Sunday 3/22 rides

Today I ventured down the hilly back roads and photographed this new little guy.

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Seeing a new foal always brings me joy. The mare was still a little protective of him and moved him away from me so I continued on my little journey. On my way back from my route, he was lying in the field and snoozing in the sun. :)

Did about 16 miles of hills with just under 1200 ft of climbing. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. It was sunny with a gentle breeze and I saw lots of red buds in bloom. I stopped once to photograph and then proceeded over a bridge with cool bluish green water. After that I turned around and headed up the L O N G steep hill and had to quit mid way to bring my heart rate down. Hey, it is my first try of the season on Cardiac Hill. Glad I'm on the triple as I don't have my hill legs quite yet. :p

Did anyone else enjoy a nice ride today? :)

Didn't see any foals, but a lot of calves along my route today. Got in about 25 miles of mixed road & trail riding. Great way to welcome spring.

Nice picture. I am so happy that things are starting to turn green. No ride for me today..it is getting pretty windy here. The warm before the storm so I went for a hike in Boulder. It was so nice, sunny with temps in the 70s. Yes it was windy but when I am hiking I don't mind. It is supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow with rain/snow

Today I explored a relatively new park called Salado Creek Greenway. It was beautiful! It was about a 7.5 mile ride to get to the park, and the path through the park was about 7 miles (roundtrip), so I ended up with 21 miles altogether. Pretty breezy at times, but the temp was perfect (mid-70s).

This was my longest ride to date (goodbye 10-mile mental barrier!) and although I got pretty tired toward the end, I must confess I am feeling a nice sense of accomplishment. :)

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Salado Creek

We did a 16 mile ride in a part of my town that I rarely see. It was nice, but the weather wasn't as nice as I thought it would be, so no 30-40 miles as I planned. Cloudy and winds steady at 15, with gusts up to 20.
Yoga tomorrow, which is fine because it's going to be freezing again. I rode 115 miles in a week, which is a lot for me, let alone for my first week out. My left sitz bone, IT band, and back all are hurting...

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Originally Posted by wackyjacky1

Today I explored a relatively new park called Salado Creek Greenway. It was beautiful! It was about a 7.5 mile ride to get to the park, and the path through the park was about 7 miles (roundtrip), so I ended up with 21 miles altogether. Pretty breezy at times, but the temp was perfect (mid-70s).

This was my longest ride to date (goodbye 10-mile mental barrier!) and although I got pretty tired toward the end, I must confess I am feeling a nice sense of accomplishment. :)

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...DSCN0547-1.jpg
Salado Creek

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Well done!!! And yes, I'd say you've broken through!!

Had to re-post your bike since I always like looking at it - it's such a great color combination:)

No riding for me today - still getting over a stomach bug:( Ah well - at least I felt well enough to go for a walk in the sunshine with my pup:)

CA

43 kms. beautifully sunny with some headwind, then tailwind, depending on different points of route.

Many cyclists out there today.

Wacky, what a beautiful place to ride. :) And your bike is so striking! :cool: Just curious, are those mustache handlebars?

DH and I rode 24 miles this morning after breakfast. A cloudy day, it was 35F when we started, and 40F when we finished. Rather cold but it was good to get riding again after this bizarre winter.

Beautiful pictures, ladies! Wacky- what a lovely park- and sundial- great pic of the newly born foal. So pretty!
I just rode to the grocery store and back for a few things (the 12 pack of toilet paper bungied on my rear rack must've been a hoot for motorists to see). :)
It was far too windy for any "real" riding today (35mph with gusts in the 40s). I've decided I just won't ride when it's that windy because I get too cranky- on the other hand, I should just head N and ride with a tailwind for 30 miles and tell DH to come get me. ;)

I joined the boys for the first half of their loop then split off early. The Sunday ride is turning into a nice group. But they weren't going to stop for mullet and eggs anyway. :p 29 miles on the road bike. Then I jumped in the shower and went to church on the commuter bike for another 2 miles RT.

what a day for an epic (snort) ride.
DH was ready to go riding. It was about 9am. I had been looking out the window on and off for an hour already, watching the rain come down. I told him i didn't want to ride, it was raining. Of course, this made him very upset because we both know that I need to get some miles under my belt because in 2 weeks, we're going to be in Sacramento for the mad march hairs ride. (yes, I know I spelled that wrong, that's how they're spelling it)
He thought it over and remembered that he needed his hair cut. I cut his hair and surprise, surprise, the rain stopped. Hm. okay, i'll ride I said.
So we headed east and north to ride near the lake to Pert's deli for a hot drink. It's 42 degrees, and very grey. We got to Pert's just as the rain started to fall again, so I was a bit discouraged. We rode 1/2 mile and I suggest that i might turn around and go home, would that be ok? he said it was, but he was still heading north and planned to get downtown and I couldn't figure out how he was going to do that, so I decided to go along. We ended up in a park called interloken park, it had a big paved path (big enough for cars but no cars allowed) that snaked up and around the hill separating us from downtown. It was really beautiful and peaceful. We got to downtown from the opposite direction I am used to, and it was very pretty. It also stopped raining. Downtown we passed the Honda dealer, and we stopped and tried to stuff bikes into the 2009 and the 2008 Honda fit. My bike fit easily and nicely several different ways; but D's bike with the aero bars and long fenders front and back, did not. I was really disappointed, I wanted to be able to stuff both bikes in easily. We could get his in, we'd just have to do major disassembly each time. bummer.
Then we went to Elliot Bay Bikes, the home of Davidson bicycles, where Donald learned how to take his hub apart and, um. sorry, something else.
We were there easily for 2 hours. but it was time well spent. After that we rode home AND THE SUN CAME OUT! 27 miles. 1140 feet of altitude gain.

Went to DH's mountain bike race in Wacko, TX. I really have never been able to love Waco and apparently he doesn't either since it was his first non-top 10 finish since he started racing again. :( He had the dreaded lead legs on a hard course. No riding for me, just being a good cheerleading wife or something.

sundial... what a beautiful picture of the foal and mama.. nice :)

great day today. got up early and met a few friends and got in 32 miles on the bike... before heading off to the barn for my horse riding lesson. then of course helped my trainer with all her horses and hung out at the barn ALL day, LOL... love it, just love it!! it's going to be hard to split my weekend time between the horses and cycling... but I will make it happen!!

great weekend... beautiful weather in Chicago... the one thing about winter here is it sure makes you appreciate these spring days... awesome.:D:p

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Originally Posted by sundial

Wacky, what a beautiful place to ride. :) And your bike is so striking! :cool: Just curious, are those mustache handlebars?

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Thanks to you and CA for the compliments on my bike! Yes, those are moustache handlebars -- I love 'em.