July 12th Rides

[makbike]

I woke up to gray skies the the threat of rain but decided to take the "little blue bike" out for a ride. I'm hosting a ride for the club tomorrow evening and want to check my milage for the cue sheets and mark the route at the same time, so off I went. I was about 10 miles into my ride when the skies started spitting and from there I dodged rain drops, sometimes more than others, for the remainder of the ride. My legs seemed to be much stronger today so I guess my day of rest yesterday was well received. I got in 25 miles today, came home feeling good but a little wet. I would like to take my recumbent out this afternoon but the weather is not looking to promising at the moment.

[Tater]

Morning commute, hour-ish. Threatened to rain, but that has cleared up so the ride home will be nice and hot.

[Brandy]

22 miles, suburban streets, beach path and Santa Ana River trail.

[Fredwina]

Pretty much the same old same old. nothing unusual spotted.

[SJCzar]

Commute to work. Perfect weather. Rode from work to our club ride. Very nice club ride - we stopped to watch the racing that is going on in a park in our area. Wow, the speed and closeness of the other racers would totally freak me out. We watched at a corner that's followed by an uphill. They hardly even slow down going up the hill. Then I biked back home. That's one way to get in some extra mileage on a weekday. (52 miles for the day)

[emily_in_nc]

Yay! Finally got to ride for the first time in two weeks since my EVLT surgery. Did about 12-14 miles (don't have a computer on my mtb) on a fire road with a friend from work. Could tell I hadn't been doing any cardio for two weeks, but it felt great to get out there again at last -- and my leg that the vein was operated on didn't hurt a bit.

~Emily

[SouthernBelle]

Emily congrats.

I got in a 12 miler though the humidity was bad. I forgot my sweat bandana, so when I got home, I had to rush in and stick my face under the faucet to get the sweat out of my eyes. It burns!