for Tea. I was surprised to see when Google maps showed the distance covered was about 50km.