July 22 rides

[SouthernBelle]

Having spent yesterday reading Harry Potter and eating badly, I was in need of a ride this morning. Meg & I headed out about 6:30. It was chilly out! I wore a light weight long-sleeved jersey for the first time in a while.

We did a fairly short but hilly 22.15 miles.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I did a leisurely 21 miles in beautiful 75 degree sunny weather. I passed the 2,000 mile mark for 2007 on my bike odometer today.

[makbike]

I joined the club early this morning for a tandem/fixie friendly ride. Since I have neither a tandem or a fixie I took my trusted "little blue bike." The 52 mile route was pretty darn flat for this area and I loved every minute of it! We saw some beautiful countryside and few cars once we left the city limits. I was amazed at the number of pay lakes we passed. One even included a "free pool" for swimming. We ventured out to a beautiful park, Bernheim Forest, turned around and headed home. The weather here is unbelievable for late July. When the ride started at 8:15 temps were in the 60's, clear skies, slight breeze, low humidity - one really could not and should not ask for more from the weather gods. It was a great morning on the bike on it time to mow the lawn Guess one can't play all the time.

[ehirsch83]

went out to the crits. Did my warm up and my ankle felt a little sore but I thought I'd be ok- raced with the 45+ group, ended up pulling up in the middle- ankle was in excruciating pain:-(
Only good thing is that I had 2 different teams approach me to see if I want to join them!

[RolliePollie]

Just got back from a 24.75 mile ride. I intended to do more like 35, but when I stopped at my house to refill my water bottles, I decided I'd had enough for today. I didn't get out the door til 10:00 and it's getting pretty warm out. Good excuse to throw in the towel.

I'm very happy with my progress lately. I'm up to about 85-90 miles per week and my stamina has improved sooooo much! I can ride my local 20-25 mile routes without stopping to rest and the hills don't seem nearly as steep or long. Within the next couple of weeks, I hope to be able to increase to 100 miles/week with at least two 30+ mile rides per week.

[mimitabby]

well, Lisa has left me in the dust. I passed the 1500 mark yesterday.
Today I did another short hilly ride, 15 miles in all; amazingly, we didn't get rained on. We have the leftovers of a Pacific tropical typhoon here. IT's a good thing it's only 70 degrees or we would be dying here; it's so damp and humid.

[Aggie_Ama]

Congrats Lisa!! I am chasing you, trying to get to 2,000 by the 31st.

We did 53.1 miles today in the afternoon. By the water stop at 36 miles I was feeling a bit out of sorts from the heat. I wasn't to the danger zone so I tried the ice in the bra thing (some of the locals saw me- oops) and water over the head. Back 17 was a breeze and it is the hilliest part! It was good training for the century in two weeks, since we will probably be starting the back 20 around 1:00. It really wasn't a good feeling weekend for riding though.