Fine with me! I still haven't convinced Mr. East Hill to join us, but you never know.
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Fine with me! I still haven't convinced Mr. East Hill to join us, but you never know.
East Hill
Glad to hear another guy will be joining us! It's going to be a beautiful weekend ladies! :D Right now Joe and I are preparing to go mountain biking with friends at 10:00 AM at Tiger Mountain off of hwy 18. Jackie (daughter) and Aaron (son) are spending some brother sister time together this afternoon. Both are home from college for the summer. I think they are going to climb Mount Peak, go out to lunch, and the mall. :p
Jackie did try to talk me out of mountain biking and into a road ride this morning over coffee but Joe and I had already promised friends we would be there. She is excited about tomorrow's ride though! So see you all tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM at Gene Coulon! It should be FUN!!!!! :D
Have to go help hubby now. He'll think I'm trying to get out of helping. My job is to get the hyrdo packs cleaned and ready, helmets and shoes in the truck, get some food prepared (usually power bars but sometimes a PPJ sandwich). He gets the bikes ready.
Enjoy this gorgeous day!!!!!
Sue
Beautiful day....have fun outside :D I am in the bowels of Sea-Tac, alas.
Tomorrow, does anyone have an idea of what distance this is? Just wondering as far as water bottles vs. camelbak vs. both goes.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic day!
If we go my planned route, it's about 27 miles if I've calculated it correctly.
It's a gentle uphill gradient the entire way along the CRT, then some moderate hills scattered along the East Hill, with mostly downhill once we get to the last six miles or so. It's not really too strenuous. A couple of the hills are steep, but short (perhaps 150 feet or so).
There's restrooms at Gene Coulon, a McDonalds in Maple Valley at the approximate half way mark for restrooms/refreshments, and a restroom at Big Soos Creek.
I think water bottles will probably be all right.
East Hill
Thanks. Honestly, I am so geographically challenged I had no idea if it was 20 miles or 75. I think the weather will be perfect also, we got lucky!
Sadly, I'm a little up in the air for tomorrow. I twisted my knee last night bringing a huge mirror into my apartment. It was acting fine this morning, so I decided to go for an easy, flat ride this afternoon. Around mile 30 it started screaming at me. When I got home it was a little swollen, but that looks like it's going down now and the ache is leaving. If it stays loose and pain-free, I'll come out. Otherwise, I think I have to give it some downtime. :(
Dex, OWIEEEE!!!
Take care and if you don't show tomorrow, we will think about the 8th? Fortunately, tomorrow's relatively short so I hope you can make it.
Well, thanks to all who came out and joined in the ride today! I know my husband and I had a great time, both in the ride itself, and finally getting to meet some of the other TE ladies :D .
The only incident (and it was a heroic performance) was when Susan's daughter, Jackie, had her tyre go flat whilst heading down Puget Drive. Fortunately, she was not up to speed, and did not suffer too much damage. Teigyr's husband managed to change Jackie's tyre in about 10 or 15 minutes, and we finished the ride without further incidents.
A special round of applause to HeatherErin, who managed all 31 some miles and was barely fatigued at the end. Kudos to her for coming all the way down from Marysville as well! I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as we enjoyed having you there.
Dex, you missed out on some great fun--a perfect day, and a route I really enjoy--but I think we will be doing this again, so perhaps you can join us next time?
East Hill
I saw the ride report, and I'm sad I missed out. I got up this morning thinking I could make it, but as soon as I got up and started walking, I knew I wasn't going anywhere. My knee was really tight and almost seemed like it was creaking whenever I bent it. :o
So, yeah...I ate breakfast on my little deck, did my handwashing, and have been making much with the ice, ibuprofen and diet orange soda today.
Sounds like you guys had a great time, though. Color me jealous. :)
Thank you East Hill for leading us on today's ride! Jackie and I both had a great ride (except for Jackie's fall). But she is ok. She is a bit stiff and sore but she is already talking about tomorrow's spin class at our gym and a ride on the Fourth!
Here is a picture of us from today's ride:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...es/crt_sct.jpg
left to right . . . Mimitabby, HeatherErin, ride leader East Hill, my daughter Jackie, East Hill's hubby, Teigyr, and her hubby.
And yes, HeatherErin did great for only having been on, was it 5 rides?
I want to thank Teigyr's hubby for changing Jackie's tire. I am usually the "mechanic" when it's just Jackie and me.
Sue :D
Did you guys read what i posted in the thread called "Rabbit, Rabbit July 1 rides?"
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
Thank you very much! I love the photo of me with the Rodriguez :D .
But here I thought I was slow all this time. I will have to re-think that :p .
East Hill
East Hill, thanks again for leading the way! It was my longest ride to date!
Great to meet all of you - I hope to tag along again! :D
We need to get up a ride every Sunday if you are all up to that much adventure. The joy of the Cedar River Trail is that you can expand it by going south (left instead of right) on the Big Soos Creek trail, and head over to Interurban/GRT by way of the 277th Recreational Corridor.
East Hill
I don't know how I missed this, but I came back in to look for something and saw it just now. Do you still want to ride on Sunday?Quote:
Originally Posted by teigyr
The only medical directive I have at this point is to avoid hills whenever possible...and if my knee is still bothering me by the middle of next week, I'm not to do the STP. *sigh*
So, if you want to do something mostly flat (I think those trails are flat, yes?), then I can still do it. If not, I may go out and try the trails on my own at some point over the weekend.