bike hike 2008-1: lakeshore west

a few weeks ago, I started to bike again. mainly to and from work, which is only a 20 minutes walk. the first day of biking proved to be quite a challenged. by the time i got in to work, i was all sweaty, my lungs were burning, my legs were aching, my heart was pounding and my head spinning. it made me think. we really need a shower at our office.

last weekend, because of the ttc strike, it killed my plans to go uptown for the day. there had been a lot of things clouding my mind, so instead i biked for 4 hours or so sunday to get to clear my head. i went to christie pits to get ice cream and people watch, then i biked southwest to lakeshore and lansdowne and stopped to rest by the lake. i enjoyed the solitary moments watching the waves hit the sand and the seagulls hover over the water. then i biked all the way to park lawn rd and lakeshore, and then turned back to head home. it was a really nice ride. i wanted to take pictures my biking adventures, but i had forgotten my camera at home. boo.

my goal is to be able to bike uptown to richmond hill before the end of june. it will be a challenge, especially since the north end of the city isn't the most biker friendly areas. but with a bit of research, i should be able to find trails and biker friendly streets to get to my where i want to.

on other non-biking news, they were filming a movie around the corner of my condo at lakeshore and bathurst last friday night. i took a few pictures from my balcony of the scene. saw them blowing fake snow onto the ground, with all these rusty cars there. according to this discussion board from torontojungle.com (post #2), they were filming max payne the movie. imbd says mark wahlberg will be playing max payne. that's pretty hot. he's perfect for the part. now, off to montreal for the weekend. cheers!