August 11th Rides!

I'm surprised! I'm the first to post a ride from today? wow!

But it was such a fun ride! Wow!! We started with a climb we've done a lot, and I hit it harder and faster than usual - very cool! :D And I practiced sprinting and powerering up on the rollers after that. Again, very cool!!! :D

After that we added a new hill climb that I haven't done before. I lost a fair bit of steam, but was still enjoying it. Very cool. After all that climbing, we hit the winding, bumpy country road. Lots of pot holes, rough ashphalt, so I took it a bit slower, felt a bit nervous with the car following closely behind me, but it wasn't wide enough for him to pass. I noticed the speed limit sign said 50km/hr, and my computer said 46km/hr, so I didn't worry too much that I was going to slow for them....

and then it all got sooooo much better! We rounded a corner onto a newly paved wide road. The pavement was so smooth, so wonderful, so easy to go fast :D:D:D:D:D Wow! What fun! The rest of the ride was the usual ride home, but it sure was fun the whole time. Wow! 25 km (15+ miles) of riding, 433 m (1420 feet) of climbing. :D:o As I crested the last hill home, I thought I didn't have anything left in me, but a few minutes after we'd been home I was so wired from such a great ride, that I'm thinking next time, we'll add on another 20k or so, with a couple more hills!

It's so amazing and cool. I never imagined I would love this so much!!!:D:D:eek::D

So, what did you ride today??

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

No other takers?
My Sunday ride wasn't exciting -- barely got it in before sundown. Rode my usual loop -- about 19 miles, with about 1/3 hilly. (Including one BIG one). I like riding it b/c it's out my front door, and I can judge my speed on it well (since I ride it every week or two).

But I saw a doe, baby alpacas, and a lot of calfs. Good ride all in all... I love riding at sunset!

I went out with the LBS group ride for the first time. Everyone was nice and a few decided to give me unsolicited advice. I know they were trying to be helpful but I have played around enough to know that I am pretty strong and can utilize the big chain ring. I am a big ring masher. I admit it. Anyway the old guy that said something after putting his arm around me (grrr) early on ended up pretty far back. I stayed with the B group and ended up in a 'breakaway' with 4 guys. They actually had some good advice about staying lower when I stand and so on. After the ride one guy asked if I had special long cranks on my bike cause of the way I attacked the hills. I shrugged cause they are the ones the bike came with. Anywho, we did 28 miles and averaged 20.5mph- my fastest yet but I had never ridden with anyone that was up to or better than me to draft on. It was fun and I plan to do the ride every week.

Another day of torrential rain. My tour across MA starts Thursday and rain is predicted for that day. I am not thrilled about about riding 30-50 miles in the rain and then camping :mad:. Trying to have a good attitude and to remember the money we paid for the tour goes to bike advocacy projects in the state.
I spent the whole morning at the gym. 30 minutes of elliptical, 30 minutes of weights and stretching, and an hour and a half yoga class. It was good, but riding would be better.