July 20 rides!

[Geonz]

Whew... I rode through one menacingly black cloud (but with no rain or lightning or I'd have whipped back and... driven? called in late, yea...) and ten minutes of grey, damp, oppressively spooky calm and then whipping, gusting winds spewing sprinkles around and tearing up those flags when I had to go directly into the wind... but hey, I got to work and had a full ten minutes to spare before the lights went out and the deluge began.
Could be a fun day :) :D

[Tater]

Nice cool, noneventful commute in. But realized I forgot my bra (:mad: ) on the end of the bed, so I am now sitting here in my sports bra which is rather wet and clammy. I hope the rest of the day goes better!

[tulip]

uneventful commute. I saw a duck family. I remembered my bra (but I've forgotten it before!).

[mimitabby]

This morning I woke up early had a wonderful hassle-free commute.
It was already warm out! (uhoh!)
I managed to avoid all the broken glass that my fellow citizens left on the road.

When I got to work I seriously considered doing laps around our building becaues it was so beautiful outside..

[Trek420]

non-eventful ride to work. Got waved ahead by a couple of cars, nice.

I remembered my bra :)

[Brandy]

31.5 miles...we were scouting out the second half of the route we're doing for the TE ride on the 30th. Got a couple of good hills in and a scary descent down Newport Coast Drive past at least twenty huge construction trucks that were parked in the bike lane. Ugh.

[Fredwina]

saw some more bunnies and went by a different vineyard today. Was suprized beacuase I had not realized the vineyard was there before

[Kano]

Short ride with DH this afternoon -- got home from airport, changed clothes, and out into the 99 degree heat! Only almost 8 miles, but boy did it feel GOOD! I think I'm learning things from watching those guys on the Tour this week, and I think a rest helped more than I expected. I was even ACCELERATING on my way UP hills, with no strain! So, then, we're tooling along, and I said to DH, they do this, and it makes them go faster like this, and then I went sailing past him on a down grade, and he hollered after "NO MORE TOUR DE FRANCE FOR YOU!!!!"

Exciting note -- he said we DO get OLN! Now to find it!

Karen in Boise

[emily_in_nc]

35 minutes of single track after work - not long, but very intense! It was 88 degrees and very humid, so I was soaked after I got done. Fun fun fun! :D

Emily

[eclectic]

Made plans to go riding, then the rain started, but luckily it quit right before we were planning to leave so off we went.

Original plan was to ride the trail and back, weather held so we kept going. Made it up my measuring stick hill at the fastest pace to date :D

weather was a chilly 64 (we ARE trying to send it down to everyone:) so broke out the long sleeves

the wheat fields are starting to turn - just hope the rain came in time last week that the heads filled, sunflowers are starting to head out, canola doesn't look too stressed, so maybe it won't be a drought disaster around here after all.

[AuntieK]

Met up with Yellow for a 10k time trial. Boy, that was HARD! Totally flat coarse, 95 degree weather, and a tiny, slight headwind on the way back.
I'm tellin' ya, Yellow sure can ride fast!!:D

Edited to say that DH just told me I had a brake rubbing the whole time trial! Grr! At least I know I can do better next time. Note to self: check your brakes pre-race!

[hirakukibou]

I rode three times today with stops for different things. I rode to acupuncture. Then I rode to visit a friend. And then back home again for a total of 60 miles at 15 mph average. Not too bad. Got into a dog fight with a young guy who blew past me. I caught him and blew past him and stayed just enough ahead that he couldn't get on my wheel. I swear I had a testosterone surge. I am not sure what the heck got into me! :eek: