June 22nd Ride Reports

[hibiscus09]

We did 12 miles today -- as per the schedule. It was nice, but the heat index is getting up to 105 later today. We're golfing at 2:00.

[Fredwina]

Thought I was doing great , Got up 10 minutes early. was doing great until I got to abou 3 miles from home. There was a train. It went foward a little bit, then backward a little bit, the forward again, After about 5 minutes of this, I gave up and decided to take another route. Of course, The train follwed me there. Thankfully, it went straight through. Wound up 5 minutes late, but I did get an extra mile

[makbike]

Boy was it hot today! Temps in the upper 80's, humidity is high and heat index is at 96. I got in 29 miles today, explored a new road, nothing major but have passed it on numerous occasions and wondered what it was like, pretty flat with some beautiful homes. I fought the wind the last 10 miles, it was killing me, felt like I was on a never ending hill.

[EvilTwin]

Did 32 miles this morning, including a really loooong uphill with rollers, that tops out with a killer 8% grade for 1/2 mile. I HATE that hill!!! But the reward for the hill is hitting 36 mph going back down. Fought the wind and my legs for a fair amount of the ride. The weather was a perfect 70. The Willamette Valley is supposed to heat up to the mid 90's this weekend, so I'll take this. Saw a young buck at the side of the rode, he just stood and watched my ride by. Awesome!
Barb

[Crankin]

I rode my mtb today, after about 8 weeks of not touching it because there's been so much rain and the trails are a mess. This was the first time I took it out alone, since I'm always worried that if i crash, I'd be out there stranded. So I went to a trail system about 2 miles from my house that has one main trail that's about 2.5 miles, with no scary stuff. Plenty of roots and rocks and a few rollers, plus a tiny water crossing. I did it up and back, then went up another grassy trail for about a mile. I totally felt awkward using the brakes and shifters, after doing so much road riding and my hands were killing me. I never noticed this before.... But,it was awesome. I was basically out there by myself with the trees. I saw one runner, a dog walker, and a couple walking out, just as I was starting. Then I went to the gym and lifted weights. It was a perfect warm up and I could go as slow as I wanted to and stop and smell the roses, so to speak. Six miles on the mtb seems equivalent to about 15 on the road! One thing i noticed is that I'm a lot stronger since the last time I was on this trail, since I did about half in the big ring.
I'm so glad school is out!

[betagirl]

Commuted, then ran a few errands around town like cashing my closing check from the sale of my house from like 2 weeks ago. So about 25 miles total. Rode my Lemond to work which made me a bit nervous since I lock it up outside the hospital. Had yet another tire incident, so I now have a trifecta so I should be safe for a while (I hope). This time my frame pump wouldn't work so well to put some air in my front tire. So the thing just went flat as I tried to pump it up. Thankfully Fuji Girl came to my rescue and let me use her snazzy pump at her apartment. It was quite humid so I got nice and sweaty. I smell wonderful right now