St Patty Day Rides

Did anyone else ride March 17? I commuted home 27 miles under gorgeous but hot 85 degree weather. The winds were out of the south meaning tailwinds home! :D TXDOT's bluebonnets appreciated the rain last week and I saw my first wildflower, spring has sprung. I also saw calves, longhorn cattle calves (which get horns quick!) and kids as in goat kids.

Once I got home DH said his training called for a hour spin at low intensity and company would be nice, so off I went on the "Dog Loop". 42 miles on a Tuesday, got to love daylight savings. :cool:

I think tomorrow I may commute again and should remember the camera, bluebonnets and baby goats are too cute to resist.

I rode a very quick and short 11 miles. I so wanted to ride more, as spring fever was in my blood, and you couldn't have asked for a better day.

I did a short 12 miles yesterday. Beautiful weather here in the Atl. New bike, new road shoes--wow those slippery things are hard to get used to after the mtn shoes.:eek: Spent lots of time practicing clipping in and out, stopping. Slow going for me until I get the hang of things.

I only did my 6 mile (ha-roundtrip) commute. It was all I could do not to play hookey and not go home, but Karma had puppy class.

I did!

I rode my commute home (left my car at work) for about 20 miles. It was dry and a perfect temp in the high 40's. I didn't see anything great, but I did hear both bullfrogs (when I passed a nature preserve) and what I *think* was a horse giving birth. If not, some poor horse was in a lot of pain! :( I'm going with the miracle of birth in my mind though. :)

I also decided to do something new. I'm calling it RE-cycle. Everytime I ride, I'm going to pick up one piece of trash and either repurpose it, reuse it, recycle it or, as a last resort, relocate it (to a trash can). Last night I grabbed a plastic lid to some bin type thingy and because it has a nice lip on it, I'm going to use it as a tray for seed starting in our greenhouse. This morning on the way back in, I picked up an empty powerade bottle. That'll either become a codling moth trap or I'll cut off the top half (and recycle it) and use the bottom to start seeds in... :D

St. Patty's day is our anniversary and so Mr. Sundial took the day off and together we rode to the diner for lunch. It was sunny, breezy, mid-60's and just beautiful weather. I wore my shamrock socks. :D

We had a beautiful record-setting warm day up here in Wisconsin. I commuted to work on my single speed that I picked up a few months ago. It was my first commute on that bike. I was having a fabulous ride, saying things like "my easy, breezy, sweet little single-speedy" when I got a flat. Oh well, I can't blame it on the bike. The roads are always awful at this time of year. Lots of debris and potholes. I picked up a nice piece of glass. I changed it in record time (for me) and was back on my way. After work I made a detour to my LBS and changed out the tires for some Gatorskins and then took the longer, scenic way home.

I do this every year, but it is my own personal mission.

ST. PADDY!!!!!! :)

Patty is a girl, and not the short version of Patrick. I take up the cause for all the Paddy's I know/am related to.

Now back to your regularly scheduled biking discussion. ;)

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Originally Posted by Possegal

I do this every year, but it is my own personal mission.

ST. PADDY!!!!!! :)

Patty is a girl, and not the short version of Patrick. I take up the cause for all the Paddy's I know/am related to.

Now back to your regularly scheduled biking discussion. ;)

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I did wear my green polar watch. :p

I rode 12 miles on the bike path ONLY -- the drunks were out early, so I walked my bike home from the path. Don't know if that's really any safer, but that's what I did. The weather was great and there are buds on trees and bulbs peeping up. Mister Softee ice cream trucks are returning, too.

Aggie, I love baby goats and would love to see pictures.

Pam

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Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

I did wear my green polar watch. :p

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OK, I'll let you slide this time then. :)

I wore green, but worked at home therefore no one saw it, so it is kinda like the tree falling in the woods thing I think.